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Solitaire Townsend

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Nonfiction, Fantasy, Fiction

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Solitaire Townsend is a renowned climate author and is co-founder & Chief Solutionist at Futerra and Chair of The Solutions Union charity. She holds master’s degrees in both Sustainability and Shakespeare.

Her popular TED talk, Forbes column, and most recent book – The Solutionists – are available online. She is LGBTQIA, neurodivergent and sanguine about being named after a Bond girl.

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	The Solutionists: How Businesses Can Fix the Future 3.97 avg rating — 70 ratings — 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
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	The Naked Environmentalist it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	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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UNF*CKING OUR CLIMATE STORY

Every great story begins with an ‘inciting incident’.

That’s the moment when the ordinary world cracks, when the hero is shaken awake. The ring is left on a hobbit’s mantelpiece. The message flickers from Princess Leia. The sky burns, the monster rises, the truth is revealed. It’s the moment the story really starts.

In my new novel Godstorm, it’s when a child is abducted during a climate-induced

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