I Want a Better Catastrophe

150 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h52min.
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 leading climate thinkers — from collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht to grassroots strategist adrienne maree brown, eco-philosopher Joanna 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. From storm-battered coastlines to pipeline blockades and "hopelessness workshops," 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 in this insightful and irreverent guide for achieving a "better catastrophe." AWARDS BRONZE | 2023 Living Now Book Awards: Social Activism / Charity ACCESSIBLITY NOTES This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative texts for images, table of contents, landmarks, reading order, page list, Structural Navigation, and semantic structure. Blank pages have been removed from this EPUB.Prologue: It's the End of the World. Now What? Chapter 1: Impossible News    Interview: Guy McPherson "If we’re the last of our species, let’s act like the best of our species.”    Interview: Tim DeChristopher “It’s too late— which means there’s more to fight for than ever.” Chapter 2: The Five Stages of Climate Grief    Interview: Meg Wheatley —“Give in without giving up.” Chapter 3: Existential Crisis Scenario Planning    Interview: Gopal Dayaneni — “We’re going to suffer, so let’s distribute that suffering equitably.” Chapter 4: How to Be White at the End of the World Chapter 5: Is There Hope    Interview: Joanna Macy — “Be of service not knowing whether you’re a hospice worker or a midwife.”    Interview: Jamey Hecht — “Witness the whole human story through tragic eyes.” Chapter 6: What Is Still Worth Doing    Interview: adrienne maree brown — “How do we fall as if we were holding a child on our chest?”    Interview: Robin Wall Kimmerer — “How can I be a good ancestor?” Chapter 7: Experiments on the Verge Chapter 8: Another End of the World Is Possible Epilogue: Now Is When You Are Needed Most Epi-Epilogue: Passing the Torch Appendix: Stuff You Can (Still) Do