112 reviews for:

A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis

Vanessa Nakate

4.18 AVERAGE

owihd's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative inspiring

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Ich glaube Kapitel 9 war mein Favorit, da es deutlich klargestellt hat warum Vanessa Nakate an erster Stelle Klimaaktivistin ist, weil es mit jeder Facette und allen anderen Gerechtigkeitsproblemen zusammenhängt. 
Dieses Buch war teilweise eine Biografie und teils ein kleiner Einblick und Ruf zur Tat. Durch die kleinen Einschnitte kann man hinterher selber entscheiden welches Thema man selber genauer nachforschen will - wie gesagt, dieses Buch soll eher als Anregung dienen, einem Hoffnung und Mut geben (im Gegensatz zu Sachbüchern die einen mit zehntausend Fakten pro Seite berieseln).

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

4.25

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gstauffacher's review against another edition

4.0

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Slower paced book for me since it’s non fiction haha but nonetheless very informative and motivating to take action on the climate crisis and injustices being faced around the world

opalmal's review against another edition

3.0

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lottie1803's review against another edition

4.25

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azu_rikka's review against another edition

4.0

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A book written with righteous indignation, in simple language, very accessible for everybody (the author even writes Celsius AND Fahrenheit, corn AND maize).
She emphasizes the situation in the global south and how more critical and difficult it is here.
The global south contributes least to climate change and is affected the most!
The main differences to the global north are these:
• the majority of people suffer from food insecurity. No harvest means no money, means no school or child marriage and kids being sent to cities to work or beg
• climate disasters lead to increased physical and sexual violence against women and children. When families loose their houses (flood, fire, storms), they have no means to pay for shelter and women are forced to pay for it with sexual favors. Frustrated and helpless husbands often turn to physical violence.

bananna_books's review against another edition

5.0

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I haven’t read many books by folks living in the Global South. And the environmental movement doesn’t pay nearly enough attention to their existence and activism. Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate activist, is just one of so many voices I need to listen to, and that others should as well.

Vanessa shared this list of fellow climate activists from across the world:

Evelyn Acham
Deniz Çevikus
Cristian Esteban Martelo Ramírez
Elijah Mckenzie-Jackson
Veronica Mulenga
Hilda Flavia Nakabuye
Leah Namugerwa
Adenike Titilope Oladosu
Kaossara Sani
Aarav Seth
Kaime Silvestre Silva Oliveira
Roman Stratkötter
Leah Thomas
Elizabeth Wathuti

lisasleseliebe's review against another edition

4.0

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samreffuge's review against another edition

4.0

informative inspiring medium-paced

buecherbruecken's review against another edition

3.75

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced