num_pages: 416
description: An existential manual for tragic optimists can-do pessimists and compassionate doomersWith global heating projected to rocket past the 1.5C 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? 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.
language: English
title: I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
publisher: New Society Publishers