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angelsrgorgeous's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
catherzh's review against another edition
2.0
Maybe a good read for someone who knows literally nothing about the climate crisis. For everyone else, this is a rehash of basic ideas without going into depth about anything in particular. At least the reference provide an interesting reading list, I might try to go through those sources to learn something I don’t already know
ks2_alwaysreading's review against another edition
2.0
This book is really aimed for people who already believe in the science, and want to make a change. I had high hopes for this book, since the authors are quite famous in the climate change community--I mean, Christiana led the Paris COP! However, this book was really just a motivational tool. The two futures were just chapters in a book, and unrealistic chapters at that. The "bad" future is so doomsday-ish, and in my studies of climate change, I haven't even heard mention of some of these scenarios. That's not to say that it couldn't happen, but it seems a bit too ridiculous. And the "good" future, the one we want to/should choose, is too sunshine and daisies; they predict that the world bans gas-powered vehicles everywhere in only a few years from now (2020) is too ambitious. Also, the fact that electric trains and transportation track you everywhere so you don't have to wait in line to pay or carry a ticket is creepy. The authors also hope for a future in which no one really flies or travels--forget seeing the world and experiencing different cultures. "You might decide never to set foot on a plane again, if you do, we applaud and celebrate you" (pg 121-122). That's just sad. I get jet fuel is highly polluting, but to applaud never flying or traveling really is pathetic.
fabrice44's review against another edition
1.0
When a book quotes Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Buddha in the same chapter when you want to learn more about climate change, you call BS and close the book :|. This is a terrible book.
emmaemmaemmaemma's review against another edition
5.0
I would like to re read this book 100 times over to absorb every word, or at the very least, read it again and take notes. There is so much goodness in these pages, so much wisdom, so much love, and so much outrage and optimism (which is conveniently the name of their podcast)
I highly recommend this to anyone who’s maybe heard some things about climate change, but doesn’t really understand the full scope of it, or to anyone who’s passionate about it, and wants concrete steps that they can take in the next 10 years to choose a better future than the one we’re heading for right now.
I highly recommend this to anyone who’s maybe heard some things about climate change, but doesn’t really understand the full scope of it, or to anyone who’s passionate about it, and wants concrete steps that they can take in the next 10 years to choose a better future than the one we’re heading for right now.