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  • I Want a Better Catastrophe

  • Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
  • By: Andrew Boyd
  • Narrated by: Chris Baetens
  • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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I Want a Better Catastrophe

By: Andrew Boyd
Narrated by: Chris Baetens
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An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers.

With global warming projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, off on a quest to learn how to live with the "impossible news" of our climate doom.

He searches out eight of today's leading climate thinkers—from activist Tim DeChristopher to collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht, grassroots strategist adrienne maree brown, eco-philosopher Joana Macy, and Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer—asking them: "Is it really the end of the world? And if so, now what?"

With gallows humor and a broken heart, Boyd steers listeners through their climate angst as he walks his own. Boyd's journey takes him from storm-battered coastlines to pipeline blockades and "hopelessness workshops." Along the way, 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?"
  • "Why the f--k am I recycling?"

He finds answers that will surprise, inspire, and maybe even make you laugh. Drawing on eastern, western, and indigenous traditions, Boyd crafts an insightful and irreverent guide for achieving a "better catastrophe."

This is vital listening for everyone navigating climate anxiety and grief as our world hurtles towards an unthinkable crisis.

©2023 Andrew Boyd (P)2023 New Society Publishers

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