{"product_id":"i-want-a-better-catastrophe-navigating-the-climate-crisis-with-grief-hope-and-gallows-humor-9780865719835","title":"I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWITH GLOBAL WARMING projected to rocket past the 1.5 C 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe searches out eight leading climate thinkers -- from collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht to grassroots strategist adrienne maree brown, eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, and Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer -- asking them: \"Is it really the end of the world? and if so, now what?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith gallows humor and a broken heart, Boyd steers readers through their climate angst as he walks his own. From storm-battered coastlines to pipeline blockades and \"hopelessness workshops,\" 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?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe finds answers that will surprise, inspire, and maybe even make you laugh in this insightful and irreverent guide for achieving a \"better catastrophe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBRONZE 2023 Living Now Book Awards: Social Activism \/ Charity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Boyd \u003c\/strong\u003eis 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 \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDaily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLife's Little Deconstruction Book: Self-Help for the Post-Hip\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608311664914,"sku":"9780865719835","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae2adfec-88fc-4073-a9f6-1b18f61ba7a2.jpg?v=1732319690","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-want-a-better-catastrophe-navigating-the-climate-crisis-with-grief-hope-and-gallows-humor-9780865719835","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}