I Want a Better Catastrophe - Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor (Paperback)

An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers With global warming projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, and off on a quest to learn how to live with the "impossible news" of our climate doom. He searches out eight of today's leading climate thinkers — from activist Tim DeChristopher to collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht, grassroots strategist adrienne maree brown, eco-philosopher Joana Macy, and Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer — asking them: "Is it really the end of the world? and if so, now what?" With gallows humor and a broken heart, Boyd steers readers through their climate angst as he walks his own. Boyd's journey takes him from storm-battered coastlines to pipeline blockades and "hopelessness workshops." Along the way, he maps out our existential options, and tackles some familiar dilemmas: "Should I bring kids into such a world?" "Can I lose hope when others can't afford to?" and "Why the fuck am I recycling?" He finds answers that will surprise, inspire, and maybe even make you laugh. Drawing on wisdom traditions Eastern, Western, and Indigenous, Boyd crafts an insightful and irreverent guide for achieving a "better catastrophe." This is vital reading for everyone navigating climate anxiety and grief as our world hurtles towards an unthinkable crisis.

General

Imprint:	New Society Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Andrew Boyd
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With foldout
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-86571-983-5
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
LSN:	0-86571-983-7
Barcode:	9780865719835

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