The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams
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  • Added: 2025-10-18
  • Updated: 2025-10-18
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search.schlowlibrary.org · Unknown · 2025-10-21
optimistic 4.00

The book 'This is Not a Drill' offers a precarious optimism about addressing climate change, with contributions from various authors. It combines hard truths about the environmental crisis with practical advice on activism, including legal and logistical aspects of protest.

The book 'This is Not a Drill' is a collection of articles that aim to tell the truth about the environmental crisis and call for immediate action. The first part of the book sets out the stark realities of climate change, with contributions from individuals affected by it, such as a former president of the Maldives and a firefighter from California. The second part focuses on practical steps for activism, including reimagining economics and preparing for legal consequences of protest. The book is described as a handbook for Extinction Rebellion, offering both ideological and logistical support. The reviewer finds the book's sense of precarious optimism compelling and notes that it comes close to a Christian view of the blessedness of Creation, though it stops short of explicitly invoking a concept of God.

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    It just might work.’ These are the opening words of Rowan Williams’ Afterword to this book.

    The first part of the book is headed TELL THE TRUTH and contains 12 articles by different authors attempting to set out the truth of their situation.

    The book comes very close to a Christian view of the blessedness of Creation and our place in it, but refuses, or sees no need, to say that the blessedness of Creation is meaningless without a concept of God to give the blessing.

hobbylark.com · Unknown · 2022-12-28
essential 4.50

The book is a collection of essays that describe the climate emergency and call for radical action. It features a diverse range of voices, including activists, scientists, and politicians, and provides practical advice for getting involved in the Extinction Rebellion movement.

The book is a series of essays that describe the climate emergency and the consequences of inaction. It features a broad range of voices, including farmers, firefighters, politicians, and activists, who all reinforce the movement's message to tell the truth about our predicament. The second half of the book is a call to action, providing insights into the strategy and politics behind civil disobedience, as well as practical advice for getting involved in the Extinction Rebellion movement. The book is not light reading, but it is essential for anyone wanting to take part in the movement. It explains the methods of XR and may persuade those with a passing interest to get involved.

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    The honesty is brutal. “My reading of the latest data is that climate change has gone too far, too fast, with too much momentum” says sustainability professor Jem Bendell. “Any talk of prevention is actually a form of denial of what is really happening.

    Dougald Hine describes the challenge as “negotiating the surrender of our whole way of living.

    Maybe you feel ill equipped” writes co-founder Gail Bradbrook at the end. “Bring your uncertainty, together with a willingness to learn… You are so very welcome.

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