sonicdonutflour's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.5
So many new (to me) ideas! Assimilative capacity, that your body can handle a certain amount of a toxicant before it becomes harmful, assumes that everyone will be at least somewhat exposed and that land exists as a sink for chemicals! That idea implies colonialism. Woah.
bug_gwen's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Gave me SO much to think about!
ben_salad's review
4.0
Excellent! My first real dive into environmental science (but classifying this book so narrowly does it a disservice). Many thought provoking points around Indigenous and anticolonial science, the many convenient (and often harmful) myths about plastics and pollution, and the research and "community peer review" process. The writing is lively and readable for a non-science guy like me, the many footnotes (which I tend to like in a book) are often very funny and always deepen the main text. Would highly recommend to anyone already interested in pollution, ecology, anticolonial science (or anyone who would like to become interested in these subjects).
nehasavant's review
5.0
An essential, paradigm shifting book thats changed my perspective on all things science, purpose and the responsibility of asking the right questions. Liboiron explains with clarity (and humor!) the issues with environmentalism, frames their claims in decolonization literature, presents examples of how to transform scientific practices and leads by example in their citations (using citations as a relational practice). Above all, this book has deepened my understanding of larger systems, how they interact, and the need for specificity.
Highly recommend to all humans (and specifically scientists) that work on land, in the field or with communities especially those working from or in settler colonial states.
Highly recommend to all humans (and specifically scientists) that work on land, in the field or with communities especially those working from or in settler colonial states.