Photo of Amy Wilentz : Paula Goldman
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Environmental journalist Alan Weisman is k nown for the bestseller The World Without Us\, a thought experime nt that brought into sharp relief the impact that we are having on the nat ural world. He returns with Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across th e World\, Fighting to Find Us a Future\, a book ten years in the maki ng: a study of what it means to be a human on the front lines of our plane t&rsquo\;s existential crisis. \; \;
\nProfoundly human and moving\, this rejoinder to climate anxiety asks: Having reached a point of no return in our climate confrontation\, how do we feel\, behave\, act\, plan\, and dream as we approach a future decidedly different from what we had expected? It shows how people with bold concepts can envision and crea te a new relationship with the Earth. A literary evocation of our current predicament\, Hope Dies Last is an uplifting portrait of the core resolve of our species\, profiling those courageously responding to the m ost precarious odds we have ever faced. He is joined in conversati on by author Amy Wilentz.
\nHope Dies Last< /em> is a book of heroism\, courage\, and selfless love. \; Every stor y is a way forward. \; This is one of the most exciting books I&rsquo\ ;ve ever read\, full of innovation. Alan Weisman has written the exact boo k we need to fight for our place on Earth. &mdash\;Louise Erdrich\, author of The Mighty Red and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Night Watch man. \;
\nIn Hope Dies Last\, Alan Weisman takes u
s on a global journey to witness both humanity&rsquo\;s impact on our plan
et and our extraordinary resilience in the face of environmental crisis. T
hrough vivid portraits of flooding islands\, revived wetlands\, and imperi
led coastlines\, he introduces us to the engineers\, scientists\, and visi
onaries working to imagine creative solutions for an uncertain future. Wei
sman masterfully captures the human spirit as we confront perhaps our grea
test challenge: how to adapt to and persist in a world fundamentally alter
ed by climate change. This profound narrative offers not just a clear-eyed
look at our predicament\, but a testament to the remarkable human capacit
y for hope even in extraordinarily challenging times. &mdash\;Neil Shubin\
, author of the national bestseller Your Inner Fish and Ends
of the Earth. \;
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Photo of Amy Wilentz
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