Climate Is Just the Start, Mikaela Loach
Climate Is Just the Start, Mikaela Loach
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Climate Is Just the Start

Author: Mikaela Loach

Narrator: Mikaela Loach

Unabridged: 3 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/18/2025


Synopsis

A guide to tackling the climate crisis from a prominent activist working on the front lines! Mikaela Loach's approach is one of HOPE and big-hearted optimism, inspiring kids and making them feel truly empowered to change the world.

A BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Kids hear about the climate crisis pretty much every day. From their parents, from their teachers, on social media, and in the news, there is no escaping it. Against a broader backdrop of social inequity and unfairness, it's easy for young people to feel a sense of "doom and gloom" about everything and to feel powerless.

In CLIMATE IS JUST THE START, UK-based climate activist Mikaela Loach offers her urgent and inspiring message for kids who want to STOP the climate crisis and START building a better world for everyone. Mikaela explains the climate crisis and its broader social implications through personal stories about her activism journey. She writes about friends from around the world who are experiencing the worst of it today and about what they are doing to fight back. She delivers a message or not only hope, but of excitement for the opportunity to create not only a sustainable future for Earth, but better lives for people in the process.

Mikaela is truly on the front lines of the climate movement: leading street protests, confronting fossil fuel executives, taking the UK government to court, and speaking up to those in power. Not only will kids love engage with her style, they will be inspired by her example.

About The Author

Mikaela Loach, named by Forbes, BBC Women’s Hour and The Guardian as one of the most influential women in the UK climate movement, is a British-Jamaican former medical student, climate justice organiser and Director of the AWETHU School of Organising. Her first book, It’s Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World, was an instant indie bestseller. She was named the 2023 Non-Fiction Indie Champion by Bookshop.org and one of the “World’s Top Thinkers” by Prospect Magazine. Mikaela has boldly challenged powerful entities, calling out billionaires at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual event, taking the UK government to court in the landmark "Paid To Pollute" case in 2021, and challenging Shell’s CEO and board at their AGM for their human rights abuses to people of the Niger Delta in Nigeria.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lyon.Brit.andthebookshelf on March 05, 2025

A quick read on the climate crisis for kids by Mikaela Loach… who I was not familiar with until reading CLIMATE IS JUST THE START. It’s not only informative and inspiring but also it gives hope for the future. A book that will spark great conversations and motivate all ages. Thank you PRH Audio!......more

Goodreads review by Shilo on May 08, 2025

This is an excellent approachable introduction/overview of the climate crisis for middle-grade kids that doesn't get too dire but also doesn't sugar-coat anything. More than that, it highlights the intersections between the climate crisis and colonialism and capitalism and how racism and poverty imp......more

Goodreads review by Christine on October 27, 2024

A book directed at children that teaches them about the climate crisis in the world, but also about why it is happening and other factors to blame like colonialism, capitalism, and more! I thought Loach did a great job balancing the seriousness of this topic with hope and the ability to change. She a......more

Goodreads review by Hester on April 02, 2025

Loved this accessible book, wish I had it when I was a kid, will share it with my students as part of their book club, thanks Mikaela for this wonderful learning resource!......more


Quotes

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

★ "It’s full of rousing advice that will motivate and energize young climate activists....Highly recommended for all." —Booklist, starred review

"A rousing appeal for those concerned about the state of the world." —Kirkus Reviews