{"product_id":"were-all-climate-hypocrites-now-9780865719606","title":"Were All Climate Hypocrites Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA useful  and sprightly!  effort to get at the choice between individual and systemic action on the greatest problem we''ve ever faced.  \u003c\/em\u003eBill McKibben\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eauthor, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking a tongue-in-cheek approach, self-confessed eco-hypocrite Sami Grover says we should do what we can in our own lives to minimize our climate impacts and we need to target those actions so they create systemic change.\u003cem\u003eWe''re All Climate Hypocrites Now\u003c\/em\u003e helps you decide what are the most important climate actions to take for your own personal situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it''s activists facing criticism for eating meat or climate scientists catching flack for flying, accusations of hypocrisy are rampant. And they come from both inside and outside the movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSami Grover skewers those pointing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A useful — and sprightly! — effort to get at the choice between individual and systemic action on the greatest problem we've ever faced. I found it a helpful spur to creative thinking and action, and I bet you will as well. Read it, and then get out there and change the politics and economics that are driving us towards — well, if not hell, then a place with a similar temperature.\" \u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/strong\u003e, author, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Nature \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sami Grover's wise book charts a middle way to win transformational change. He challenges us to embrace our climate hypocrisy as a goal to uproot the structures that are killing the planet without losing sight of the strategic individual actions we can take right now. We can't curate our way out of the climate crisis as consumers — we must replace the system that makes us climate hypocrites. We climate hypocrites have agency, in varying degrees, to take actions that multiplied by the millions will help to win the big changes we need to survive. With our eyes on the stars and our feet on the ground, we can meet ourselves where we are without guilt and act for a more equitable, just, and sustainable world. Let this book show you how.\"\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eBill Corcoran\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If you are a climate concerned person who struggles with the nuanced complexity of being \"green,\" Sami's book will help you navigate this contemporary moral maze with intelligent bigger picture thinking plus a rich seam of strategies and initiatives large and small for a healthier planet.\" \u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eMaddy Harland\u003c\/strong\u003e, co-founder \u0026amp; editor, \u003cem\u003ePermaculture Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, author, \u003cem\u003eFertile Edges \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWe're All Climate Hypocrites Now \u003c\/em\u003eis part eco-therapy, part climate strategy, and a fantastic antidote to the overwhelm that comes along with living in a global ecological crisis. Say goodbye to those little voices in your head (or those loud voices on Facebook) calling you a hypocrite because you don't bike to work, aren't vegan, fly to a protest, and still haven't taken out that loan for those rooftop solar panels. This book is a fresh and informative unpacking of why we must abandon the notion that individual eco-perfection is possible — or even impactful — in the absence of system-wide change. It's an inspiring call to let go of the \"either or\" mentality, to fully embrace the \"both and,\" and to remember to go easy on ourselves and each other as we lean in even further into this painful, chaotic yet exciting time of (r)evolution.\" \u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eDanna Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e, executive director, Dogwood Alliance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Nobody knows more about the business of sustainability than Sami Grover. He brings a welcome dose of wit, clarity, and levity to the green movement.\" \u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Merchant\u003c\/strong\u003e, best-selling author, \u003cem\u003eThe One Device \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"On every page of this rip-roaring read I found myself, my partner, my neighbour, my colleagues, my family, and my friends and every holier-than-thou temptation, every emptying out of the compost bin, every person who berated me for traveling for work with refugees. Hypocrisy is in our DNA, and in this book it is both hilariously observed, with all the dry wit of a Brit, and pragmatically harnessed for good. I honestly could not put it down. It's a tour de force for hope. And kindness. And love for the world and the future.