Fixing the Planet: An Overview for Optimists and Activists

By Michael Norton

Knowledge is power. Get informed and choose action over despair.

Everything you need to know about the earth and the life it supports – right now. From the challenges we face with global environmental, health, poverty, equality, technological, political and justice issues to the pioneering places and people making a difference to our future.

Includes 40 simple ways to support change!

‘While the hour is late, the future remains ours to make. This hugely enjoyable book is a powerful introduction to the way things are and the way things can be. Keep it by your bed.’ Tim Smit, co-founder The Eden Project

‘This book gives you all the information anyone could want about the state of the world and how to save it. Michael Norton’s gripping read, filled with a wealth of facts, will arm you in any discussion, teenagers and adult alike who want to make the case for rescuing the planet. This will give you hope for what can still be done, if we all act now.’ Polly Toynbee, Guardian

• Language: English
• Publisher: September Publishing
• Release date: Jul 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781914613128

Michael Norton

Michael Norton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He has studied human behavior as it relates to love and inequality, time and money, and happiness and grief. He is the author of The Ritual Effect and the coauthor—with Elizabeth Dunn—of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. In 2012, he was selected by Wired magazine as one of “50 People Who Will Change the World.” His TEDx talk, How to Buy Happiness, has been viewed nearly 4.5 million times. He is a frequent contributor to such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Scientific American, and has made numerous television, radio, and podcast appearances.