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There Is No Planet B
- A Handbook for the Make or Break Years
- Narrated by: Mike Berners-Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science & Engineering, Science
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Summary
Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, and plastics - the list of concerns seems endless.
But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? Should we frack? How can we take control of technology? Does it all come down to population? And, given the global nature of the challenges we now face, what on Earth can any of us do?
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- Darcie
- 22-06-19
Captivating listen, not too terrifying
I really enjoyed this-it provided a realistic view of the situations and practical solutions for individuals, businesses and governments. I really enjoyed the food chapter, which has given me a better understanding of the impacts of various foods, air freighting and hot housing. Just bought how bad are bananas, and will use next months credit for the burning question!
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- Alex
- 11-04-20
Great book, wish all the chapters were here!
I have enjoyed listening to this book a lot, but I wish chapter 7 of the book had been included. Instead book chapter 6 is repeated and then we move on to chapter 8 of the book. (The relevant 'chapters' of the audiobook are chapters 9 and 10.)
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-12-19
Eye/ear-opening!
This is a very well written book and the author did a great job narrating. I had found it difficult to gain a concise view of the environmental struggles we face as a global society until I listened to this book. Particularly eye-opening were the numbers highlighting the inefficiencies of consuming calories and macro/micro nutrients through ruminating, human-edible-food-fed animals such as cows and sheep. I have started to make a conscious effort to consume less meat as a result, mostly to help reduce the environmental impact of current practices through lower demand, but also because now I realise that alternative ways to incorporate protein etc. into my diet exist, which also happen to be more consistent with sustainable practices.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who would generally like to know more about the numbers behind the environmental challenges we face and how feasible currently proposed solutions are.
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- aas
- 31-05-21
Best as a Book
This book was well written and researched but frankly it did not suit an audiobook. The book is naturally quite complex and many facts shot over my head in the speed of the reading.
Also, in the end, despite his cheery optimism I was left thinking the "Elephantine points" that;
1). There is no evidence that the global economic, technological and political system is set up for a peaceful transition to net zero in the time frame needed.
2). Connected to the above, to ask most people (fed incessantly with "internal" media belief bubbles) to then break free and understand the "external" complexity of this eco disaster, goes against not only our atavistic proclivities for danger but also societal organisation. Frightened people generally choose fascistic leaders.
3. My neighbour has 4 children. Any effort on my part to cut my carbon footprint is simply buried beneath their profligacy and all other similar traits.
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- GSV3MiaC
- 22-02-20
Missing chapter 7?
Am I the only listener to notice that chapter 6 was repeated and chapter 7 not present? This is playing in the cloud player on 22/Fen/.2020, so it isn't a download or device issue.
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- Aaron
- 07-02-22
A little over my head upon the 1st listening!
I plan to purchase the book and hopefully the illustrations will help me as I go throygh it at a more suitable pace for my level.
Great Job though and hopefully the Planet will be saved!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 11-07-21
a must read, for everyone on this planet
A very fluent and succinct read for a non-fiction book crammed so full of important life changing facts.
many lessons to be learned and prompts for self reflection and evaluation of how we live our lives and pointers for where we can all seek to make improvements.
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- Jamie Barron
- 29-05-21
Essential reading
If you eat food; move by any means; ever buy anything; or live on planet Earth, you’ll find something interesting and thought-provoking in this audiobook.
In an excellent reading of his own book, Berners-Lee introduces a lightness, modesty and occasional humour to make this less a polemic than a very balanced, open-minded injection of ideas to live by.
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- SteveN
- 22-05-21
There is no book B
This book is provides a well balanced and concise perspective on climate change and those avenues we can travel in order to mitigate the damages already incurred resulting from the industrial age and human progression.
Well worth a listen as Mike offers a ground, yet informed, view of what we and our nations can do to preserve the earth for future generations.
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- Jennifer A. P. Macmillan
- 01-04-21
Everone should read/listen to this
Fantastic book for everyone to read. This should be taught in schools, universities and to our politicians.
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- Jessica R Thomas
- 03-02-21
Not recommended as audio book- long, boring listen
I think this book would be better to read. Listening was so difficult. He states so many large numbers one after another it makes your head swim until you have no idea anymore what he is talking about. The chapters are incredibly long so if you need to stop in the middle it’s hard to remember what the topics before were.
I think the subject of the book is incredibly important and needed, and the effort that has gone into it huge...but I do not recommend it as an audio book!
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- alan
- 11-07-19
Novel approach to climate change
An important contribution to the climate change literature with the author ‘s unique interdisciplinary approach to the topic. His discussion of the “rebound effect” was informative.