Not the End of the World: Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie | Book Club

Full Title: Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
Suggested by: Gautam S.
Pages to read: 246
ISBN: 9780316536752 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780316536950 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•How do doomsday environmental stories effect the science?
•How did Russia’s invasion of Ukraine effect energy supplies and greenhouse emissions?
•Has the world ever been sustainable?
•Can the world become sustainable?
•What is sustainability?
•What is the sustainability trade-off?
•What are the advantages of societies in the 21st century than any previous society?
•What ideas won’t fix sustainability problems?
•What happened to air pollution?
•What happened to Beijing’s air quality?
•What happened to Delhi’s air quality?
•How does air pollution effect a society?
•What happened to the ozone layer?
•What is the environmental Kuznets Curve?
•What happed to the costs of sustainable technologies?
•What information makes it into the news?
•What happened to pollution from energy sources?
•Which vehicle is more efficient, an electric or petrol vehicle?
•What is the energy usage of urban and rural societies?
•What is the effect of a carbon tax?
•How much oxygen does the Amazon contribute?
•What happened to French forests?
•What effect does deforestation have?
•What is the effect of palm oil?
•How much land does agriculture take?
•How many harvests are left?
•How many people can be fed by the planet?
•What happened to the food supply?
•What is the effect of eating locally?
•Is the planet going through an extinction event?
•What happens to plastics after being use?
•What effect do plastics have on wildlife?
•What happened to fish stock?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.