{"product_id":"9780241628553","title":"Dark Laboratory","description":"Author: Goffe, Tao Leigh\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241628553\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning writer and theorist Tao Leigh Goffe, an urgent investigation into the intertwined history of colonialism and the climate crisis - and the lessons we can learn to fight for a better world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur planet is on the precipice of dramatic ecological breakdown and climate despair is at an all-time high. But there are many communities who have survived beyond the environmental destruction wrought on them by colonialism \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e and they hold the solutions for climate repair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the Caribbean as a case study, Tao Leigh Goffe traces the vibrant and complex history of the islands back to 1492 and the arrival of Christopher Columbus when the Caribbean became the subject of Western exploitation. Charting the human and ecological forces that have shaped the islands, Goffe examines the legacy of fierce warrior Queen Nanny of the Maroons, engages in pressing cultural debate about stolen artefacts and human remains which are kept hidden in museum archives, and visits Indigenous farming cooperatives who are using ancestral knowledge to rebuild their communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the Caribbean as a both a warning and a guide, \u003ci\u003eDark Laboratory\u003c\/i\u003e takes hopeful and galvanizing teachings from the islands communities to offer illuminating solutions to the ecological crisis. From guano to sugarcane, coral bleaching to invasive mongoose populations, \u003ci\u003eDark Laboratory\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical, vibrant and urgent investigation into the greatest threat facing humanity.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47792324706462,"sku":"UBD-9780241628553","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241628553.jpg?v=1780915382","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241628553","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}