Author Biography

Tim Flannery has published over thirty books including the award-winning The Future Eaters, The Weather Makers and Here on Earth and the novel The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish. In 2005 he was named Australian Humanist of the Year and in 2007 Australian of the Year. In 2007 he co-founded and was appointed Chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council. In 2011 hebecame Australia's Chief Climate Commissioner, and in 2013 he founded the Australian Climate Council. His previous book is Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis.

Review

'This man is a national treasure, and we should heed his every word.' * Sunday Telegraph *
'It is difficult to overstate the importance of this concise, convincingly argued view of our world's prospects for its survival and improvement over the next 33 years…Every one of this slim treatise's 127 pages packs a punch, and its timely content deserves to be read by all of us.' * Books + Publishing *
'Accessible and engaging..An enlightening and uplifting view of the future.' * Readings *
'Sunlight and Seaweed is the beginning of a new way of helping the planet we live on.' * AU Review *
'Sunlight and Seaweed also offers an excellent model for how best to communicate the challenges posed by climate change without turning readers off with unrelieved messages of doom.'  * Sydney Morning Herald *
'This new book is among [Flannery's] best…Wonderfully thought provoking…Well informed and sobering.' * Australian *
'Flannery is optimistic, presenting a well-researched range of clearly explained technologies and strategies, and many of them are compelling reasons to be hopeful.' * SA Weekend *
'A small book full of big ideas…This book doesn't just wow the reader with nifty ideas; Flannery explains how they actually work, with his signature fluency and clarity.' * Australian Book Review *
'Tim Flannery addresses complex issues and make them clear and accessible. His compelling book both seriously informs and entertains…This is a fascinating, exciting and inspirational read.' * Toowoomba Chronicle *
'It is a joy to be guided through the science by someone who understands it and can explain it…Flannery commands his subject, but he can also be read for style alone...Flannery's message in Sunlight and Seaweed is urgent and his spare prose reflects this.' * Newtown Review of Books *
'Flannery has written in easy-to-understand language and he sets out a positive path for this planet's future.' * Weekly Times *
'In a summer in which heat records are sure to be broken, Tim Flannery dives into the clean technologies that just might sustain the world of our children and grandchildren: giant kelp farms that can do the work of forests, taking carbon dioxide out and deacidifying seawater,and concentrated sunlight stored to power homes and cities. Flannery offers some kernel of hope for us hopeless humans.' * Sydney Morning Herald  *
'A focused, clear and optimistic read.'
-- Adelaide Advertiser * Best Books of 2017 *
'Flannery has a great ability to distil complex subject matter into something you can wrap your head around.' * North & South *
'While global environmental challenges are immense, he [Flannery] argues here, they are not insurmountable…Flannery has a great ability to distil complex subject matter into something you can wrap your head around.' * North & South *

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Internationally renowned climate change expert Professor Tim Flannery presents a detailed and fascinating vision of the technologies that will prove invaluable in ensuring a sustainable future for our planet.

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'This man is a national treasure, and we should heed his every word.'

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Internationally renowned climate change expert Professor Tim Flannery presents a detailed and fascinating vision of the technologies that will prove invaluable in ensuring a sustainable future for our planet.

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* Internationally renowned climate change expert Professor Tim Flannery presents a detailed and fascinating vision of the technologies that have the potential to ensure a sustainable future for our planet * Expanding on the 'third way' technologies explored in his previous book, Atmosphere of Hope , Flannery closely examines two powerful and innovative solutions that are already available and ready to be harnessed: concentrated sunlight and large-scale kelp farming * Flannery explains that in overcoming the challenges and limitations of current technologies, these new innovations are integral in combating pollution, generating and storing adequate power and providing sustainable food sources for years to come * Sunlight and Seaweed is a continuation of the conversation Flannery began back in 2005 with the release of The Weather Makers * Written in Flannery's trademark engaging and accessible style, Sunlight and Seaweed presents a positive future for us and our planet * Author will be appearing at the Sydney, Melbourne and Byron Bay Writers Festivals in 2017

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