All We Can Save

“All We Can Save” is the best kind of essay collection, full of short reflections from climate women of all professions and backgrounds, shot through with an emphasis on the the true roots of our climate crisis. Most importantly, it avoids the “doom and gloom” trap that much of the climate/environmental movement has fallen into; the essays focus on positive statements (what we can do, what we value, “all we can save,” visions of a better future) instead of negative ones (we must stop X, we hate Y, etc). Highly, highly recommended for anyone interested in our climate crisis, and likely my #2 climate book recommendation to people beside Laudato Si by Pope Francis.

Favorite essays include:
Beyond Coal - Mary Anne Hitt
Collards are Just as Good as Kale - Heather McTeer Toney
A Green New Deal for All of Us - Rhiana Gunn-Wright
How To Talk About Climate Change - St. Katharine Hayhoe
Truth be Told - Emily Atkin
Wakanda Doesn't Have Suburbs - Kendra Pierre-Louis
Mending the Landscape - Kate Orff
We are Sunrise - Varshini Prakash
Under the Weather - Ash Sanders
Home is Always Worth It - Mary Annaise Heglar
Black Gold - Leah Penniman
A Field Guide for Transformation - Leah Stokes