Communicating the Climate Crisis
New Directions for Facing What Lies Ahead
Seiten
2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3802-1 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3802-1 (ISBN)
Communicating the Climate Crisis lays out fresh directions and strategies for creating a new story of hope through action—not as isolated and “guilty” consumers, but as social actors who use emotional resilience, climate conversations, justice, and faith to break the current social inertia and create a desired future.
Communicating the Climate Crisis puts communication at the center of the change we need, providing concrete strategies that help break the social inertia that blocks social change and cultural transformation. After reimagining “earth” not just as the ground upon which we walk but as the atmosphere we breathe—Eairth—the book examines our consumption-based identities in fossil fuel culture and the necessity of structural change to address the climate crisis. Strategies for overcoming obstacles start with facing the emotional challenges (and the mental health tolls) of the crisis that lead to climate silence. Breaking that silence through personal climate conversations is a powerful tool that elevates the importance of the problem, finds common ground, and eases “climate anxiety.” The lens of climate justice and faith-based worldviews helps articulate our moral responsibility to take drastic action to protect all humans and the living world. This book tells a new story of hope through action—not as isolated, “guilty” consumers but as social actors who engage hearts, hands, and minds to envision and create a desired future.
Communicating the Climate Crisis puts communication at the center of the change we need, providing concrete strategies that help break the social inertia that blocks social change and cultural transformation. After reimagining “earth” not just as the ground upon which we walk but as the atmosphere we breathe—Eairth—the book examines our consumption-based identities in fossil fuel culture and the necessity of structural change to address the climate crisis. Strategies for overcoming obstacles start with facing the emotional challenges (and the mental health tolls) of the crisis that lead to climate silence. Breaking that silence through personal climate conversations is a powerful tool that elevates the importance of the problem, finds common ground, and eases “climate anxiety.” The lens of climate justice and faith-based worldviews helps articulate our moral responsibility to take drastic action to protect all humans and the living world. This book tells a new story of hope through action—not as isolated, “guilty” consumers but as social actors who engage hearts, hands, and minds to envision and create a desired future.
Julia B. Corbett is professor in the Department of Communication and Environmental Humanities Graduate Program, University of Utah.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Eairth
Chapter 2: Fossil Fuel Culture
Chapter 3: Individuals as Social Actors, Not Consumers
Chapter 4: Emotions and Climate Silence
Chapter 5: Breaking the Silence: Strategies for Talking About Climate Change
Chapter 6: Justice and Faith: The Moral Imperative of Climate Change
Chapter 7: A New Relationship with Eairth
Chapter 8: Telling a New Story
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Environmental Communication and Nature: Conflict and Ecoculture in the Anthropocene |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 238 x 238 mm |
| Gewicht | 508 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-3802-0 / 1793638020 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-3802-1 / 9781793638021 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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