This Sweet Earth
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This Sweet Earth

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eBook - ePub

This Sweet Earth

About this book

"A helpful and page-turning guide to protecting the planet amid today's climate change crisis." --Library Journal

What does it mean to be a parent in the age of climate change?

We are living in an era of climate collapse. We feel it in small ways: when the snow falls less or the cherry blossoms bloom too early. And in large ways: when our streets flood and entire towns burn to the ground. Climate anxiety touches nearly everything we do, but perhaps nothing so intimately as our parenting. It leaves an impossible task for those of us raising children. What do we tell our kids when the air quality is too bad to go ride bikes? What skills will they need if systems collapse? And what do we do with the fear, grief, and anger we feel as parents?

Parent, activist, and writer Lydia Wylie-Kellermann wrestles with these questions and dares to argue that while the future remains unknown, there is still awe and wonder, love and struggle, gratitude and overwhelming joy to be found. As we raise our children toward this uncertain future, Wylie-Kellermann helps us see that those same children shift our posture, slow us down, and invite us to fall in love with the ground on which we stand. At this turning point in humanity, we can choose to shift our lives away from death-dealing profit systems toward life-giving, generous systems. Here is the moment when we must choose to fight like hell for climate justice. And we can do it by nurturing a deeper relationship with this sweet earth in all its beauty, wonder, and wisdom, walking alongside our children.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Wading into the Flood
  8. 2. Choosing Life in the Face of Death
  9. 3. Can’t Save What You Don’t Love
  10. 4. Community Changes Everything
  11. 5. Searching for the Sacred
  12. 6. Courage to Speak Truth
  13. 7. One Hand of Resistance
  14. 8. On the Other Hand, Creation
  15. 9. Touching Death
  16. 10. Walking in Gratitude
  17. 11. The Inescapable Conversation on Technology
  18. 12. Teach Your Children Well
  19. 13. The Antidote of Joy
  20. 14. Reconceiving Ourselves as Creatures
  21. Conclusion: After the Rain Fell
  22. Final Food for Thought
  23. Epilogue: To Look Out My Window
  24. A Blessing from the Seasons
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Further Reading: If I could gift you a basket full of books
  27. Dreams Taking Root at Kirkridge
  28. 100 Practical Ideas
  29. A Gathered Watershed Prayer
  30. Notes