I have tremendous respect for @billmckibben and @ElizKolbert — their stories were among the first to tell us about the urgency of the climate and biodiversity crises.
But (especially right now!) we need to tell urgent, hopeful stories about the future.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/bill-mckibben-and-elizabeth-kolbert-on-the-un-extinction-report?mbid=social_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny …
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Replying to @EricHolthaus @billmckibben
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@DrKateMarvel: We need courage, not hope.5 replies 9 retweets 42 likes -
Replying to @ElizKolbert @EricHolthaus and
@enjohnston's piece, "Loving a vanishing world" brings both of these ideas together. We DO NOT need hope, reassurance, confidence in "winning" in order to act. Yet, she invokes RBG: "by our actions & words, we aim at what the world can be, and help other people see it too."1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @emahlee @ElizKolbert and
@enjohnston looks at the crisis unflinchingly. She does not reassure. Yet the honesty and bravery of her piece, and her core message, is incredibly hopeful. Highly recommend. It may be the best thing I've read in a year or more and that's saying a lot.https://medium.com/@enjohnston/loving-a-vanishing-world-ace33c11fe0 …1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
Replying to @emahlee @ElizKolbert and
Also: I really dislike the New Yorker's clickbait-y, misleading subhead. Such terrible framing. Too late? Too late for what? It makes it seem like
@billmckibben and@ElizKolbert believe we should throw up our hands and quit which is patently untrue.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @emahlee @ElizKolbert and
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@Alexsteffen: No. It's not too late. The truly big choices are still in front of us. The difference between the best possible and worst possible outcomes ahead are staggeringly vast. At no point on this trajectory will it be too late to work to make things better.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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