{"product_id":"the-environmentalists-dilemma-promise-and-peril-in-an-age-of-climate-crisis-9781770416093","title":"The Environmentalist's Dilemma: Promise and Peril in an Age of Climate Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003eHonorable Award Mention, The Rachel Carson Environment Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Timely and relevant, this offers plenty to think about.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the 2014 Edna Staebler Award comes a lively, intelligent and nuanced discussion of climate change -- a hopeful take on how to live knowing disaster is imminent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling inquiry into our relationship with humanity's latest and greatest calamity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Environmentalist's Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist Arno Kopecky zeroes in on the core predicament of our times: the planet may be dying, but humanity's doing better than ever. To acknowledge both sides of this paradox is to enter a realm of difficult decisions: Should we take down the government, or try to change it from the inside? Is it okay to compare climate change to Hitler? Is hope naive or indispensable? How do you tackle collective delusion? Should we still have kids? And can we take them to Disneyland? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInquisitive and relatable, Kopecky strikes a rare note of optimistic realism as he guides us through the moral minefields of our polarized world. From start to finish, \u003ci\u003eThe Environmentalist's Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e returns to the central question: How should we engage with the story of our times?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eArno Kopecky\u003c\/b\u003e is an environmental journalist and author whose dispatches from four continents have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. His last book, \u003ci\u003eThe Oil Man and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, chronicled the battle to keep oil tankers out of British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest and was shortlisted for the 2014 Governor General's Award. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525601169682,"sku":"9781770416093","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf4503f0-d620-4968-80aa-53ac70ace454.jpg?v=1731227920","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-environmentalists-dilemma-promise-and-peril-in-an-age-of-climate-crisis-9781770416093","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}