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Humans of Climate Change: A Cultural Journey to Explore Climate-Change Impacts, Solutions, and Hope Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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Climate change is not about saving Earth. So what are we fighting for? Let’s embark on a journey to find the answers.

Since the late 1800s, global average temperature has increased by 2.1°F (1.2°C). Over the last 100 years, the global sea level has risen by about 8 in (20 cm).

Do you find it hard to translate climate change figures like these to the real world? The statistics and science are always in the news, but unless your life and livelihood are affected, it’s difficult to truly appreciate the significant impact behind the numbers.

Much of climate change communication focuses on high-level science and policies which make the topic abstract, distant, and impersonal. Researchers at Yale University found that personal stories can be much more effective in delivering climate change messages and encouraging advocacy behavior.

That’s what this book is about: the personal stories of people around the world. The humans of climate change. From the desolate icefields of the Arctic to the lush green rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, this book will take you on a voyage of discovery. You’ll find out:

  • The reasons why the Amazon rainforest is now a net contributor to global warming and the single best way to protect it.
  • The relationship between climate change and conflict in Afghanistan and how empowering women to have a voice has a direct positive effect
  • The link between a changing landscape and mental health issues of young Inuit in northern Canada.
  • How sea level rise of mere inches can affect the livelihood of 17 million inhabitants of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

I set out to explore climate change impact, but ended up realizing what we are truly protecting.

So, get the audiobook, and let’s start the journey.

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Listening Length 4 hours and 39 minutes
Author Kaden Hogan
Narrator Matt Haynes, Lynnda Nelson
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date September 28, 2021
Publisher Kaden Hogan
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B09H3P3QLF
Best Sellers Rank #556,031 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#507 in Climate Change (Audible Books & Originals)
#5,103 in Climatology
#12,289 in Environmental Science (Books)

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Just a couple chapters shy of finishing Humans of Climate Change & so far have really enjoyed it! There's a lot of factual information as well as emotional to help you connect with different areas of the world. You don't often think much of the other world's struggles in dealing with Climate Change, but after reading the chapter California (where I've experienced it first hand) it became very real to me. We're all in this together! We're all very much connected & should be joining as one to help fight in the climate crisis. There are very grim areas of the book where it feels like our demise from climate is inevitable, but provides solutions & some of the amazing action that's already taken place. I hope more people will read about the climate change crisis whether it's this amazing book or any others! We can shift our habits to make a difference. If just 1-3 degrees can makes huge environmental changes, surely our actions stacked will as well. ❤️🌍
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2021
    I had no idea what to expect when I started reading this book, so went into the book with an open mind. The research Kaden Hogan did is amazing, and using personal stories instead of numbers and stats, etc., made the book extremely readable. Climate change will affect different peoples and cultures in different ways. In rigid patriarchal cultures, it will affect women and children the hardest. “Empowering the powerless or neglected—Indigenous peoples, women, youth, small nations, poor farmers, and slum-dwellers—leads to imaginative and effective solutions.” (Emphasis the reviewers.)

    Hogan takes the reader on a world tour from the Arctic to the Mekong Delta, to India and Kenya, and all places in between. Some of the most interesting interviews/essays were on California: Fire as Friend, Fire as Foe and Kenya: the Old and the New.

    The book is written in three parts of four chapters each, followed by Thinking Points for each part. I found the Thinking Points thoughtful, important, and something we can all participate in. Some have been around for quite a while, but seeing them in new words makes them seem, once again, important.

    If you are a human and live on Planet Earth, I strongly urge you to buy a copy of this book. It is so easy to think to yourself there is nothing you, as an individual can really do, beyond take your own reusable bags to the grocery store, but I assure you, after reading this book, you will rethink that mindset. If we are going to save our planet and the humans on it, there are things all of us can do. It only takes 100 pennies to make a dollar. Or 10 dimes. Become a penny, become a dime.

    Buy this book and read it. Buy copies of this book and give to friends and family. As Hogan says in his conclusion, “…climate change is not about saving Earth. // Earth will carry on—with or without human beings.” It is about saving humans and their cultures.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2021
    The book contains case studies of the effects of climate change in communities around the world. Instead of delving into the numbers, Kaden Hogan details climate change impacts on the lives of people. Perhaps more importantly, Kaden explains how communities with relatively simple and not costly changes have been able to combat climate change consequences. These stories provide hope that awareness of the problems can incentivize people into joining the effort needed to maintain and improve a decent quality of life.
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2021
    Highly recommend!
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2021
    Just a couple chapters shy of finishing Humans of Climate Change & so far have really enjoyed it! There's a lot of factual information as well as emotional to help you connect with different areas of the world. You don't often think much of the other world's struggles in dealing with Climate Change, but after reading the chapter California (where I've experienced it first hand) it became very real to me. We're all in this together! We're all very much connected & should be joining as one to help fight in the climate crisis. There are very grim areas of the book where it feels like our demise from climate is inevitable, but provides solutions & some of the amazing action that's already taken place. I hope more people will read about the climate change crisis whether it's this amazing book or any others! We can shift our habits to make a difference. If just 1-3 degrees can makes huge environmental changes, surely our actions stacked will as well. ❤️🌍
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    A Trip Around The World's Climate Change Issues 🌍

    Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2021
    Just a couple chapters shy of finishing Humans of Climate Change & so far have really enjoyed it! There's a lot of factual information as well as emotional to help you connect with different areas of the world. You don't often think much of the other world's struggles in dealing with Climate Change, but after reading the chapter California (where I've experienced it first hand) it became very real to me. We're all in this together! We're all very much connected & should be joining as one to help fight in the climate crisis. There are very grim areas of the book where it feels like our demise from climate is inevitable, but provides solutions & some of the amazing action that's already taken place. I hope more people will read about the climate change crisis whether it's this amazing book or any others! We can shift our habits to make a difference. If just 1-3 degrees can makes huge environmental changes, surely our actions stacked will as well. ❤️🌍
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2021
    This book is an eye opening read which brings the climate science findings into a simple and easy to understand way. It provides the human face upon the climate changes we are experiencing at this time.
    I found this book to be an excellent source of information about climate change which we are seeing in our day to day lives.

    I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2021
    I've read many books about climate change and some are easier to understand or absorb than others. But this is by far the most engaging and relatable book I've read so far on the subject.

    The author does an excellent job of putting a human face on the issues of climate change. It definitely opened my eyes to the issues being faced around the world.

    The book is easy to read and each chapter seemed better than the one before. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the impact of climate change on cultures around the world. Would be a great book for teens or young people to read too.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022
    This book was very well written and organized. The way it takes you on a global journey to express specific ways that climate change are affecting specific regions was very affective. Not only did it show the variety of problems, it made strong cases for how many small items get affected and build into much larger problems.

    The material is well researched and documented. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to see how our world is changing and how every individual can truly help make a difference to make things better.
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2021
    Humans of Climate Change takes us on a world-spanning journey to locations as diverse as the Amazon and the Arctic, Kenya and Fiji, where we explore the lives of those who have been living with climate change.

    As we learn how people live in these varied locations, we also come to understand the story of how they have adapted to climate change. Humans of Climate Change gives us an invaluable tool in the fight against climate change. By showing us the lives of people around the world coping with this crisis, we can find compassion, inspiration, and the necessary commitment to take action.
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  • TOratman
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must read if you are following COP26 discussions.
    Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2021
    While the world grapples with how to reduce harmful emissions, many of the poorer countries are asking for financial assistance to deal with climate changes that are taking place now. This book provides many examples of this adaption. By the way, many western countries are also taking steps to adapt to the changes.
  • Clare Cannon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Angle on Climate Change
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2023
    Well researched, well written and well worth reading. I’m actually going to read it again as there is a lot to take in but thats because I would like to relive it again and nothing to do with the great flow of the book. Congratulations to the author for taking a subject that is not very digestible and throwing humans into the mix who are both creating the problem and also working hard to solve them. Read it if you want to take a trip around the world and find hope in the most unlikely of places. The author has also freely expressed she would like you to share her work which is great for those who want to help others with their climate education.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read this to understand how you can save yourself and your loved ones
    Reviewed in India on September 6, 2021
    I read a lot about climate change, but this one powerfully summarizes things. It touches every corner of the world, and it is heartbreaking. Everyone is impacted differently but impacted big time. The beauty of this book is in its focus on how we can work towards reviving things. A must-read.

    "Earth will be fine...it will go on with ot without us...the battle against climate change is about saving us, our children, and their children, and even more urgently, our culture." (From the book)
  • Buyer
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Hopeful Outlook
    Reviewed in Canada on September 3, 2022
    I found this book very readable and full of information on how some people in very poor countries are adapting to their changing environments. It explains how the climate has changed in each area and how the people there have modified their living patterns to adjust to the changes. Not a completely dire outlook but a hopeful one.
  • Andrew
    4.0 out of 5 stars Human ingenuity applied to climate challenges
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2022
    Decent. Presents the urgency but also explores how people across are applying ingenuity and science to mitigate or adapt to climate effects. Comes at the topic with a measure of ‘hope’.