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Who Cares Wins

How to Protect the Planet You Love: A thousand ways to solve the climate crisis: from tech-utopia to indigenous wisdom
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Who Cares Wins by Lily Cole explores the intersection of optimism and action in addressing global challenges. The book combines environmental insights with personal anecdotes and interviews, showcasing how individuals and communities are tackling issues such as climate change, inequality, and sustainability. It's a call to action and a guide for making meaningful change.
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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by the notion of harnessing creativity and innovation to address environmental challenges. It's ideal for those who are keen on exploring how individual actions and collective efforts can enact positive change for our planet.

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Who Cares Wins offers a radical guide to thinking differently about the world and initiating change.

Optimism demands action. Optimism is an active choice. Optimism is not naive and it is not impossible.

We are living in an age of turmoil, destruction, and uncertainty. Global warming has reached terrifying heights of severity, human expansion has caused the extinction of countless species, and Neoliberalism has led to a destructive divide in wealth and a polarisation of mainstream politics. However, there is a constructive way to meet this challenge, there is a reason to keep on fighting, and there are plenty of reasons for optimism.

Lily Cole has met with some of the millions of people around the world who are working on solutions to our biggest challenges and are committed to creating a more sustainable and peaceful future for humanity. Who Cares Wins explores issues from fast fashion to fast food, from renewable energy to gender equality. It features interviews with Stella McCartney, Elon Musk, activists like Extinction Rebellion co-founder Dr Gail Bradbrook, and Farhana Yamin, to offer a beacon of possibility in challenging times.

This book is a rousing call to action that will leave you feeling hopeful that we can make a difference. We are the ancestors of our future—a generation who will either be celebrated for its activism or blamed for its apathy. It is for us to choose optimism, to make a change and to show what is possible.

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Lily Cole's Who Cares Wins receives high praise for its insightful exploration of sustainability and environmentalism, combining personal experiences, expert interviews, and a hopeful outlook. Critics appreciate Cole's ability to balance optimism with critical insight, offering visionary possibilities for change rather than prescribing solutions. The book is noted for its elegant exploration of complex topics such as climate change, technology, and social activism, serving as an inspiring call to action to imagine and care for a better future.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241309148

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Life

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 309g

Pages: 448

About the Author

Lily Cole is an environmental activist, model, actress and filmmaker. She holds an MA in history of art from the University of Cambridge, was an affiliate at The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Glasgow, for her contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes through social businesses. Lily has spoken at Davos, Google's Zeitgeist conference and Wired. She regularly writes for media including the Guardian, Huffington Post, Vogue and Financial Times. Lily has directed multiple short documentaries. Lily was the Bronte Parsonage Museum's creative partner for 2018, for whom she made her first fiction film.

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