I've read quite a lot of environmental non fiction as an environmental sciences student, but the best book on climate change I've come across has to be This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein, who also has other excellent books I think you might enjoy. (:
Ah, yes!! This is a great source of information. Also Naomi quotes Kim Stanley Robinson at the beginning of her book and I found his books are great climate change fiction :)
The Overstory by Richard Powers is brilliant! He's using many different narratives to show the importance of trees and how this love of nature connects us to the earth and one another 🌳
As I live in Australia we have just gone through extreme fires and we are now going through extreme floods the impact of climate change has become part of our everyday lives and it's definitely made more motivated to reduce my own carbon omissions. I really appreciate these book recommendations especially Aquicorn Cove and Plastic sucks, i was looking for books to give to my nephew
I read This is Not a Drill last week and then Leena posted a video about it the day I finished :D I'd recommend Farmageddon by Philip Lymbery if you want a big ol' tome on how factory farming destroys the environment!
Thanks for the recommendations! I try living as sustainable as my student income allows me to be and it‘s such a good feeling knowing that you don‘t contribute as much to the climate change as others. What really bugs me is a friend of mine, who refuses to change anything because "there are worse people out there“ - her mindset REALLY frustrates me. Maybe I can talk her into reading one of your recommendations. xx
An amazing book I listened to on audiobook last year was Dry by Neal Shusterman. I recently found it at Ollie's and had to buy it. My fiancee, who really doesn't read, listened to it with me and also loved it. Great video. 💖💖💖
I've been looking for some climate change books to delve in to and this came at the perfect time!! I'm on my own sustainable journey so hope some of these will give me some more tips x
Well done Jean, of the books you recommended I've only read one American War which gave me that sick stomach dropping feeling followed by a very dark realization of how possible its storyline is. I've added a couple books to my tbr.
Two recommendations. On Fire, Naomi Klein, from a political action perspective. Underland, Robert Macfarlane, an incredibly lyrical look at our impact on and under the earth. And, then another couple that are almost like classical nonfiction. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring: more than 50 years old, but more relevant now than ever. We seem to have forgotten what she taught us in the 60s. Almost anything by John Muir. His book on Yosemite is particularly interesting, especially in light of what happened to Hetch Hetchy.
THANK YOU for making this video 💚💚💚 I’m gonna read ALL of them. I personally would recommend “this changes everything”, which focuses on how capitalism, consumerism and our modern view of the world has led to this. It’s an eye opener! It also covers why the environmental movement failed when it tried to please big companies. I would also highly recommend “scenes from the heart”, mainly written by Greta Thunberg’s mother Malena Ernman. It shows you how hard climate change affected Greta as a child, and how that affected their whole family. Very raw and real.
This isn’t a climate change book per se, but I recently read Collapse by Jared Diamond which discusses why some past societies failed and how we can learn from their mistakes to prevent our current societies from doing the same. Impacts to the environment are a huge factor, particularly deforestation and over fishing. It also discussed how big corporations can make an impact, even a profitable one, in protecting the environment and as a result climate change. It’s a bit dense but well worth the read, though recommend starting first with his book Guns, Germs, and Steel
We Are The Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer was the most impactful read for years, last time I was this moved by Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates. Great audiobook also.
The first thing that came to mind was Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver, which deals with the everyday life of a southern USA woman mixed who begins to learn about climate change due to natural (or unnatural, maybe) events that occur in her hometown. It was interesting also to read the city perspective of Fox news watching farmers (climate change deniers) treated with compassion and understanding, really a worthwhile read. In terms of books I haven't read my uni did a whole course on "literature in the context of climate change" which I couldn't attend as it was a masters course and I was only an undergrad, but I got hold of the reading list and remember it included Don DeLillo, White Noise and Point Omega Nathaniel Rich, Odds Against Tomorrow Jesmyn Ward, Salvage The Bones Jonathan Franzen, Freedom Karen Tei Yamashita, Through the Arc of the Rainforest Haven't read those, but anyone who has could reply to this comment and say if they are good reads and apt to the topic.
H The uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace wells is about climate change etc i havent read it myself but have seen it in bookshops i think its now in paperback. The kraken Wakes by john Wyndham is not directly about climate change but is about Sea levels rising as is Flood by Steven Baxter
This is a great video. I'm really passionate about the environment so I will definitely pick up a few of these. And I plan to get the Aquicorn one for my little cousin.
