Why am I passionate about this?
I am an environmental scientist with over 25 years experience working on climate change and sustainability. 20 of those years were spent working internationally on environmental policy in developing countries, advising the World Bank and the OECD, and being a climate change negotiator in the UN. I am a thought leader who advised the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice and The Elders Foundation. In 2018 I co-founded my business, Change by Degrees, which works with people and organisations to transform business for good. I am passionate about fairness between people and between people and the planet and enjoy communicating in a hopeful and positive way about the future we can choose.
Tara's book list on climate change and sustainability
Why did Tara love this book?
This is the children’s book I wish I had written.
It is full of exciting ideas about how we can create a better future through innovation, technology, and care for nature and people.
It inspires children about the possibilities of what lies ahead if human work together instead of adding to their anxieties through climate despair.
Beautifully illustrated.
1 author picked Bright New World as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 9, 10, 11, and 12.
“In Cindy Forde’s environmentalist manifesto Bright New World, Earth’s perilous situation fades in comparison to vibrant, sustainable possibilities.”—ForeWord Reviews
Bright New World is a lavishly illustrated glimpse into a future not too far from our own time – a world in which today's children have grown up and tackled the world's most pressing social and environmental problems.
In a series of lush, detailed scenes, readers will enter a world of solar-powered vehicles, regenerated rainforests, skyscraper farms, insect-based snacks, recovering coral reefs, wave-powered electricity, and much more.
Bright New World's vision may be bold and optimistic, but everything in the book…