A realistic overview of the threats to humanity (hint, the #1 threat is ourselves), full of facts but presented with humor. Both lively and sobering.

Back matter: Homo sapiens to-do list, "dear reader" from author, acknowledgments, glossary, selected bibliography, source notes

See also: How to Build A Human by Pamela S. Turner; Team Trash by Kate Wheeler

Quotes/notes

The general rule: The more CO2 in the atmosphere, the warmer Earth's temperature. Less CO2 means a cooler planet. (18)

...We gained the ability to tell stories. H sapiens could connect sounds to create an unlimited number of sentences and connect those sentences to create tales.
Stories aren't always fiction, and they aren't just for entertainment. (47)

It's hard to get excited about something that hasn't happened in our lifetime - and by lifetime, I'm referring to the lifetime of modern humans. However, nations and governments are not well prepared either....Supervolcanoes (and the climate change that always follows) have the potential to cause the next mass extinction. (80)

...looking at the first year of data alone, it appears the United States of America's attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19 ranks among the worst of any nation....Americans make up only 4.25 percent of the world's population, but on March 11, 2021, Americans made up 20.2 percent of the world's deaths due to coronavirus. (93)

Gross National Income (GNI) per Capita = All the income / All the people
Based on GNI per capita, the USA is one of the ten wealthiest countries. HOWEVER...America has the highest income inequality of the top 25 nations. (106)

...we cannot continue to sacrifice our future in favor of easier solutions today. The choice should not be success today OR success tomorrow. It can be both. (183)

If we ignore climate change and continue contributing to it, we are risking...everything... This is our chance to save a species. Ourselves! We can decide to act or to suffer the consequences. Those are the only options. (189) ( )

Human induced climate change is happening all over the world, but what can we do? Save the People!: Halting Human Extinction aims to answer that question by approaching climate change from a very selfish point of view that all humans should care about- our own survival. Aimed at young adults, but definitely a good read for literally any human, Save the People! uses scientific facts written in a way anyone can understand mixed with humor, pictures and a good dose of reality to help you understand the big picture.

Save the People! begins with a brief history of the Earth and an overview of past extinction events along with their causes (spoiler alert: it's climate change!) then moves to potential and unlikely threats to humans before digging into what climate change is, how it happens and the possible solutions. I have to say that this is a climate change book that I enjoyed reading. The information is scientifically accurate and as up to date as possible, it is also easy to read. Even though some of the content is depressing and scary (there are trigger warnings), the very real doom and gloom situations were turned into realistic action based solutions focused on our own extinction to help motivate behavior change and action for a future on planet Earth.

This book was received for free in return for an honest review. ( )