i had so much hope for this book, it really let me down. i’m a big environmental advocate and leftist, so don’t get me wrong, we need so many more guides and action on climate justice. however, this book is not a good example, and is so disappointing, especially considering i found out that the publisher that Teen Vogue partnered with is radical? this book is very liberal, and not leftist, although it acts like it is.

i can’t put my thoughts together too well at the moment, but a review that really summed up some of my thoughts by a goodreads user called ‘Brenmlaws’ says this “Teen Vogue has made some good lefty articles, but this book shows that they are a strictly liberal outlet with allegience to the democratic party and a very vague notion of what it takes to create social change, especially the drastic revolutionary social change that is needed to confront the climate crisis. It does a fair job of pointing out some of the problems, but
does not get past moralism and vague notions of “colonization" to explain the source of the problems. The book is absolutely hopeless in describing any notion of solutions with the name "Alexandria Occasio Cortez" and "the Green New Deal" being seen as somehow managing to do it. We need better books about the climate from the left because of the crazy level of urgency.”

also it felt like it was trying to be a universal read, but focused on america 90% of the time, and any advice on what to do as an individual teen was centred around the presumption you were american, which makes sense since Teen Vogue itself is an american publisher, but still, it felt not useful in the long run or for a long time. 

it’s not a guide, it’s just a collection of magazine articles. it doesn’t allow you to do anything about what it vaguely mentioned, it just is reporting on events which have happened.