Joining with Ginny at Small Thing's for this week's Yarn Along.
Trying to finish up my last secret knitting project... and I just realized that I forgot to take pictures of the two that I already mailed out (oops).... So I guess I can't show you all those but I do promise to reveal the secret post-holidays!
I just finished This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein. It was amazing. It is heavy... very heavy.. and was a bit difficult to immerse myself in, but once I got going I was hooked. It talks about the climate crisis (in detail)-- not so much about the science of climate change, but the politics behind climate change and why nothing has (yet) been done to change the way things work. Klein discusses the problems with Big Oil, the scandalous sides of many of the big green organizations, and the power that money (and greed) has over the world's economies. Most of the book is a bit of a downer.. discussing the urgency of the threat of climate change and how the situation is starting to become hopeless. But the last quarter of the book talks about what has been successfully done so far and where we need to go. In short-- we need people power. Mass organizations of individuals who think that PEOPLE matter MORE than CORPORATIONS. And people who are willing to stand for that.
Anyways, as I said, it is heavy, but so worth the read.
And now I have started Pretties by Scott Westerfield, the second in his Uglies series. It's teen sci-fi. I needed something imaginative and very fiction-y after This Changes Everything.
What are you reading? What are you knitting?
I have been trying so hard to photograph the gifts that are going in the mail but I have missed a few myself. Oops!!!
ReplyDeleteI need some better reminder system! I get too excited when I finish and just stick it in the mail. Oops is right!
DeleteAlways nice to have a light read after a really heavy one. Glad you are finishing up your gifts.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! Thanks!
DeleteSo hard with all the knitting projects, to get photos of everything. Love the little wood figures in your photo :)
ReplyDeleteI know! Once I finish, I am usually so excited to get it in the mail that I forget about the pictures!
DeleteJust saw an interview given by Naomi Klein on Charlie Rose (PBS). She gave a good interview. I'm interested in reading the book above. Thanks for mentioning it.
ReplyDeleteI saw her give an interview once before too. She is super smart. Hope you get a chance to read it!
DeleteInteresting book, I grew up with a dad that was into conservation and land usage before it was popular and he loved organic gardening! We can do so much as a people and a nation and yet we do not. That is sad.
ReplyDeleteYour dad was a pioneer! I think people in general are such herd-followers. We just need to change the dynamic away from crazy consumerism to conservation.... if enough people head towards conservation, maybe the masses will follow!
DeleteI borrowed that book from the library and really appreciated all of her research. It is definitely not a quick read but well worth it.
ReplyDeleteI agree!! I borrowed from the library as well and used the entire 3 weeks to finish it.
DeleteBeautiful yarn! I love picture of the yarn by the Christmas tree. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Melissa!
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