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need for research (Nesmith and Smyth, chapter two) and transformational theorists such as Coates, Mezirow, and Zapf. Many of the chapters reframe existing considerations into an applied classroom approach such as, for example, the role of advocacy; capacity building; micro, mezzo and macro models; and mind maps (Teixeria and Krings, chapter four; and Drolet et al., chapter five). Other chapters unpack formulations through specific topics such as food, language and poverty, and embed these through a case study approach for teaching (Kaiser et al., chapter six; Willet, chapter seven and Melikis and Woodhouse, chapter eight). This is a very focused collection of papers. It concerns one, if not the most, prescient issue of the 21st century: climate change. As such it, along with the other texts in this pantheon, should be forming an integral part of the social work reading repertoire. Simply put, as climate change hastens into more extreme environmental and weather experiences and thus more crisis and marginalisation, the more it will require social work attention. This text would seem essential reading for all those teaching social work, and social work students who are honing in on this area of study. Ecological social work and environmental justice, however, compete for curriculum occupation and study reading time alongside a range of equally demanding considerations. And given that this group of compositions is very narrow in its inquiry, it is perhaps hard to see it being adopted and read wholesale, and certainly not as much as it should.