This will be our second live discussion for our third 2022 Book Club selection. Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe.
Discussion #3 will focus on Section 4: We Can Fix It and Section 5: You Can Make a Difference (pages 131-246).
Called “one of the nation's most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Katharine Hayhoe knows how to navigate all sides of the conversation on our changing planet. A Canadian climate scientist living in Texas, she negotiates distrust of data, indifference to imminent threats, and resistance to proposed solutions with ease. Over the past fifteen years Hayhoe has found that the most important thing we can do to address climate change is talk about it—and she wants to teach you how.
In Saving Us, Hayhoe argues that when it comes to changing hearts and minds, facts are only one part of the equation. We need to find shared values in order to connect our unique identities to collective action. This is not another doomsday narrative about a planet on fire. It is a multilayered look at science, faith, and human psychology, from an icon in her field—recently named chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy.
Drawing on interdisciplinary research and personal stories, Hayhoe shows that small conversations can have astonishing results. Saving Us leaves us with the tools to open a dialogue with your loved ones about how we all can play a role in pushing forward for change.
The AWWEE Book Club is a new member-exclusive program. AWWEE members are welcome to join the club at anytime. In addition to virtual live discussions like this one, book club members also participate in discussions via a private LinkedIn discussion group.