Prisoners of Geography meets No One is too Small to Make a Difference in this eye-opening collection of essays from 60 young people fighting climate change across the world.
Aditya Mukarji (16) stopped 26 million straws from polluting the oceans. Cecilia La Rose (15) filed a lawsuit against the Canadian federal government for contributing to global warming. Kaze Delphin (19) founded a company that produces eco-charcoal from organic waste in Burundi. From Asia to Africa, Oceania to Europe, the Americas and Antarctica, see the world through the eyes of sixty young people who are fighting for their homes and their futures. Australia's Alex Whitebrook and Kailash Cook are included. These stories are devastating, defiant, inspiring and moving -- but, above all, they are full of hope. The climate crisis can feel overwhelming but, as this book shows, for every problem there are young voices raising awareness, creating solutions and demanding that things change. It's not too late to save the world. United, we really are unstoppable.
One of the most distinctive things about the book is showing that individual actions - such as recycling, driving or flying less, or going vegan - are not enough and will not save us. The only way to achieve systemic change and halt the effects of climate change is mass movement; millions of people need to get involved demand change from those in power