Now is the time to listen, to fuel the conversation, to galvanize that intimate public...
called an “intimate public” around climate crisis. People are feeling something. They’re curious. They “sense that matters of survival are at stake,” and that listening and telling are routes “out of the impasse and the struggle of the present.” They are talking.
I’ve written about and taught environmental issues for more than 10 years. My cranky tendency has been to roll my eyes on the phone with these friends and family. “Where have you been? So many have been talking about this for so long!” is what I think. But this exasperated response misses the point: Now is the time to listen, to fuel the conversation, to galvanize that intimate public that feels the stakes of climate crisis and wants to get out of impasses.
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