A Future We Can Love: How We Can Reverse the Climate Crisis with the Power of Our Hearts and Minds - Hardcover

Bauer-Wu, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1645471403 ISBN 13: 9781645471400

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 2023

Synopsis

Wisdom and guidance to face the climate emergency from the most influential spiritual and environmental leaders of our time. <p/>When the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg spoke for the first time in January 2021, millions of people around the world took notice. "It is encouraging to see how you have opened the eyes of the world to the urgency to protect our planet, our only home," the Dalai Lama wrote to Greta before their meeting. <p/>A Future We Can Love shares the words of these two great figures, generations apart, bringing them into dialogue with cutting-edge climate scientists, activists, and spiritual leaders to start a world-changing conversation. Readers embark on a four-part journey toward active hope in the face of the climate crisis: from knowledge of climate science through the capacity for change, to the will that is needed and the actions we can take. The book will help you: <p/>

• use interdependence as a lens for understanding both the climate crisis and its solutions
• clarify why feedback loops leave us no time to wait on climate action
• metabolize climate anxiety, grief, or burnout into useful energy
• develop your own rituals and practices for connecting to Earth and renewing hope
• overcome common obstacles to speaking and acting clearly on behalf of the human and wild communities most affected by the climate crisis

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About the Author

SUSAN BAUER-WU, PhD, is an organizational leader, clinical scientist, and mindfulness teacher whose lifework has been dedicated to alleviating suffering and fostering well-being through contemplative wisdom. She is the president of the Mind & Life Institute and previously was the John Kluge professor of contemplative end-of-life care at the University of Virginia as well as the president of the Society for Integrative Oncology. She is an avid gardener and hiker who is nourished by trees and animals and awed by our reciprocal connection with nature. She is deeply committed to the care of our planet and to policies and personal actions that will ensure a future we can love for our children and grandchildren. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is also the author of Leaves Falling Gently.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1645471403
• ISBN 13: 9781645471400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288