Kaufman - The Sea Is Rising And So Are We: A Climate Justice Handboook: A Climate Justice Handbook

Praise for The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

The Sea Is Rising and So Are Weis a rare kind of book, at once a primer for activists and an astute commentary on a set of critical topics that even a seasoned climate stalwart could benefit from. It takes on some really tough questionstransformational change, how to talk about the emergency, the need for a specifically global politics of climate justiceand it does in a manner that is both simple and sophisticated. Its not an easy balance, but Kaufman pulls it off.
Tom Athanasiou, author of Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming

In The Sea Is Rising and So Are WeCynthia Kaufman has provided us with a vital manual for confronting the climate crisis and its root causes. Kaufman offers compelling analysis, a comprehensive mapping of the political landscape, and practical guidance for actionall in a straightforward and accessible manner. Most importantly, she offers hope.
Tony Roshan Samara, program director of land use and housing at Urban Habitat

Cynthia Kaufmans The Sea Is Rising and So Are Weis a valuable overview of where we as a species are in the existential fight to prevent catastrophic climate disruption. It covers a lot, from the UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment of our situation to the need for a personally supportive movement culture to sustain our climate activism. It is an accessible, up-to-date resource both for those who have been in the climate fight for decades and those who know they need to do so but havent yet figured out how.
Ted Glick, longtime climate organizer and author of Burglar for Peace

Cynthia Kaufmans The Sea Is Rising and So Are Wechallenges us to focus our attention on the powerful actors and structures that are at the root of our current climate crisis. In this moment of rapid transformation, Kaufman pushes us to see the reality of the situation we are in while providing concrete examples of actions that are already being taken and ways that people with diverse talents and interests can all contribute to creating a sustainable world. As a teacher of undergraduate courses on public policy, environmental politics, and community organizing, I welcome this work that seamlessly weaves together all of those elements in a profound yet accessible way.
Lena Jones, board member of Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy and political science instructor at Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Racial justice and anti-capitalism need to be core to the movement to stop climate destruction. By focusing on challenging the entrenched interests that are driving human society toward destruction, this book points us toward the kinds of solutions that we need to throw our hearts and souls into with as much energy as we can mobilize.
Eddie Yuen, coauthor of Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapseand Rebirth and Confronting Capitalism: Dispatches from a Global Movement

A Climate Justice Handbook

Cynthia Kaufman

The Sea Is Rising and So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook

2021 Cynthia Kaufman

This edition 2021 PM Press

ISBN: 9781629638652

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020947292

First published in Canada in 2021 by Between the Lines

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This book is dedicated to all the brave and passionate people who are working to build a just and sustainable future.