finished: 6th July 2026

The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions (2022, ed. Miriam Lang, Mary Ann Manahan, Breno Bringel)

This collection was informative and the different essays complemented each other well. It uses easy language with minimal jargon so laymen like myself can follow the arguments without issue. The main point I took away from the book overall was the urgency with which we need to reevaluate our unsustainable consumption, not just creating ways to keep up with it, especially in the Global North. It is easy to acknowledge that capitalism is the primary driver of the climate crisis, but harder to confront our roles in it as citizens of the Global North. Many of the essays outline the issues with the "fixes" for the climate crisis curently being pedalled like electric vehicles and the harm to the areas the materials are extracted from. The various essays provide solutions such as degrowth, committing to dismantling the legacies of colonialism and returning sovereignty of the land to indigenous peoples.