Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet in The Transition Movement

Oct 05, 2016 Dave Schaafsma rated it really liked it

Shelves: environment

So, you probably think you don't want to read this book or this review, because it is about bad news you maybe think you already know, and will include not enough good--or really new--news about imminent solutions. But I'll tell you: It's well written and important, from the world's premier climate change writer.

I recently reread Bill McKibben’s 1986 The End of Nature, the first book about global warming for a general audience, in preparation to read this more recent book, Eaarth: Making a Life ...more

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Jan 27, 2012 Ted rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: global-warming, environment, future-is-local

McKibben argues that the place we now live has been changed by humans sufficiently (in totally bad ways) so that we no longer live on the same planet on which human society has developed over the last several thousand years. (Hence we no longer live on Earth, but "Eaarth".) I think he is probably right, and this is a profoundly disturbing fact to contemplate. He has pretty much given up attempting to “solve” the problem of global warming (we can’t any more) though of course he is still devoting ...more

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Dec 02, 2012 David Rubenstein rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sociology, environment, audiobook, science, economics, nonfiction, technology

Bill McKibben is a world-famous environmentalist. He is the founder of 350.org, a very big organization whose purpose is to solve the climate crisis. Without a doubt, he has written a very scary book. Well worth reading, to help put climate change into context.

The main point of this excellent book, is that our planet is not the same as it used to be; hence, the title Eaarth. Climate change is happening right now. Sea level is rising faster than expected. Dry areas are becoming drier, while wet r ...more

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Aug 24, 2012 Katie rated it really liked it

Shelves: nonfiction

This book isn't just about climate change. It blends information about climate change with ideas from The Limits to Growth and Small is Beautiful (Schumacher) and tries to give a positive outlook on how we can adapt and change our way of living to adjust to our changing planet. I really liked many of the points that McKibben made, but I wasn't crazy about the writing style and feel like it could have used more details in some parts and more editing in others. There are some parts that are absolu ...more

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Oct 08, 2010 Jim rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ecosystems-and-sustainability, science, favorites

Outstanding treatise on what we have already done to the earth, and how we might possibly learn to live with the consequences. I hope to write a more complete review as time permits. My highest recommendation.

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