pdotb reviewed Saving Us by Katherine Hayhoe
More optimistic than I'm used to
4 stars
Content warning climate crisis
While the author is a climate scientist, she doesn't spend much time going over the science of climate change, focusing instead on what we can do to tackle it. Much of the book is concerned with how we persuade people who appear to be deniers, but aren't dead set on that path. An interesting point she makes is that denial can originate in a resistance to the solutions, both real and perceived. If this is the case, then providing more and more scientific proof doesn't help -- the answer lies in showing that there are solutions that are actually attractive. Unfortunately I fear this means walking back somewhat from the degrowth/ecosocialist path I'd prefer, and she seems more keen on, say, electric cars than I'd like. Still really good to think more about the psychology of persuasion.
