updated 12d ago
How to Misunderstand the Climate Crisis
- “Every year that we head closer to catastrophe […] the old narrative loses its hold on the collective consciousness. Waves of young people are looking for a new worldview—one that makes sense of the current unraveling, one that offers them a future they can believe in.” - Jeremy Lent
from Seeing Wetiko by Substack
Keely Adler added
There’s a reason Naomi Klein begins her climate masterwork, This Changes Everything, with a search for “the stories that got us into this mess.”36 Australian science writer Gillian King collects climate metaphors on her blog, craftily wielding them to reframe key climate debates and combat misinformation. To bring out the futility of trying to outs
... See morefrom I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor by Andrew Boyd
There’s a reason Naomi Klein begins her climate masterwork, This Changes Everything, with a search for “the stories that got us into this mess.”36 Australian science writer Gillian King collects climate metaphors on her blog, craftily wielding them to reframe key climate debates and combat misinformation. To bring out the futility of trying to outs
... See morefrom I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor by Andrew Boyd