Saving Us, Katharine Hayhoe
Saving Us, Katharine Hayhoe
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Saving Us
A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

Author: Katharine Hayhoe

Narrator: Katharine Hayhoe

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/21/2021


Synopsis

United Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe changes the debate on how we can save our future in this nationally bestselling “optimistic view on why collective action is still possible—and how it can be realized” (The New York Times).

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.

About Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist and chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy. She is also the Endowed Professor in Public Policy and Public Law and Paul W. Horn Distinguished Professor at Texas Tech University. She has been named a United Nations Champion of the Earth and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, and serves as the climate ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance. Katharine was a lead author for the US Second, Third, and Fourth National Climate Assessments, hosts the PBS digital series Global Weirding, and has written for The New York Times. Her TED Talk “The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Fight Climate Change: Talk About It” has been viewed over 5 million times. She has a BSc in physics and astronomy from the University of Toronto and an MS and a PhD in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


Reviews

This book is essential. It's deceptively simple - so clear and breezy that you really have to focus to notice how much knowledge and work goes into this kind of artful climate communication. A lot of nonfiction authors spend time telling you they're smart, but a real genius communicator makes you fe......more

Goodreads review by Hákon

Before this was a book, there was a Ted Talk that can be found here: [URL not allowed] The author of this book, Katerine Hayhoe is an climate scientist that lives and works in Texas. She's authored a lot of peer-reviewed articles, and has worked on many reports dealing with cli......more

Goodreads review by Steve

Buy it (OK, buy more than one copy - you'll want to share it); read it; think about; share it (see above, the extra copy/copies will come in handy); but, most of all, talk about it. Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting that this is necessarily the first book I'd recommend on climate chang......more

Goodreads review by Brian

Katharine Hayhoe’s Saving Us does a brilliant job unpacking the complex, urgent, and divisive realities surrounding the climate crisis, while simultaneously leaving the reader hopeful and positive for the future. This book is a must read for everyone. Climate educators, mobilizers, scientists, and a......more