Finding it challenging to talk to your co-workers or your “angry uncle” about the climate crisis? A new book by leading climate scientist and acclaimed communicator Katharine Hayhoe can help.
In “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World”, the Canadian scientist out of Texas Tech University shares her formula for influencing people to take action, complete with examples of what works and what doesn’t.
Hayhoe, who is also a United Nations Champion of the Earth, emphasizes that when it comes to changing hearts and minds, facts will only take you so far. She argues that finding common ground with those with whom you disagree is the basis for a constructive conversation, to open up people’s minds and encourage collective action.
The book has had enthusiastic reviews: “One of the more important books about climate change to have been written,” says The Guardian. “An optimistic view on why collective action is still possible — and how it can be realized,” says The New York Times.
And Hayhoe’s 2018 TED Talk “The Most Important Thing You Can Do To Fight Climate Change: Talk About It” has been watched nearly four million times.