How To Change Everything By Naomi Klein With Rebecca Stefoff


 Genre: Non-Fiction Environment

Rating: 3.8/5

Pages: 298

Welcome to the book review of How to change everything!

How to change everything? Wouldn't all of us want to know the answers to this question? This book talks about changes to the environment and how it impacts us. The book aims at inciting intrigue in you, as far as human activities that harm nature are concerned.

How to change everything, isn't groundbreaking by any means. There is a good possibility that you would already be aware of a lot of things that are written in the book. However, it does put together a lot of good sources, explains a lot of things with details, and is full of examples.

Naomi Klein aims to garner a sense of urgency and activity from younger people. You will come across some instances of Greta, 

The book is more of a recap of where we are right now, how we managed to reach to this point and what are the things that we need to do, in a bid to reduce the global rise in temperature. Which is no doubt at alarming levels.

There are enough inspiring stories scattered throughout the book, which will give you the confidence of standing up for what you believe in. 

For me, a highlight was the several books that the author has referred to in her book. I was quick to add a couple of them to my TBR list. 

Though it might be nitpicking, I believe pictures do say a lot. And if the author and publishers did decide to put pictures in the book, adding colours would have been much more productive. The economics of printing the book aside, if there are stories about greenery or lack of them, monochrome pictures just do not do any justice to them.

Most of the time, I ended up skipping the pictures altogether.

Don't get me wrong, it is a decent read. But I somehow expected a bit more from a book that is titled, How to change everything. There is a lot of good information in the book, however, a very few How to guides. 

The book talks about effective ideas such as eliminating the need to push for more fossil fuels. Increasing dependence on renewable energy and gradually ending all the existing production of fossil fuel. 

The book can be an ideal gift for young people, such as your nephew or niece. Since adults have tried a few times in the past, and have failed due to economics and politics taking centre stage, Naomi's book comes as a beacon that is passed on to the newer generation. 

On to the next book then.

Happy reading!

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