It was a given for me that I would disagree with a lot of this book, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that I hated it. 2019, 320 Seiten, Maße: 21,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch. Schon beim Aktivieren werden Daten an Dritte übertragen – siehe, Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter oder Google in die USA übertragen und unter Umständen auch dort gespeichert. Climate change is terrifying and paralyzing, the most natural response is to give up. Even if you don’t agree with her view or solutions, it’s a must read for this time. That's good advice on lots of levels, because in order to win this fight of our lives, we all need a place to stand.”, “What we need are transitions that recognize the hard limits on extraction and that simultaneously create new opportunities for people to improve quality of life and derive pleasure outside the endless consumption cycle, whether through publicly funded art and urban recreation or access to nature through new protections for wilderness. The arguments in here are not going to convince anyone who doesn't want to believe. Näheres erfahren Sie durch einen Klick auf das. Klein is a bit more rational about climate change and not so much of a zealot. Schon beim Aktivieren werden Daten an Dritte übertragen – siehe, 2 Klicks für mehr Datenschutz: Erst wenn Sie hier klicken, wird der Button aktiv und Sie können Ihre Empfehlung an Twitter senden. Sind Umweltkrisen Krisen der Natur oder der Kultur? I really enjoy Naomi Klein's books and I would not say that this one is any different. Klein asserts that any climate movement that leaves out justice for minority groups, women, the global south, and indigenous peoples, is doomed to fail. Share. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It is time to make change for real and start at your own home, encourage your family and friends and take time to get involved in your local community to discuss green energy, green way of life and the elimination of problems that are contributing to ruining our world of what makes th. She also isn't preachy or holier-than-thou in her writing in the same manner which Al Gore and Greta Thunberg are. Klappentext zu „On Fire “ 'Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. Leave aside the outright deniers, although in recent years many of them have shifted from denial of global warming to denial of it human causes; the rest of us have gone from talking of a build-up of greenhouse gasses (this is after the hydrofluorocarbon focus of the 1970s, and the hole in the ozone layer) to global warming to cli. Schon beim Aktivieren werden Daten an Dritte übertragen – siehe, Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter oder Google in die USA übertragen und unter Umständen auch dort gespeichert. Schreiben Sie den ersten Kommentar zu "On Fire". That's according to Naomi Klein (although she humbly adds she is merely one of many voices in her field who have been drawing similar conclusions). Republicans are opposed to recognizing the climate crisis simply because they know its solution would mean wealth distribution, resource sharing and reparations. September 17th 2019 Instead, this book should be seen as a way to galvanize those already invested in this idea. Whether what you see on the other end looks socialist or social-democracy on the one hand or fascism on the other depends on our politics in the coming years and our willingness to challenge entrenched power. Naomi Klein will help you remember that climate change and environmental catastrophe are connected to the rapacious destruction of standards of human life and dignity, along with the massive redistribution of wealth from the poor to the wealthy. ON FIRE The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal By Naomi Klein. Other essays are speeches given in various countries including Britain and Australia with less appeal outside of those particular nations. I just finished this incredible thought provoking book about climate change and making our life into smart green approaches. by James Dowsett Tuesday, 22 September 2020. Refresh and try again. Näheres erfahren Sie durch einen Klick auf das, 'Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. Bücher bei Weltbild.de: Jetzt On Fire von Naomi Klein versandkostenfrei online kaufen & per Rechnung bezahlen bei Weltbild.de, Ihrem Bücher-Spezialisten! Welcome back. I'm very fiscally conservative and libertarian to some extent, I do not care about climate change at all, and I'm unabashedly a capitalist in terms of which ideology I conform to. Naomi Klein shares her considerable expertise and formidable knowledge concerning climate change, environmental disaster, and the intersectionality of economic inequality, systemic racism, the dangerous exces. As Naomi says, “climate change detonates the ideological scaffolding on which contemporary conservatism rests.” It’s hard to keep vilifying collective action when it’s the only workable solution. To save ourselves in her view we have to make serious structural changes to not only our energy infrastructure but to Capitalism itself. Schon beim Aktivieren werden Daten an Dritte übertragen – siehe, 2 Klicks für mehr Datenschutz: Erst wenn Sie hier klicken, wird der Button aktiv und Sie können Ihre Empfehlung an Twitter senden. This book joins the ranks of Klein's previous ones as a non-fiction work that is both accessible and urgently needed. She's added her 2019 reflections at the end of each essay to contextualize any changes to events in that location, policy, or her own thinking. We all need to read this book and think about what is occurring around us and our planet. The book equipped me with a broader perspective on climate change that also includes social justice. I'm very fiscally conservative and libertarian to some extent, I do not care about climate change at all, and I'm unabashedly a capitalist in terms of which ideology I conform to. It's not simply right to address historical and contemporary injustices while dealing with the climate emergency. Drawing inspiration from the drastic political changes Franklin Roosevelt has brought to bear to face of the great financial crisis, she proposes a corresponding New Deal where huge investments in renewables and the social state will create millions of new jobs, especially for the vulnerable groups of the population, and in parallel with the salvation of the planet, the salvation of mankind from very big social problems will come also. Really paints the importance of treating the next decade as a climate emergency and gives fact based reasoning to support initiatives like the green new deal. First off, I got this book from the publisher sponsored by LitHub.com. The author has made me think about everything and I am happy that I am doing this after a week of extreme weather in the US. Naomi Klein: On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal review - an unapologetic manifesto Klein’s radical remedy for reversing climate destruction. I grew up in rural Ohio on a farm and to see the US farms being shut down to political actions of this current administration and the cost of farming not paying bills anymore is so very sad. It was a given for me that I would disagree with a lot of this book, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that I hated it. In this she goes on to argue in favor of the idea that imposing of specific drastic solutions to climate change can bring about major changes in the way the world economy operates, thereby creating a fairer world. It's exciting to have the opportunity to read a book that feels so important. “After listening to the great farmer-poet Wendell Berry deliver a lecture on how we each have a duty to love our 'homeplace' more than any other, I asked him if he had any advice for rootless people like me and my friends, who disappear into our screens and always seem to be shopping for the perfect community where we should put down our roots.