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Kathleen (itpdx)
May 18, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: non-fiction
It took me awhile to read this for two reasons. One, there is much to digest and think about. And two, there are sections that made me so angry that I had to take a break. Klein looks at climate change and why it has been so difficult for us to address it. Everything from finding the problem so overwhelming that we ignore it, to waiting for a technological solution, to hoping a billionaire will ride to our rescue, to having to find a way around the free market ideology that causes entrenched pol ...more
Michael Harry
Very well written and well sourced. It's depressing and demotivating to be sure, but necessary reading I think.

I read it through from cover to cover and it works like that because you get the theme of the thing and many sections are dependent on knowing others. But I could still keep some sections for future reference also.
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Jim
Dec 24, 2014 marked it as did-not-finish
She is apparently a conspiracy nut & not particularly well informed.
"Dystopian Fiction’s Popularity Is a Warning Sign for the Future"
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Erin
Sep 05, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Margie
Sep 17, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: science, society, politics
Mehvish
Sep 21, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Preeti
Oct 14, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: climate-change
Gaijinmama
Dec 28, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Elizabeth
Dec 30, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Stoyan Stoyanov
Aug 18, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Don
May 25, 2017 rated it really liked it
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May 29, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Britt Aamodt
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Robert
Aug 07, 2021 marked it as waiting-on-the-bookshelf  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: environment
Karigan
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