Book Share

UPDATE: All the books are now gone! Thank you for participating. For those who didn’t make it, please consider getting your book of choice and joining our discussion on the 25th of May!

If you would like to join a discussion of the books on 25th May 2021 please save the date (more information to follow)!

Rules of the giveaway
– One book per person
– Only open to staff in the Faculty of Geosciences at Utrecht University
– Delivered to your office address
– You will be informed if you were successful by email once registration has closed
– If you didn’t make the top 10, you can always order directly from Savannah Bay
– Choose from the three books detailed below:

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias In a World Designed For Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap – a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives. Award-winning campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact this has on their health and well-being. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Invisible Women reveals the biased data that excludes women. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew.
Request a copy of Invisible Women here!

The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
How all of us address the climate crisis in the next thirty years will determine not only the world we will live in but also the world we will bequeath to our children and theirs. The authors outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will be like to live in a carbon neutral, regenerative world. They argue for confronting the climate crisis headon, with determination and optimism. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us, in no uncertain terms, what governments, corporations, and each of us can and must do to fend off disaster.
Request a copy of The Future We Choose here!

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman now—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
Request a copy of We Should All Be Feminists here!