Love your work. New subscriber and good example that we all have a part to play and a responsibility to telling the truth about climate change. Also RUclips has been called out for supporting climate change videos. It's rampart.
There's a wonderful graphic novel (though it's not actually a novel) by Katy Evans, Funny Weather. Am currently reading the Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells, which is scary. Also worth checking out - the work of Canadian Franke James: www.frankejames.com/
I heard an interview on the radio with the author of Weather and meant to put it on my tbr. Thanks for the reminder! On the subject of eco-anxiety and guilt around climate change, What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming by Per Epson Stoknes is really good. Parable of the Sower is another great fiction book with climate change playing a key role in the setting.
What we think about... is a brilliant title! Will be looking that up I hadn’t heard of it before so thanks. And parables is on my TBR - I need to get to it ASAP!
@@JeansThoughts yeah What we think about... Is such a good book. We read it as a part of a course about climate change and resilience and adaptation in uni.
Hi Jean, recent subscriber here! (Thanks for the videos!) I have a few fiction recommendations: 'Beacons' edited by Gregory Normington, anything by Liz Jensen and/or Sheri S. Tepper, Kim Stanley Robinson 'New York 2140'. You could look into the new subgenre of "cli-fi" (horrible abbreviation imho but useful for a Google!). Climate change non fiction: 'No Nonsense Guide to Climate Change', 'Silent Spring', 'Don't Even Think About It: Why our brains are wired to ignore climate Change' by George Marshall (who's also an entertaining speaker as well as long term environmental campaigner). Hope that's helpful :-)
Why are you only reading books that agree with your opinion already? Let me know when you read a book about why global warming is a hoax. Global warming is nothing more than a democratic keyword they've trained people to respond to with specific feelings. Being more conscious, minimalist and aware of what's going on on the environment are all great, don't get me wrong. I only hope people actually educate themselves rather than only read books that agree with you. That's not education.
I didn't aha - I had no opinion on climate change then listened to scientists and read books and realised humanity had a roll to play. How can you say climate change is a hoax and also acknowledge it's good to be conscious your environment at the same time? It suggests you think humanity can have an impact and that's exactly what these books are talking about. Have you read these books? Tbh at the end of the day I don't really care if you think it's a hoax though. I'm more focused on mass action that forces government and companies to change. I'm an intelligent person, and I always educate myself on issues so while you have just assumed I didn't do any research I have simply recommended books I think are good and will help create a better future.
I agree. Being conscious of your waste and pollution and wanting to preserve the natural world are all good things but "climate change" is something we have no control over. We are currently in a solar minimum meaning we have little to no solar activity (solar flares) resulting in a weak gravitational field and leading to a weak jet stream. Since the jet streams mix air between the hemispheres (mixing hot with cold to give us more moderate weather) it's not doing it's job very well and we have extreme weather patterns. Solar cycles last decades (sometimes a century) and this one started about 15 years ago and according to NASA may continue for another 50 or more.
Jean Bookishthoughts The cool thing about science is that it doesn’t matter whether you “agree” with it or not. It’s still science. Great recommendations, Jean! 💚
@@JeansThoughts I hope you remain open minded. phzoe.wordpress.com/2020/02/13/measuring-geothermal-a-revolutionary-hypothesis/ phzoe.wordpress.com/2019/12/25/why-is-venus-so-hot/
It is not a hoax. We've had massive firestorms here in Australia which fire chiefs have been warning our government about. They know it's man made climate change and these are people that know the land and have NOTHING to gain from calling it climate change.They are smart critical thinkers. It is not a hoax. Why would it be a hoax?
I've read quite a lot of environmental non fiction as an environmental sciences student, but the best book on climate change I've come across has to be This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein, who also has other excellent books I think you might enjoy. (:
I really want to read that one! I’ve heard such good things and Naomi klein is great!
Ah, yes!! This is a great source of information. Also Naomi quotes Kim Stanley Robinson at the beginning of her book and I found his books are great climate change fiction :)
The Overstory by Richard Powers is brilliant! He's using many different narratives to show the importance of trees and how this love of nature connects us to the earth and one another 🌳
As I live in Australia we have just gone through extreme fires and we are now going through extreme floods the impact of climate change has become part of our everyday lives and it's definitely made more motivated to reduce my own carbon omissions. I really appreciate these book recommendations especially Aquicorn Cove and Plastic sucks, i was looking for books to give to my nephew
Jane Rawson is Australian and has written Handbook: surviving and living with climate change.
