<p>Lucy Kalanithi and Mary Annaïse Heglar explore what becomes possible when we look at the climate crisis differently.</p><p> Mary Annaïse Heglar’s essays include “<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/2020-crises-wildfires-pandemic-election-climate-crisis-1069907/">2020: The Year of Converging Crises</a>” (<i>Rolling Stone</i>), “<a href="https://medium.com/@maryheglar/home-is-always-worth-it-d2821634dcd9">Home is Always Worth It</a>” (<i>Medium</i>), “<a href="https://zora.medium.com/sorry-yall-but-climate-change-ain-t-the-first-existential-threat-b3c999267aa0">Climate Change Isn’t The First Existential Threat</a>” (<i>Zora</i>), and “<a href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/28/18629833/climate-change-2019-green-new-deal">I work in the Environmental Movement. I Don’t Care If You Recycle</a>” (<i>Vox</i>). Listen to <a href="https://podlink.to/realhottake"><i>Hot Take</i></a> (co-hosted by Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt) wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to their <a href="https://www.hottakepod.com/">newsletter</a>.</p><p> Curious about the poem you heard in this episode? It was “<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/152103/how-dark-the-beginning">How Dark the Beginning</a>” by Maggie Smith, read by her. Find more of Maggie’s poetry in her latest collection, <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Goldenrod/Maggie-Smith/9781982185060"><i>Goldenrod</i></a>. You’ll also love <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/keep-moving-notes-on-loss-creativity-and-change/9781982132071"><i>Keep Moving</i></a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/good-bones-poems/9781946482013"><i>Good Bones</i></a>.</p><p> Dr. Kate Marvel’s essay is “<a href="https://onbeing.org/blog/kate-marvel-we-need-courage-not-hope-to-face-climate-change/">We Need Courage, Not Hope, To Face Climate Change</a>” (<i>On Being</i>). Rebecca Solnit’s quote – “hope is not like a lottery ticket… hope is an ax you break down doors with” – is from <a href="https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/rebecca-solnit/excerpt-from-hope-in-the-dark"><i>Hope In The Dark</i></a>. For more on climate grief, look to <a href="https://reneelertzman.com/">Dr. Renee Lertzman</a>. Dr. Glenn Albrecht’s neologism is <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18027145/"><i>solastalgia</i></a>.</p><p> For Drs. Kimberly Nicholas and Seth Wynes’ work on behavior change to shift culture, read “<a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/a-hard-look-in-the-climate-mirror/">A Hard Look in the Climate Mirror</a>” (<i>Scientific American</i>): “for me, turning my scientific knowledge into action was a little like falling in love. It was a switch that got flipped.” Dr. Nicholas’ book is <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665274/under-the-sky-we-make-by-kimberly-nicholas-phd/"><i>Under the Sky We Make</i></a>.</p><p> Climate action and activism: <a href="https://www.allwecansave.earth/">The All We Can Save Project</a>, <a href="https://www.sunrisemovement.org/">Sunrise Movement</a>, <a href="https://www.endclimatesilence.org/">End Climate Silence</a>, <a href="https://350.org/">350.org</a>, <a href="https://drawdown.org/">Project Drawdown</a>, <a href="https://www.currentlyhq.com/">Currently</a>, <a href="https://rebellion.global/">Extinction Rebellion</a>.</p><p> Gravity is produced by Wonder Media Network. Original music by Rachel Wardell. Rekha Murthy is our editor. Jenny Kaplan is our executive producer.</p><p> For more on why we’re doing what we're doing, check us out on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wmn.media/?hl=en">Instagram</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/wmnmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a>. Find Lucy on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/rocketgirlmd">@rocketgirlmd</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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