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CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW COMMENTARY Geog 3446a Fall 2022
Last name, First name
1. What is/was your attitude toward the climate change crisis just prior to commencing
this book, and why? For example, were you pessimistic? Fearful? Complacent? Cautiously
optimistic? Otherwise?
2. Having read the book in its entirety, has your attitude toward the environmental
‘climate’ crisis changed relative to your initial position above? If so, how so? And if not, why not? Use examples from the book to support your position .
3. How, if at all, do you think this book has impacted the way you think, ‘the way you gaze’, the human-environment relationship? Please provide specific examples from the book.
Linking your answer to our first lecture will help to contextualize our position.
4. How, if at all, might this book impact ‘the way you do’—your behaviours–toward climate change? Be specific about the behaviour or behaviours you think have been impacted and the action or actions, if any, you might or will take soon.
5. What feature(s) do like most about this book, be it the thesis, content, structure, writing style, or some other feature? Defend your position with specific examples.
6. What feature(s) did you dislike the most about this book, be it the thesis, content,
structure, writing style, or some other feature? Defend your position with specific
examples.
