Title: The EARTH Book by Todd Parr
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Content: As written, it problematically focuses on individual actions unlikely to make a significant dent in the climate crisis. This is a collective action problem problem, and even at the individual level, there are much more impactful actions individuals can take beyond "turning the lights off". Should add pages focused on: writing to your elected officials because we aren't going to solve climate change through individual
If Todd ever revises The Earth Book, I think he should make significant changes. As written, it problematically focuses on individual actions unlikely to make a significant dent in the climate crisis. This is a collective action problem problem, and even at the individual level, there are much more impactful actions individuals can take beyond "turning the lights off". Should add pages focused on: writing to your elected officials because we aren't going to solve climate change through individual action, plant-based diets, transitioning away from fossil fuels in all forms, and "reduce" and "reuse" before "recycle". Todd stuck with the "safe" ones, but these aren't going to cut it to stop the climate crisis. ...more
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