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Thinking More about Protest and Repression
Last night, we got to observe textbook examples of the ways that peaceful protest (including civil disobedience) can escalate into so much more. In NYC, we saw classic case of police repression, with images of NYPD in riot gear storming the Hamilton Building on Columbia’s campus, as well as the encampment on CUNY’s campus. On…
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Highlights from the CA leg of the book tour
I’m just back from the California leg of the Saving Ourselves Book Tour, which was amazing. Highlights included talking at BookSoup on the Sunset Strip, the conversation with Isaias Hernandez at Occidental College (and the wine and conversation with friends and activists afterwards), the surprise guests to my talk at the Commonwealth Club in San…
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3 Myths about Climate Activists
I just published a piece in The Conversation that builds on the findings from Saving Ourselves to talk about 3 common myths about the climate movement and climate activism. This piece is particularly important as Earth Month gets underway and activists take to the streets, boardrooms, car shows and much more to raise awareness about…
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Highlights from the start of the Saving Ourselves Book Tour.
In the first few weeks since the book came out, I’ve had the privilege of speaking with an amazing group of people at universities and institutions, as well as with a number of climate groups that are working in the climate movement. Clockwise from top Left with: Almeta Cooper at the Library of Congress, Dharna…
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Saving Ourselves is HERE!
Just in time for the formal release of the book today, Saving Ourselves was discussed, along with two other environment books in The Financial Times on 2/12/2024. Check out the full piece to learn more about how the book “Offers useful insights into the increasingly disruptive climate campaigns spreading around the world. . . .…
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Saving Ourselves is going on Tour
With the Saving Ourselves release date just around the corner, I am posting the current book tour schedule (with updates and new dates). I’m very excited to join these amazing scholars, journalists, and activists to talk about the book, its findings, and its implications!! For details on specific events, tickets, and registration, see my events page. If…
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Happy 2024: Here Comes Saving Ourselves!
As climate scientists debate the exact amount that Earth has warmed to date and 2023 has officially been documented as the warmest year ever recorded, Saving Ourselves is about to arrive. I received my personal copy from Columbia University Press on New Year’s Eve (see the official unwrapping here). For anyone who preordered books, your copy should…
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Talking About Climate Protest in Nature
Today, a piece that I wrote with Oscar Berglund and Colin Davis went live at Nature. In it, we look at the current state of the research on climate and other activism to understand how a movement best effects change and converts citizens’ concerns into policies that address the problem. To answer that question, we…
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Saving Ourselves Has An Index (and is completely done)
It’s funny how you toil for years writing a book. While you’re in it, it feels like it takes forever collecting the data, analyzing the data, doing follow-up interviews, writing up the argument, and editing the document into the final book. But then, like that, it’s done. This week, I submitted the final index to…
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Saving Ourselves is Available to Preorder
Saving Ourselves: from Climate Shocks to Climate Action is now available for preorder! Some preorder options: –Amazon -Barnes and Noble -Indiebound (for local independent bookstores) -Politics & Prose (DC-based bookstore where I’ll be doing an event in with Mustafa Ali on 3/8/24) When it becomes available for preorder at Columbia University Press, I will share…
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