No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Ratings23
Average rating3.7
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Ratings23
Average rating3.7
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. No One is Too Small to Make a Difference collects Greta Thunberg's history-making speeches, from addresses at climate rallies around the world audiences at the UN, the World Economic Forum, and the British Parliament. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.
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I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg however I would not recommend this book. This “book” is a collection of her various speeches and although listening to one or two of them can be inspiring, listening to 20+ of them is not. Her speeches all sound the same and unfortunately, I didn't feel like I learned anything new.
I'm not going to officially rate this, but my personal rating is 3 stars. That being said, the hard truths Greta communicates here are incredibly important. Her words are concise, powerful, and tragic.
The reason for the 3 star review is that I don't think the presentation of this book adequately communicates its contents. This is a collection of Greta's speeches. Because they were not written to be collectively presented, and because those in power have continued to fail to act on the climate crisis, the speeches are very repetitive and therefore not as interesting after the first couple. However, after reading this I feel compelled to learn more about the climate crisis and how I can act to stop it, which means this book has served its purpose very well. The book receives 3/5 from me, but Greta herself is 10/10 every time.
3.5 stars...but just because it was only a collection of speeches that were quite repetitive in certain parts, otherwise this has such a meaningful message that I don't know how anyone may ignore or go against it.
