GLL Book Club: Earthshot – How To Save Our Planet By Colin Butfield & Jonnie Hughes

Earthshot – How To Save Our Planet. Authors: Colin Butfield & Jonnie Hughes ⭐⭐⭐⭐

If you are not already aware, The Earthshot Prize was launched in 2021 to support initiatives over the next decade to save our Earth, covering 5 areas of the environment: Protect and restore nature, Clean our air, Revive our oceans, Build a waste-free world and Fix our climate. The project aims to reward those who have ideas that can help us improve the environment by awarding £1 million to each of the five solutions each year, resulting in 50 winners by 2030, in the hope that these solutions benefitting will catalyse action around the world.

While the awards were broadcast on TV and you can read about the scheme online, in 2021 this book was published, drawing together the work of many environmentalists and activists. The book lays out the environmental problems facing our generation, but focuses more on solutions being created and implemented right now around the world. They describe the concept in this equation: Urgency + Optimism = Action. If you find reading the news and other sources of media around climate change to be fuelling climate doomism, then this is a great read for you. Full of inspiring stories of ingenuity from around the world, reasons for hope and targets to set yourself over the next ten years, this is a really helpful and rewarding book about real people creating real change. If scaled up, it is hoped this approach will have the power to change our world. A definite recommendation if you are looking for some more positive reading around our environmental issues and their solutions. Let’s make this the decade of change!

Find out more: https://earthshotprize.org/

Buy: https://www.waterstones.com/book/earthshot/colin-butfield/jonnie-hughes/9781529388626 (also check out local libraries and charity shops before buying new, or borrow from friends or family. And if you do buy new, let people you know borrow the book too so everyone can enjoy!)