Andrew Boyd

I Want a Better Catastrophe

Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reeling from a crisis of hope, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd seeks out today's leading climate thinkers, from collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht to Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer. "If it's the end of the world, now what?" he asks, as he steers us through our climate angst in search of a "better catastrophe."

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 150mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9780865719835
• ISBN-10: 0865719837
• Artikelnr.: 63935593

Autorenporträt

Andrew Boyd is a writer, humorist, activist, and CEO (Chief Existential Officer) of the Climate Clock, a global campaign that blends art, science, and grassroots organizing to get the world to #ActInTime. He also co-created the grief-storytelling ritual the Climate Ribbon and led the 2000s-era satirical campaign Billionaires for Bush. Andrew's previous books include Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe, and Life's Little Deconstruction Book: Self-Help for the Post-Hip. His lifelong ambition, cribbed from Milan Kundera, is "to unite the utmost seriousness of question with the utmost lightness of form." Andrew lives in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

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