What if We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures, by Dr Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.
Through clear-eyed essays and vibrant conversations, infused with data, poetry, and art, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson guides us through solutions and possibilities at the nexus of science, policy, culture, and justice. Visionary farmers and financiers, architects and advocates, help us conjure a flourishing future, one worth the effort it will take—from every one of us, with whatever we have to offer—to create.
If you haven’t yet been able to picture a transformed and replenished world—or to see yourself, your loved ones, and your community in it—this book is for you. If you haven’t yet found your role in shaping this new world or you’re not sure how we can actually get there, this book is for you.
With grace, humor, and humanity, Johnson invites readers to ask and answer this ultimate question together: What if we get it right?
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She is co-founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, co-founder of the climate initiative The All We Can Save Project, and co-creator of the podcast How to Save a Planet.
(book description + author bio courtesy of Penguin Random House)
Meeting Info
Wednesday February 5, 2025
6:30-8 PM
350PDX office conference room, 3625 N Mississippi Ave
Light refreshments (including beer + wine) will be provided. Feel free to bring stuff to share.
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Let katie@350pdx.org know if you have any questions.
Join the 350PDX Climate Book Club! A place for anyone interested in the climate justice movement to come together and talk about the most important books of our time.We meet every other month, usually the first Wednesday, from 6:30pm-8pm in the 350PDX Office (although this sometimes changes, so doublecheck). We alternate between fiction and non-fiction every other gathering. We sometimes have an additional virtual meet-up is there is demand, for folks who can’t make it in-person.
Need to borrow the book? Reach out and we’ll see what we can do!