\" \u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eAlison Phipps\u003c\/strong\u003e, UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, University of Glasgow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgments: An Incomplete Catalog of Gushing Praise and Profuse Thanks \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface: The Night I Went Drinking and the World Fell Apart \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Gradual Social Reckoning \u003cbr\u003e Action Is Contagious Too \u003cbr\u003e Getting to the Point\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. We're All Climate Hypocrites Now \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What Does 'Hypocrite' Even Mean? \u003cbr\u003e Rational Choice Is No Choice At All \u003cbr\u003e Undermining the Messenger \u003cbr\u003e A Convenient Mistruth \u003cbr\u003e Eco-Moralism Runs Deep \u003cbr\u003e Nothing's Ever Easy \u003cbr\u003e The Limits of Personal Responsibility \u003cbr\u003e Why Individual Action Still Matters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Wants and Needs \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Voting and Shopping Are Not the Same Thing \u003cbr\u003e The Irrational Consumer \u003cbr\u003e Behavior Is About Design \u003cbr\u003e The Roles We Play \u003cbr\u003e Abstinence Is Still Individualism \u003cbr\u003e Finding a Bigger Political Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. How \"Green\" Lost Its Groove \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dilution of a Movement \u003cbr\u003e A Missed Opportunity \u003cbr\u003e The Rise of Eco-Individualism \u003cbr\u003e The Real Value of Lifestyle Activism \u003cbr\u003e Exposing the Challenges\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Enough Already \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Emergence of a Movement \u003cbr\u003e Identifying the Culprits \u003cbr\u003e The Rebels Are Angry \u003cbr\u003e Who Is Holding Us Back? \u003cbr\u003e The Personal Is Political (As Long As You Make It So) \u003cbr\u003e A Latent Force\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Guilt Trip \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eating Our Own \u003cbr\u003e Undermining a Hero \u003cbr\u003e The Power of Shaming \u003cbr\u003e Shaping Cultural Norms \u003cbr\u003e Preserving a Formidable Tool \u003cbr\u003e The New Pariahs \u003cbr\u003e Peer Pressure for the Win \u003cbr\u003e Guilt Is Good? \u003cbr\u003e Values Are a Moving Target\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. Big Oil Wants to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Some Are More Responsible Than Others \u003cbr\u003e The Tobacco Playbook \u003cbr\u003e They've Never Been the Good Guys \u003cbr\u003e Deflating the Carbon Bubble \u003cbr\u003e Can Big Oil \"Go Green\"? \u003cbr\u003e A Missed Opportunity \u003cbr\u003e Balancing on the High Wire \u003cbr\u003e Coal as the Canary \u003cbr\u003e A Tenacious Grip on Power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. Corporate \"Citizenship\" Reimagined \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Responsible\" Versus \"Sustainable\"\u003cbr\u003e Corporate Citizenship — For Real \u003cbr\u003e A Different Kind of Insurance \u003cbr\u003e Beyond Corporate Responsibility \u003cbr\u003e A Different Type of Shareholder Primacy? \u003cbr\u003e Benefit Corporations Step Up \u003cbr\u003e The Power of Corporate Activism \u003cbr\u003e Beware the Benign Benefactor \u003cbr\u003e Capitalists Against Unbridled Capitalism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8. Swimming Upstream \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"You Are Definitely Going to Die\"\u003cbr\u003e Meeting People Where They Are \u003cbr\u003e Changing the Direction of the Current \u003cbr\u003e Modeling What's Possible \u003cbr\u003e Subsidizing the Incumbents \u003cbr\u003e The Destructive as the Default \u003cbr\u003e Writing a Different Story \u003cbr\u003e A More Interesting Conversation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9. Focus, Goddammit \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An Effective Exercise in Distraction \u003cbr\u003e Attention Is a Limited Resource \u003cbr\u003e First Things First \u003cbr\u003e The Beginning of the End of Coal \u003cbr\u003e Being \"Better\"\u003cbr\u003e Meat Eaters and Vegetarians Unite \u003cbr\u003e The System Responds \u003cbr\u003e The Cheapest Way to Fry \u003cbr\u003e The Growth of Flygskam \u003cbr\u003e An Inclusive Conversation?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10. What Difference Does It Make? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Organized Resistance \u003cbr\u003e Historical Serendipity \u003cbr\u003e The Real Power of the Individual \u003cbr\u003e A Reckoning on Race \u003cbr\u003e It's Not About Me (Or You) \u003cbr\u003e The Lure of Agency \u003cbr\u003e How Change Actually Happens \u003cbr\u003e What's My Duty? \u003cbr\u003e Shifting Our Collective Values\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11. Climate Hypocrites Unite! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A False Dawn \u003cbr\u003e The Power of Imperfection \u003cbr\u003e Finding Our Place\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoda: The Journey Down, Together \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Next? Resources, Organizations, and Actions \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Knowledge Is Power \u003cbr\u003e Get Organized \u003cbr\u003e Rethink Your Mobility \u003cbr\u003e Eat Smarter \u003cbr\u003e Good Energy \u003cbr\u003e Money Matters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003cbr\u003e About the Author \u003cbr\u003e About New Society Publishers \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866115912023,"sku":"9780865719606","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780865719606.jpg?v=1722277115","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/were-all-climate-hypocrites-now-9780865719606","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}