Coming of Age at the End of Nature
A Generation Faces Living on a Changed Planet
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What happens to individuals and societies when their most fundamental cultural, historical, and ecological bonds weaken—or snap? In Coming of Age at the End of Nature, insightful millennials express their anger and love, dreams and fears, and sources of resilience for living and thriving on our shifting planet.
Twenty-two essays explore wide-ranging themes that are paramount to young generations but that resonate with everyone, including redefining materialism and environmental justice, assessing the risk and promise of technology, and celebrating place anywhere from a wild Atlantic island to the Arizona desert, to Baltimore and Bangkok. The contributors speak with authority on problems facing us all, whether railing against the errors of past generations, reveling in their own adaptability, or insisting on a collective responsibility to do better. Contributors include Blair Braverman, Jason Brown, Cameron Conaway, Elizabeth Cooke, Amy Coplen, Ben Cromwell, Sierra Dickey, Ben Goldfarb, CJ Goulding, Bonnie Frye Hemphill, Lisa Hupp, Amaris Ketcham, Megan Kimble, Craig Maier, Abby McBride, Lauren McCrady, James Orbesen, Alycia Parnell, Emily Schosid, Danna Staaf, William Thomas, and Amelia Urry.
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Release date
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781595347787
- File size: 1122 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781595347787
- File size: 1122 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Starred review from November 1, 2016
Dunlap (Companions in Wonder) and Cohen (Shorewords) have curated a fine collection of environmental writing in this thoughtful anthology from a "new generation of fossil fuel freedom fighters." This is an earnest compendium of personal narratives penned by young writers growing up in the changing reality that Bill McKibben, who writes the foreword, describes in his environmental classic The End of Nature. Covering a wide range of topics, such as hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, urban foraging, and communal living with the "Lima Beans" in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, many of the essays contained here reference McKibben's work. Several are also tinged with bitterness at being left with a mess by an older generation who lied about having it under control, yet there is a sense of confidence they will be the ones who finally figure out how to clean it up. VERDICT An intelligent and heartfelt glimpse into the lives of the emerging authors McKibben greatly influenced and a must-read for anyone interested in environmental issues, particularly climate change.--Venessa Hughes, Buffalo, NY
Copyright 2016 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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