Hardcover, 464 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2022 by Penguin Books, Limited.
You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope - but only if we listen to the science before it's too late.
Essays be experts in many different aspects of climate change and what we can do about it.
I read it fairly quickly but expect to return to it as a reference.
Much better than I expected. Thunberg is the editor, not the only voice in the book. It’s a lot of experts on each part of the story. It is filled with big truth bombs.
There’s a lot in here that’s terrifying and upsetting. It is also motivating. A goal of the book (and of Greta’s) is to convince people not to look away and it is working on me.
Collection of essays that dive into how we got here, what the current science says, and what can be done to address the climate emergency. Nice work, Greta!
I've read dozens of books about climate change, and this one is easily the best. It's packed with information, written to be accessible for anyone from high school (or a bright middle school student) on up, and most important, it does NOT shy away from the true severity of our situation and the imperative need not only for individual action but for system change.
It's stunning to me that a young woman who just turned twenty years old was able to pull together such a massive project — coordinating the submissions of more than a hundred scientists, activists, and educators — while also writing a large part of the content herself. A truly amazing accomplishment.
This essential work should be in every school library and in every home. It will remain relevant for years to come, I believe, because although there certainly is plenty of data, mostly it's about …
I've read dozens of books about climate change, and this one is easily the best. It's packed with information, written to be accessible for anyone from high school (or a bright middle school student) on up, and most important, it does NOT shy away from the true severity of our situation and the imperative need not only for individual action but for system change.
It's stunning to me that a young woman who just turned twenty years old was able to pull together such a massive project — coordinating the submissions of more than a hundred scientists, activists, and educators — while also writing a large part of the content herself. A truly amazing accomplishment.
This essential work should be in every school library and in every home. It will remain relevant for years to come, I believe, because although there certainly is plenty of data, mostly it's about ideas which will never age.
