A review by alyg
Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson

2.5

The bulk of the book had great insights into insects and environmental research. However, unfortunately the final section on what we can do to combat climate change was severely lacking. It failed to acknowledge the impact of poverty and other social factors on an individuals actions, framing things like not buying organic produce as predominately a selfish act rather than being legitimately motivated by finances for many. And for some reason the final section of the book became quite fatphobic, mentioning multiple times that modern agriculture is producing a diet that is making everyone fat and that better farming practices would mean less fat people- which seemed an unnecessary commentary in a book about insects. It was a disappointing end to what was otherwise a very interesting book.