I Want a Better Catastrophe

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

I Want a Better Catastrophe
Andrew Boyd
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h229 x 152mm - 416pg
14 Feb 2023 US
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9780865719835
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An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomersWith global warming projected to rocket past the 1. 5 DegreesC 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.
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.

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