Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson discusses 'What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures' and changing the way we think about climate
answer to our planet’s climate crisis was a question? That instead of limiting our spectrum of solutions to recycling more, driving electric cars, and voting , we let our imaginations run wild — exploring the possibilities of what could happen if we both collectively and individually approachedIt’s a book that reads more like a curiously helpful map than the usual doom-esque climate texts, and alternatively, invites readers to peruse its pages like a treasure hunt in a quest to discover the...
You also bring together a collection of essays, poems, interviews, and art. What inspired you to pull from a variety of different writing forms versus a traditional how-to text?— that’s what my book contract says. And I realized that the conversations that I have with all of these people in my life who have all these different areas of expertise are really the thing that I wanted to share … And I was hoping that would make these things more accessible to people as well.
I hope that people will think about multiple things like, ‘Why don’t we have climate music?’ Obviously, people are writing songs about climate, but they’re not really percolating up through culture. They’re not songs that we do karaoke to. And that’s so different from, say, the Civil Rights Movement, which had so many incredible anthems people were singing together in the streets. It was part of what kept us going and what kept us connected and kept our eyes on the prize.
I’ve just been completely enamored with what if questions right now as part of the work that we need to do together, the conversations that we need to be having.
To shift to politics and climate, the two candidates running for the presidency offer two very different visions for the climate. What policies and legislation are at stake in this election?actually showing the projected difference in carbon emissions of electing Kamala Harris versus electing Donald Trump. It’s wildly diverging futures in terms of the greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere.
And I think helps people connect those dots. think this is something I wish — just like Kendra points out in the book — that was more obvious to people. Because right now, if you are a concerned citizen, it’s often very hard to figure out where your voice matters, what your opportunities are to be part of shaping these policies.
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