Poem: Catastrophe Is Next to Godliness
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Poem: Catastrophe Is Next to Godliness
minimum. Four degrees: Europe in permanent drought; vast areas of China, India and Bangladesh claimed by desert; Polynesia swallowed by the sea; the Colorado River
Andrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
disasters are often moments of strange joy.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Climate catastrophe is coming. We know this. What we don’t know is how bad it will be. In the best case scenario, an unprecedented global Green New Deal rapidly transitions the world economy off of carbon, holding global temperature rise under 3°C.61 This causes large-scale polar ice melt, 12 inches of sea level rise by 2050,62 and major habitat di
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
He chose a better catastrophe and so should we. If catastrophe is where we’re headed, let’s fight hard to get the best catastrophe we can.