I read This is Not a Drill last week and then Leena posted a video about it the day I finished :D I'd recommend Farmageddon by Philip Lymbery if you want a big ol' tome on how factory farming destroys the environment!
I recently bought This is not a drill and I'm excited to read it and hopefully getting an bit more active about climate change!
I've heard The Future we Choose is good. I also thought the Uninhabitable Earth was incredible (if somewhat bleak...)
Thanks for the recommendations! I try living as sustainable as my student income allows me to be and it‘s such a good feeling knowing that you don‘t contribute as much to the climate change as others.
What really bugs me is a friend of mine, who refuses to change anything because "there are worse people out there“ - her mindset REALLY frustrates me. Maybe I can talk her into reading one of your recommendations.
xx
From non-fiction, I would like to recommend the excellent Drawdown (edited) by Paul Hawken. From fiction, The Sands of Sarasvati by Risto Isomäki.
An amazing book I listened to on audiobook last year was Dry by Neal Shusterman. I recently found it at Ollie's and had to buy it. My fiancee, who really doesn't read, listened to it with me and also loved it. Great video. 💖💖💖
I've been looking for some climate change books to delve in to and this came at the perfect time!! I'm on my own sustainable journey so hope some of these will give me some more tips x
Well done Jean, of the books you recommended I've only read one American War which gave me that sick stomach dropping feeling followed by a very dark realization of how possible its storyline is. I've added a couple books to my tbr.
Ok i went out a read Weather and reading This Changes Everything
Vandana Shiva "Oil not Soil" I haven't read her books yet, but her conferences are great, talks about industrial agriculture and corporate power.
Two recommendations.
On Fire, Naomi Klein, from a political action perspective.
Underland, Robert Macfarlane, an incredibly lyrical look at our impact on and under the earth.
And, then another couple that are almost like classical nonfiction. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring: more than 50 years old, but more relevant now than ever. We seem to have forgotten what she taught us in the 60s.
Almost anything by John Muir. His book on Yosemite is particularly interesting, especially in light of what happened to Hetch Hetchy.
THANK YOU for making this video 💚💚💚
I’m gonna read ALL of them. I personally would recommend “this changes everything”, which focuses on how capitalism, consumerism and our modern view of the world has led to this. It’s an eye opener! It also covers why the environmental movement failed when it tried to please big companies. I would also highly recommend “scenes from the heart”, mainly written by Greta Thunberg’s mother Malena Ernman. It shows you how hard climate change affected Greta as a child, and how that affected their whole family. Very raw and real.
I think you would also really like The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace Wells! :)
This isn’t a climate change book per se, but I recently read Collapse by Jared Diamond which discusses why some past societies failed and how we can learn from their mistakes to prevent our current societies from doing the same. Impacts to the environment are a huge factor, particularly deforestation and over fishing. It also discussed how big corporations can make an impact, even a profitable one, in protecting the environment and as a result climate change. It’s a bit dense but well worth the read, though recommend starting first with his book Guns, Germs, and Steel
Thank you for speaking about this important topic.
We Are The Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer was the most impactful read for years, last time I was this moved by Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates. Great audiobook also.
And for fiction, Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta, it`s dystopian!
I keep hearing incredible things about that one!
The first thing that came to mind was Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver, which deals with the everyday life of a southern USA woman mixed who begins to learn about climate change due to natural (or unnatural, maybe) events that occur in her hometown. It was interesting also to read the city perspective of Fox news watching farmers (climate change deniers) treated with compassion and understanding, really a worthwhile read.
In terms of books I haven't read my uni did a whole course on "literature in the context of climate change" which I couldn't attend as it was a masters course and I was only an undergrad, but I got hold of the reading list and remember it included
Don DeLillo, White Noise and Point Omega
Nathaniel Rich, Odds Against Tomorrow
Jesmyn Ward, Salvage The Bones
Jonathan Franzen, Freedom
Karen Tei Yamashita, Through the Arc of the Rainforest
Haven't read those, but anyone who has could reply to this comment and say if they are good reads and apt to the topic.
I adored _Aquicore Cove_ - thank you again for gifting me a copy. 🥰
'..Let the books talk about climate change!'! Wow!! Sensational video!!
Aha thank you!
Every video idea you come up with is so relevant and fun and interesting and you always manage to motivate me to read new things. 🙏🏼
That’s the nicest thing to hear!
