I ran across this book at the library, and I'll definitely be seeking out the 2023 edition when it's released in October.

I really appreciate editor Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's commitment to including more diverse writers than the "white and coastal collection of pieces from highbrow publications."

I didn't read all of the writings in this book. They were all published in 2021, so I felt like some were already out of date. I simply skimmed the t.o.c. and picked the ones that looked the most interesting. I've already commented on Bookwyrm about the pieces by Wells, Kaplan, and Malloy.

I focused on the "Futures We Could Have" section, as I was most interested in solutions. The final piece on indigenous conservation efforts (by Sengupta, Einhorn, and Andreoni) was a good way to cap off the readings. "Researchers have found that biodiversity protection often works best when local communities have a stake."