A spirited elder recounts her activist journey to confront the terrors of climate change. In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its first Assessment Report. By then, award-winning urban planner Wendy Sarkissian had been singing the climate blues for years. Her colleagues dismiss her fears, so she abandons urban life for a solitary retreat to reconsider her professional and activist directions. With no bush skills, this terrified novice confronts many challenges during her harsh, year-long adventure in the Australian outback. As weeks pass, however, she…mehr
A spirited elder recounts her activist journey to confront the terrors of climate change. In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its first Assessment Report. By then, award-winning urban planner Wendy Sarkissian had been singing the climate blues for years. Her colleagues dismiss her fears, so she abandons urban life for a solitary retreat to reconsider her professional and activist directions. With no bush skills, this terrified novice confronts many challenges during her harsh, year-long adventure in the Australian outback. As weeks pass, however, she discovers wellsprings of courage. Later, she hears her rainforest singing as she rests in a tiny creek. She returns to city life to pursue a doctorate in environmental ethics. With her commitment and energy rekindled, she sings her Creeksong in the service of the Earth. The healing messages flowing from this spirited elder's soulful memoir will inspire readers from all generations. As we raise our voices to sing our climate blues, we may confront despair, unlock wellsprings of courage, and commit ourselves to the care and protection of our Earth. Inspired by this fervent elder, we may also experience the blessing of healing generational wounds. For more information, please go to: https://creeksongbook.com
Wendy Sarkissian PhDWendy Sarkissian is a highly awarded author, planner, and environmental ethicist whose research, writing and activism focus on climate change. She is the lead author of the award-winning book, Kitchen Table Sustainability (Earthscan Routledge, 2009).During a long career as a planner in Australia, Wendy received over 40 professional awards and was a leading community engagement practitioner and sought-after speaker. She focuses on taking personal responsibility for sustainability issues. In the early 1990s, Wendy lived for a year in harsh conditions in tropical northern Australia to learn firsthand about climate change, ecology and caring for Nature. Creeksong: One Woman Sings the Climate Blues emerged from that experience.Wendy's current climate change activism is embodied in the powerful concept of One Earth Moment (OEM). When we consider the Earth in any context (such as a planning or housing initiative), we should take OEM to acknowledge the limits of our living Earth and our responsibilities to it.Please visit the Creeksong website (https://creeksongbook.com) and Wendy's Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Sarkissian
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