This book covers many important issues within environmentalism using different examples to demonstrate the message the author is trying to get across.
The writing is academic but I found it manageable.
My thanks go to the author, publisher and Netgalley in providing this arc in return for a honest review.

Important book on environmentalism. Touches on many important topics and the message is strong. The writing is academic, not too casual. Not very groundbreaking and refreshing, but a good collection of information.

Beautifully written, easy to follow, and enjoyable for anyone interested in eco-writing. "Earthlings" successfully addresses typically dense topics in an accessible way.

From an academic point of view, I'd give this book 4 or 5 stars; from a mainstream point of view, 3 stars. I'm still not sure who 'Earthlings' is targeted at - other environmental social scientists, or the general public? If it's the latter, then the writing is badly judged in its inaccessibility.

Having done an environmental MA with a lot of more-than-human geography thrown in, I "got" most of the content. Parr selects poignant and striking examples to illuminate her philosophical musings, from a day out on the beach in Australia to a broken polar bear being held captive in a Chinese mall. Still, I only have so much patient for academicspeak, and I would have loved Parr to have shared far more vignettes from what I'm sure is an extensive collection of experiences during her career and life as an environmentalist. Much of the book feels very abstract, and therefore more forgettable, despite moments of piercing analysis.

(With thanks to Columbia University Press and NetGalley for this ebook in exchange for an honest review)