The Great Disruption : Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring on the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World

from jefware

Since the consequences of not cutting growth and addressing climate change are so bad then, he reasons, we will over come them by just such and effort that England and the US undertook in WWII. I am skeptical. Much has been made of England's undertaking, but what of Germany and Japan?

from Razinha

Toyed with just two stars on this. Nothing new...nothing earth-shattering...nothing that will convince anybody he's right, and his solutions are amateurishly obvious...therefore pretty much unlikely until ultimately forced.I get his passion, and his personal contribution. This book didn't capture...

from vlermeisie

Gilding could have said what he wanted to say in a few punchy chapters and spared us from a drawn-out, data poor, verbose read interspersed with cliches, corny humor and self-aggrandizement. His book lacks credibility and does little for the environmental cause he's so desperate to promote. Strug...

from froginasock

I've always felt a bit helpless in the face of all the evidence in support of climate change and didn't really know what I should be doing about it. This is the first book (of a great many) that I've read that clearly outlines what we need to do and also offers hope if we do it (soon!!).