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A review by bookish_frog
SOS: What You Can Do to Reduce Climate Change - Simple Actons That Make a Difference by Seth Wynes
3.5
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“As a society we need to move away from retail therapy and embrace lives that find meaning outside of consumption” - p121
Overall, this isn’t a bad book. Most of the points that Wynes makes are obvious (especially to someone who already cares about the environment) e.g. don’t fly, don’t drive, go vegan/vegetarian etc. but this could be useful for someone who doesn’t know where to start.
My only real issue with the book is that it ignores all other problems and focuses solely on the climate. Now, I understand that this is a book about the climate, but I just think it’s a little misleading to tell people to go buy an electric car because it’s better for the environment without mentioning the slavery involved in mining the Colbalt for the batteries (e.g. in Congo). Making choices that are better for the environment are very important, but there are always other factors to consider and I think this book would have been better if it acknowledged that the climate crisis is connected with other issues.
“As a society we need to move away from retail therapy and embrace lives that find meaning outside of consumption” - p121
Overall, this isn’t a bad book. Most of the points that Wynes makes are obvious (especially to someone who already cares about the environment) e.g. don’t fly, don’t drive, go vegan/vegetarian etc. but this could be useful for someone who doesn’t know where to start.
My only real issue with the book is that it ignores all other problems and focuses solely on the climate. Now, I understand that this is a book about the climate, but I just think it’s a little misleading to tell people to go buy an electric car because it’s better for the environment without mentioning the slavery involved in mining the Colbalt for the batteries (e.g. in Congo). Making choices that are better for the environment are very important, but there are always other factors to consider and I think this book would have been better if it acknowledged that the climate crisis is connected with other issues.