MNA Online Book Club — Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie

Join us online Sunday October 12th at 2 p.m. to discuss Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie.

We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that we should reconsider having children.

But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture emerges. The data shows we've made so much progress on these problems, and so fast, that we could be on track to achieve true sustainability for the first time in history.

Packed with the latest research, practical guidance and enlightening graphics, this book will make you rethink almost everything you've been told about the environment, from the virtues of eating locally and living in the countryside, to the evils of overpopulation, plastic straws and palm oil. It will give you the tools to understand what works, what doesn't and what we urgently need to focus on so we can leave a sustainable planet for future generations.

These problems are big. But they are solvable. We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone. Let's turn that opportunity into reality.

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Our book for November is Donut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist by Kate Raworth.

Other tentative future books are:
The Wisdom of Plagues by Donald McNeil
The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman & Michael E. Long
Good Reasonable People: The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide by Keith Payne

If you are interested in any of these titles, or have other book suggestions, please message me or leave a comment below.