I just finished this wonderful book by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. It caught my eye late last year given the vital importance of the impact of climate change, and all the hand-wringing over it. I bought a copy for my son, for Christmas. Last month, the President of Island Institute (Island Institute) sent me a copy, as she did for all the board members…so I had my own copy to read!
I cannot recommend it highly enough. Of course she discusses the challenges and the difficulties we have left ourselves by doing way less than required for so many years. However, the book encompasses interviews with a variety of experts, on the science, financials, cultural issues, legal and regulatory and community impacts. She even put little marks to highlight key passages.
It is meant to inspire, and it does. It is meant permit us not to give up hope, and it does. It is meant to educate us and it really does this!
Of course it was published before Trump was put back in the White House and withdrew (again) from the Paris accords and started thumping his chest about fossil fuels all over again….a horrifying turn of events, that dampens my hope and inflames my anger.
I’m glad I have found a way to be somewhat involved, via the Island Institute up in Maine. Everyone needs to find their own way, looking (as Johnson suggests) at the intersection between What Are You Good At, What Brings You Joy, and What Work Needs Doing.
Good luck to us all. Hope is not a strategy.
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