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Synopsis

Started to worry about just how hot our world is going to get, and whether you can do anything about it? As the effect of climate change grows by the day, so does the amount of hot air and bluster spouted by politicians and businessmen on what we should do about it. What with the excuses, the lies, the fudged figures, the PR greenwashing and the downright misinformation on the power of everything from wind turbines to carbon trading, when it comes to saving the world, most people don’t know what they’re talking about.

Luckily, George Monbiot – scourge of big business, riler of governments, arch-enemy of climate change deniers everywhere – does. Packed with killer facts and inspiring ideas, shot through with passion and underlined by brilliant investigative journalism, with a copy of Heat you really can protect the planet.

‘I defy you to read this book and not feel motivated to change’ The Times

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Reviews

Critic Review:

'Buy this book, read it, and then start acting on its recommendations.'
The Guardian

Interview

George Monbiot author of Heat, answers our questions.

What inspired you to write Heat and when did you first think of it?
In May 2005, I was asked in a public meeting what this country would look like after our carbon emissions had been cut by 80%. I had no idea what the answer was, and I wanted to find out.
 
What changes have you made to the way you live your life since thinking about climate change?
I got rid of my car, stopped shopping at supermarkets, started buying my electricity from a "green" supplier and took on five allotments, to try to grow all my own fruit and vegetables.

How do you get around town?
By bicycle.

What do you tend to spend your time doing when you aren't working?
Mostly growing fruit and vegetables! But also kayaking, playing ultimate frisbee and looking after my daughter, who'll be six months old when this book is published.

You have five allotments - what do you grow on them?
I have almost 40 fruit trees, most of them old apple varieties such as the Pitmaston Pineapple, Ribston Pippin, Reverend W. Wilkes, Ashmead's Kernel and Miller's Seedling, but also plums, cherries, medlars, quinces and figs. There are about 150 feet of fruit bushes, then vegetable beds where I grow beans, sweetcorn, squashes, beetroot, onions, potatoes, carrots, salsify, spinach, pak choi, mizuna, rocket, purslane, dill, coriander, basil, lettuces, radishes, Chinese mustard, broccoli, kale, landcress, tomatoes, cucumbers and lots of slugs.
 
Which other authors and books have influenced your writing?
My favourite authors are Tom Paine, John Clare, Jaroslav Harsek, Gogol, Balzac, John Gray, Eric Schlosser and Adam Thorpe. But aside from the technical books and reports, the biggest influences on Heat were Faust and Dr Faustus.

If there is one thing you would like people to take away from Heat what would it be?
A determination to turn climate change into this country's biggest political campaign.

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