Just about to watch but wanted to comment straight away to say excellent topic, thank you - will be checking some of these out! X
Thanks!
this is great, and very much needed. thank you so much for the recommendations
I would recommend the biography of Wangari Maathai, uprooted. Also, Naomi Klein is great, of course. And The Overstory as well.
H The uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace wells is about climate change etc i havent read it myself but have seen it in bookshops i think its now in paperback. The kraken Wakes by john Wyndham is not directly about climate change but is about Sea levels rising as is Flood by Steven Baxter
I love that u mentioned Aquicorn Cove
This is a great video. I'm really passionate about the environment so I will definitely pick up a few of these. And I plan to get the Aquicorn one for my little cousin.
Yay glad you found some new recommendations ☺️ I’m sure your little cousin will love it!
This is an amazing video, thank you so much for this.
Love your work. New subscriber and good example that we all have a part to play and a responsibility to telling the truth about climate change. Also RUclips has been called out for supporting climate change videos. It's rampart.
There's a wonderful graphic novel (though it's not actually a novel) by Katy Evans, Funny Weather. Am currently reading the Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells, which is scary. Also worth checking out - the work of Canadian Franke James: www.frankejames.com/
this is great, and very much needed. thank you so much for this video
I heard an interview on the radio with the author of Weather and meant to put it on my tbr. Thanks for the reminder!
On the subject of eco-anxiety and guilt around climate change, What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming by Per Epson Stoknes is really good. Parable of the Sower is another great fiction book with climate change playing a key role in the setting.
What we think about... is a brilliant title! Will be looking that up I hadn’t heard of it before so thanks. And parables is on my TBR - I need to get to it ASAP!
@@JeansThoughts yeah What we think about... Is such a good book. We read it as a part of a course about climate change and resilience and adaptation in uni.
The Uninhabitable Earth is an amazing and depressing read I highly recommend
Hi Jean, recent subscriber here! (Thanks for the videos!) I have a few fiction recommendations: 'Beacons' edited by Gregory Normington, anything by Liz Jensen and/or Sheri S. Tepper, Kim Stanley Robinson 'New York 2140'. You could look into the new subgenre of "cli-fi" (horrible abbreviation imho but useful for a Google!). Climate change non fiction: 'No Nonsense Guide to Climate Change', 'Silent Spring', 'Don't Even Think About It: Why our brains are wired to ignore climate Change' by George Marshall (who's also an entertaining speaker as well as long term environmental campaigner). Hope that's helpful :-)
Jean.🖒love this video
I’m a climate change activist but I honestly think Greta is harmful to our movement
Why are you only reading books that agree with your opinion already? Let me know when you read a book about why global warming is a hoax. Global warming is nothing more than a democratic keyword they've trained people to respond to with specific feelings. Being more conscious, minimalist and aware of what's going on on the environment are all great, don't get me wrong. I only hope people actually educate themselves rather than only read books that agree with you. That's not education.
I didn't aha - I had no opinion on climate change then listened to scientists and read books and realised humanity had a roll to play. How can you say climate change is a hoax and also acknowledge it's good to be conscious your environment at the same time? It suggests you think humanity can have an impact and that's exactly what these books are talking about. Have you read these books? Tbh at the end of the day I don't really care if you think it's a hoax though. I'm more focused on mass action that forces government and companies to change. I'm an intelligent person, and I always educate myself on issues so while you have just assumed I didn't do any research I have simply recommended books I think are good and will help create a better future.
I agree. Being conscious of your waste and pollution and wanting to preserve the natural world are all good things but "climate change" is something we have no control over. We are currently in a solar minimum meaning we have little to no solar activity (solar flares) resulting in a weak gravitational field and leading to a weak jet stream. Since the jet streams mix air between the hemispheres (mixing hot with cold to give us more moderate weather) it's not doing it's job very well and we have extreme weather patterns. Solar cycles last decades (sometimes a century) and this one started about 15 years ago and according to NASA may continue for another 50 or more.
Jean Bookishthoughts The cool thing about science is that it doesn’t matter whether you “agree” with it or not. It’s still science. Great recommendations, Jean! 💚
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I hope you remain open minded.
phzoe.wordpress.com/2020/02/13/measuring-geothermal-a-revolutionary-hypothesis/
phzoe.wordpress.com/2019/12/25/why-is-venus-so-hot/
It is not a hoax. We've had massive firestorms here in Australia which fire chiefs have been warning our government about. They know it's man made climate change and these are people that know the land and have NOTHING to gain from calling it climate change.They are smart critical thinkers. It is not a hoax. Why would it be a hoax?