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D.A. Baden

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I work in the area of sustainability and climate change, and the more you know the scarier it is. Like the sun, you can’t look too closely at it, but face to one side, you make your way, because in fact, it’s easy to put everything right. All the solutions are right here, they just have to catch on. Walking lightly and mindfully upon the earth is so doable. I started writing as therapy, with green solutions as the main ingredient, stories to soothe my soul. Then my characters and their stories took over centre stage, leaving the green solutions to season the stew.

I set up the series of free Green Stories writing competitions in 2018 to inspire writers to create positive visions of what a sustainable society might look like, to tell stories ...more

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	Habitat Man 3.97 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet by D.A. Baden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kim Stanley Robinson, Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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D.A. Baden rated a book really liked it Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I didn't like this much at the start. There were too many multi-clausal sentences that I had to read several times to get straight. I also really missed chapters. I did like the character descriptions. The author goes deep into who they are and no ch ...more
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What a gem! I finished this in a day. It made me laugh out loud. The deadpan humour shines a light of the imposed conformity of Japanese society. It was an easy read and the ending was just perfect. I'll be looking out for other stories by Sayaka Mur ...more
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This is one of my favourite books of all time. The structure is innovative but it's still a compelling read. The film was awful, although perhaps I might not have hated it as much as i did if I hadn't read the book first. ...more
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I didn't realise there was so much more to solar energy than just a cleaner, cheaper form of energy. Bill McKibben's book Here Comes the Sun highlights also the emancipatory potential of solar power for local and individual resilience. Not only is cl ...more
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This is set in post war Japan when an artist, previously a hero, in the wake of regret over Japan's aggression and the devastating consequences, now finds himself in an uncertain world where values are changing rapidly and he no longer knows where he ...more
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Elliptical is the word most often used for this book - subtle and reflective.
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Elliptical is the word most often used for this book - subtle and reflective.
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