KimberleyJul 4, 2023
Bread and Circuses

For those who haven’t seen it before, here is my review of The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg…
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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 importantly 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.
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Show threadProScience 🇪🇺Jul 4, 2023

@breadandcircuses

Can confirm that it's a comprehensive book spanning all parts of life that are impacted by the ongoing and accelerating climate crisis.

Must be mandatory reading for every single politician and business leaders as well as journalists.

Show threadArjan BoltjesJul 4, 2023
@breadandcircuses Nice. I'm trying to like/share your review from my #bookrastinating account, but when I look up your #bookwyrm account there, the book isn't there. The different bookwyrm instances can share/like each others content, no?
Show threadMariaJul 4, 2023
@breadandcircuses Is it all doom and gloom, or does it offer examples of reasons to hope? I'm interested, but I don't need another book telling me about how terrible the climate crisis is, and how we need to act now.
One of my favorite books is "Saving Us: A Climate Scientists Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World" by Katharine Hayhoe. It discusses the climate crisis, but spends most of its content discussing how to talk to people about climate change.
Show threadMatsJul 4, 2023

@breadandcircuses

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Show threadEsslar2Jul 4, 2023
@breadandcircuses Won't this book be banned in Florida, Texas, and a bunch of other states?
Show threadJIMJul 4, 2023

@breadandcircuses

Username checks out 😆

Show threadJon [🇺🇦,🏳️‍🌈]Jul 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses I didnt know this book existed. Will check it out. Thanks! 😄
Show threadchlorokenJul 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses I'm going to read it. Thanks for the broadcast. However, I just want to note - the idea that so many scientists came together should not be a surprise. These topics are woefully under-discussed, and environmentalists often are desperate for a bullhorn. Thunberg writing a book is a perfect opportunity for many of these folk. And I'm grateful to all involved.
Show threadAntifa WarlordJul 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses Also don't forget to follow Greta here on Mastodon @gretathunberg :)
Show threadCubeOfCheeseJul 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses I might need to get a copy
Show threadMoriJul 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses Ok then… I guess I’ll have to read it
Show threadSmashedRatOnPressJul 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses Maybe if we're all very lucky (i.e., 7+ billion people manage to pull their heads out of their asses in the next day or two) maybe Greta could eventually become first "World President". Most likely, however, she'll die in the world-wide conflagration along with the rest of us.
Show threadSmashedRatOnPressJul 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses (And, btw, very sad that the ebook version is published with DRM, by our "friends" at Random Penguin.)
Show threadphineJul 6, 2023
@breadandcircuses Super power indeed!