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heddasch's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
lowlandsbeach's review
5.0
On a per Capita basis Australia is the richest country in the world after Monaco and Switzerland. Focus needs to include taxation of capital as well as progressive income tax. The term Citizens Assembly has negative connotations for me, (not least of which is from Australian Citizens Party, which advocates for ignoring climate change, occasionally subscribes to conspiracy theories, but also maybe from a British childhood when "people" was a preferred term, peoples palace). How about "People's Congress" ? As we already have a legislative assembly in WA
hazelisoffline's review
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
3.75
From the creators of "we're all f*cked" comes: "see, we told you. here's how to fix it."
Sorta like the economic version of "Drawdown," the book lists out solutions to the climate crisis, and envisions a scenario in which everyone starts treating it seriously. It starts with a real good argument that inequality is a major driver of the climate crisis, and how the collapse of society that all the climate people are yapping about won't actually come about due to *climate change* itself, but the inequality and social tension that comes from it. Meanwhile, inequality is also causing the top 10 and 1% to consume massively more than the global middle and lower classes.
My main question is: who is this book for? Too technical for the normies, too surface-level for the climate nerds like me, this could maybe be a guide for policymakers, but nothing is specific enough to be directly actionable. I would have appreciated a bit more digging into the real meaty stuff, like the IMF debts keeping developing nations from investing heavily in green tech. Or talk more about how the top 10 and mostly 1% use their vast wealth not just to consume loads of garbage but also to influence policy and politics to allow them to continue to hoard wealth and pollute!
That said, there is something delicious about hearing experts on experts saying, no guys, it's really time to upend the system now. Not policy tweaks, not corporate responsibility -- a whole new human-centered economy.
Anyways, good news: we have all the solutions, we just need political will. Also bad news, we have all the solutions, we just need political will.
Sorta like the economic version of "Drawdown," the book lists out solutions to the climate crisis, and envisions a scenario in which everyone starts treating it seriously. It starts with a real good argument that inequality is a major driver of the climate crisis, and how the collapse of society that all the climate people are yapping about won't actually come about due to *climate change* itself, but the inequality and social tension that comes from it. Meanwhile, inequality is also causing the top 10 and 1% to consume massively more than the global middle and lower classes.
My main question is: who is this book for? Too technical for the normies, too surface-level for the climate nerds like me, this could maybe be a guide for policymakers, but nothing is specific enough to be directly actionable. I would have appreciated a bit more digging into the real meaty stuff, like the IMF debts keeping developing nations from investing heavily in green tech. Or talk more about how the top 10 and mostly 1% use their vast wealth not just to consume loads of garbage but also to influence policy and politics to allow them to continue to hoard wealth and pollute!
That said, there is something delicious about hearing experts on experts saying, no guys, it's really time to upend the system now. Not policy tweaks, not corporate responsibility -- a whole new human-centered economy.
Anyways, good news: we have all the solutions, we just need political will. Also bad news, we have all the solutions, we just need political will.
amelyy's review
5.0
should be mandatory reading in every school, uni, for everyone, everywhere.
this is the science & the ideas on how to transform our societies.
this is the science & the ideas on how to transform our societies.
zona5's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.25
I enjoyed this book envisioning what can be possible! I have a lot of eco anxiety and tend to be doom and gloom, so it was helpful to read about what transformations we could make to have a fairer, happier, and safer world.
I'm still skeptical these transformations will happen, but I think this book does a good job at envisioning our objective we want to work to. It had interesting points also about complex systems and how certain changes have disproportionate impact.
I liked that the book was fairly short and easy to read. Each chapter has several small sections, which made it easy to read for short periods like waiting for the metro.
I'm still skeptical these transformations will happen, but I think this book does a good job at envisioning our objective we want to work to. It had interesting points also about complex systems and how certain changes have disproportionate impact.
I liked that the book was fairly short and easy to read. Each chapter has several small sections, which made it easy to read for short periods like waiting for the metro.
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