Naomi Klein has written a guidebook for young defenders of our planet – yet it proves helpful not only for teenagers. A short and incisive story of the climate crisis, along with an explanation on how to leave the global impasse, Klein’s book is a compressed pill of facts and optimism that can help adults, too.
The Canadian journalist and activist could be considered a mentor, if not godmother, of the new generation involved in climate activism. But this was not the purpose of her short, engaging book.
Naomi Klein wants to help. She understands how much depends now on the knowledge and determination of children and teenagers. In her guidebook for the youth, Klein steers clear of the patronizing, arrogant attitude of the business tycoons patting Greta Thunberg on the back at the Davos summit. Klein sees the originator of the School Strike for Climate as an actual leader and partner in the most important endeavour of modern times: saving the planet and each other.
