Scientists on Survival: Personal Stories of Climate Action

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· Bolinda · Narrated by Helen Keeley and Thomas Judd
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About this audiobook

In this important and timely audiobook, scientists from a broad range of disciplines detail their personal responses to climate change and the ecological crises that led them to form Scientists for XR and work tirelessly within it. Whether their inspiration comes from education or activism, family ties or the work environment, the scientists writing here record what drives them, what non-violent direct action looks like to them, what led them to become interested in the environmental crisis that threatens us all and what they see as the future of life on Earth. From biologists to mathematicians, physicists to biochemists, ecologists to zoologists, each one is on a path to communicate the story behind the irrefutable science that drives them. Their inspirations are drawn from myriad sources – life-changing walks, inspirational stories of communities coming together, teaching climate change to 15-year-olds and deciding not to fly being a few. This collection adds compelling evidence we can all understand, as they turn science stories into human stories.

About the author

Scientists for XR are a group of scientists from many disciplines who agree with Extinction Rebellion that it is time to take non-violent direct action to confront catastrophic climate change and ecological breakdown.

TV presenter, photographer and conservationist Chris Packham is one of Britain's favourite naturalists. He is best known for the BAFTA-winning The Really Wild Show and fronting BBC's Springwatch and Autumnwatch. Packham is president of the British Trust for Ornithology, Hawk Conservancy Trust, the Hampshire Ornithological Society and the Bat Conservation Trust, and vice-president of the RSPB and the Butterfly Conservation. In 2011, he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal for his 'outstanding work in promoting science to new audiences'.

Helen Keeley is an Audie award-nominated audiobook narrator, screen and stage actress. Helen is best known for her voices in AAA and BAFTA award winning video games such as Baldur's Gate III and Horizon: Forbidden West as well as numerous animations. She has narrated over 200 audiobooks, performed in London’s West End, toured the UK and Ireland, as well as performed on screen in UK favourites such as Eastenders (BBC) and Emmerdale (ITV).

Thomas is an award-winning actor and and voiceover artist. He has narrated over 230 audiobook titles, including books by George Orwell, Franz Kafka, Charles Dickens, Bernard Cornwell, James Patterson and David Mitchell. He has won two AudioFile Earphones Awards and in 2024 won the OffWestEnd Award for Best Supporting Performance in Sense & Sensibility.

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