There Is No Planet B

A Handbook for the Make or Break Years

De: Mike Berners-Lee

Narrado por: Mike Berners-Lee

Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, and plastics - the list of concerns seems endless.

But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? Should we frack? How can we take control of technology? Does it all come down to population? And, given the global nature of the challenges we now face, what on Earth can any of us do?

Fortunately, Mike Berners-Lee has crunched the numbers and plotted a course of action that is practical and even enjoyable. There is No Planet B maps it out in an accessible and entertaining way, filled with astonishing facts and analysis. For the first time you'll find big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of the day laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots - questions of how we live and think.

This book will shock you, surprise you, and then make you laugh. And you'll find practical and even inspiring ideas for what you can actually do to help humanity thrive on this - our only - planet.

©2019 Mike Berners-Lee (P)2019 Mike Berners-Lee

Novel approach to climate change

An important contribution to the climate change literature with the author ‘s unique interdisciplinary approach to the topic. His discussion of the “rebound effect” was informative.

What happened to chapter 7?

Did the audio not make it to the Final Cut? Chapter 6 is repeated twice.

One of the best and most important books I have ever read

While the topic of this book is hugely important and consequential. The tone is informal, friendly, and at times humorous. I believe this book is a masterpiece. I was so engaged that I listened to the whole thing in less than three days.
Mike is self deprecating in style, while being insightful, comprehensive and reasonable in what he recommends we do to avert the biggest disaster that humanity has ever faced.

He is also a good performer.

Not recommended as audio book- long, boring listen

I think this book would be better to read. Listening was so difficult. He states so many large numbers one after another it makes your head swim until you have no idea anymore what he is talking about. The chapters are incredibly long so if you need to stop in the middle it’s hard to remember what the topics before were.

I think the subject of the book is incredibly important and needed, and the effort that has gone into it huge...but I do not recommend it as an audio book!

Chapter 7 is missing

Chapter 6 is repeated no chapter 7. No way to report issues either. Very Upsetting