Not Too Late: Climate Hope (BK Central Library)

An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit (“the voice of the resistance” — The New York Times), climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment. Solnit will be in conversation with contributor and activist Yotam Marom.

Not Too Late brings strong climate voices from around the world to address the political, scientific, social, and emotional dimensions of the most urgent issue human beings have ever faced. Accessible, encouraging, and engaging, it’s an invitation to everyone to understand the issue more deeply, participate more boldly, and imagine the future more creatively.

In concise, illuminating essays and interviews, Not Too Late features the voices of Indigenous activists, such as Guam-based attorney and writer Julian Aguon; climate scientists, among them Jacquelyn Gill and Edward Carr; artists, such as Marshall Islands poet and activist Kathy Jeñtil-Kijiner; and longtime organizers, including The Tyranny of Oil author Antonia Juhasz and Emergent Strategy author adrienne maree brown.

Shaped by the clear-eyed wisdom of editors Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and enhanced by illustrations by David Solnit, Not Too Late is a guide to take us from climate crisis to climate hope.

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Participants

Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including Orwell’s Roses; Hope in the Dark; Men Explain Things to Me; A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster; and A Field Guide to Getting Lost. A longtime climate and human rights activist, she serves on the board of the climate group Oil Change International, and the advisory boards of Dayenu and Third Act.

Yotam Marom is a facilitator, organizer, and writer based in New York City. He has played a leadership role at Occupy Wall Street and in other movement moments, and has founded and led a number of social movement organizations. He spends most of his time as a facilitator for movement organizations and as a dad. His writing and other work can be found at yotammarom.net.