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Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change The World    ♦♦♦♦
by Bill Nye
352 pages, Published November 2015

Here’s a book that could be interesting to quite a broad audience.

The dedication sets the tone: “To the Next Great Generation. Embrace science. Solve problems. Make things. Change the world.”

I learned quite a bit of science and technology that I believe increases my ability to understand more about climate change, and options and alternatives being debated. It’s a bit like a textbook – that’s got its pros and cons. If you skim/skip sections that are a slog for you personally, you won’t miss the overall message.

The book conveys a positive ‘can do’ attitude; about technologies that are vital to pursue to change the way we manage energy and water, and the importance of laws and policies that will guide us to do more with the resources we have.

The title isn’t referring to that climate change is Unstoppable, although a certain amount of warming and disruption is definitely baked in, rather that our species is unstoppable when we decide to rise to the challenges we face.

To be the Next Great Generation, we all need to step up, through our personal efforts, innovations we create, the policies we support, and the people we vote for.

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