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Winner of the Royal Societies of Australia and New Zealand Writer’s Award for Outstanding Writing on Social Change
Our Sunburnt Country is a book on climate change and the food system - and it explores both the challenges and the solutions.
Bringing together stories and ideas from farmers, nutritionists, climate scientists, chefs, and social entrepreneurs, my book aims to deliver a compelling vision for improving the food system.
So what is the book about?
The climate crisis is not imminent. It is here. Farmers are being challenged today and this concerns everyone who eats food.
But how do we simultaneously achieve good health for people and our planet?
This book shares the story of the humanity entangled in the climate crisis throughout the food system. In order to look after the food system and the environment, we need to recognise the connection people have to nature, understand why we are crossing Earth’s boundaries, and how we as individuals can influence positive change and secure a better future for our world and all the precious life it holds. Ultimately, it is my hope that the reader will find knowledge, skills, inspiration and courage from within these pages.
Why is this book important?
Because our precious planet desperately needs our help. There’s been a 73% decline in wildlife numbers over the past 50 years. There’s been no improvement in global warming projections, with current policies still pointing to a 2.7°C rise by 2100. While investments in renewable energy and electric vehicles are accelerating, high fossil fuel subsidies and quadrupled funding for fossil projects continue to stall progress. Minimal ambition in 2024 targets and contradictory policy actions hinder efforts to meet the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal, with a 33% chance of exceeding 3.0°C.
We need to do better. We must do better. We can do better.
Our Sunburnt Country is a book on climate change and the food system - and it explores both the challenges and the solutions.
Bringing together stories and ideas from farmers, nutritionists, climate scientists, chefs, and social entrepreneurs, my book aims to deliver a compelling vision for improving the food system.
So what is the book about?
The climate crisis is not imminent. It is here. Farmers are being challenged today and this concerns everyone who eats food.
But how do we simultaneously achieve good health for people and our planet?
This book shares the story of the humanity entangled in the climate crisis throughout the food system. In order to look after the food system and the environment, we need to recognise the connection people have to nature, understand why we are crossing Earth’s boundaries, and how we as individuals can influence positive change and secure a better future for our world and all the precious life it holds. Ultimately, it is my hope that the reader will find knowledge, skills, inspiration and courage from within these pages.
Why is this book important?
Because our precious planet desperately needs our help. There’s been a 73% decline in wildlife numbers over the past 50 years. There’s been no improvement in global warming projections, with current policies still pointing to a 2.7°C rise by 2100. While investments in renewable energy and electric vehicles are accelerating, high fossil fuel subsidies and quadrupled funding for fossil projects continue to stall progress. Minimal ambition in 2024 targets and contradictory policy actions hinder efforts to meet the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal, with a 33% chance of exceeding 3.0°C.
We need to do better. We must do better. We can do better.
What readers are saying about the book?
'Drawing upon her diverse and rich experiences as a scientist, farmer, and author, Anika Molesworth invites us to imagine a better future—one where we find a way to live cooperatively and sustainably on this finite planet we call home. Read this book and be inspired to help make her vision a reality.'
Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and author of The New Climate War
'A personal journey spurred by climate change in the west of NSW, learning what can be done and why it is worth doing.'
Ross Garnaut, economist and author of Superpower
'This is an important, accessible and evocative book written by a farmer and scientist in that most vital of spaces: the future of our Earth. This book can be part of the solution.'
Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler
'Our young farmers face the worst effects of climate change, but they also have the most solutions. In Australia our climate debate can be depressing. In the hands of Anika Molesworth it is uplifting and full of hope.'
Craig Reucassel, host of War On Waste
'In a hope-filled, personal tale framed by her family farm in a sun-baked landscape, Anika Molesworth weaves philosophy, science and a poet’s eye into a heartwarming tale of how to help heal the planet.'
Matthew Evans, chef and bestselling author
'Drawing upon her diverse and rich experiences as a scientist, farmer, and author, Anika Molesworth invites us to imagine a better future—one where we find a way to live cooperatively and sustainably on this finite planet we call home. Read this book and be inspired to help make her vision a reality.'
Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and author of The New Climate War
'A personal journey spurred by climate change in the west of NSW, learning what can be done and why it is worth doing.'
Ross Garnaut, economist and author of Superpower
'This is an important, accessible and evocative book written by a farmer and scientist in that most vital of spaces: the future of our Earth. This book can be part of the solution.'
Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler
'Our young farmers face the worst effects of climate change, but they also have the most solutions. In Australia our climate debate can be depressing. In the hands of Anika Molesworth it is uplifting and full of hope.'
Craig Reucassel, host of War On Waste
'In a hope-filled, personal tale framed by her family farm in a sun-baked landscape, Anika Molesworth weaves philosophy, science and a poet’s eye into a heartwarming tale of how to help heal the planet.'
Matthew Evans, chef and bestselling author
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