All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Climate change can be so overwhelming. Yet, the fact is there is still so much we can do to stop this crisis. This is an amazing new collection by something like 60 women working on climate change. I got to read an early copy and was blown away. There is art, poetry, inspiring stories. I felt like we can tackle this problem after reading this book. I really recommend it if you are freaked out and want to know what we can do: talk about climate change in our daily lives, change policy, support independent climate journalists, write to our representatives, take to the streets. There is so much left that we can save! Inspiring.

All We Can Save is a clarion call to action on behalf of our besieged Earth. It highlights numerous creative, insightful, and exciting examples of what is being done right now, though you likely have heard of none of them. GretaThunberg is right: the adults have failed the children and the planet--but not these adults. I scribbled notes like mad as I read story after story of amazing success all over the country. I stopped reading only to look around at my desert yard and begin to think of how I can transform it into more productive use, how I can amend the soil, find water in the dew. Specific examples throughout these 40+ stories are beyond inspiring: they bring reality to hope. Read this book, tell your friends about these undaunted women, and start walking the talk. Two things: 1. I read this book in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death. And with each of these women, I thought that without the doors the amazing RBG opened, they could not be doing what they are. 2. Fanstatic Fungi is an indie movie about mushrooms, and one of the most inspiring films you'll see for right now. Here's to the women in this book, to RBG, and to all the readers whose life will be changed by these stories. Most of all, here is to our Mother Earth.

Brilliant book - so glad I read it because it was uplifting, hopeful, and a joy to read (emotions missing from anything else on our planet’s future). I was skeptical at first because I’m not that into poetry, but everything flows well together and there is lots of engaging storytelling. It’s easy to skip between chapters because each is its own story and because the editors have highlighted key portions with dots in the margins. Def recommend to anyone who has wondered what we can do about climate, how we build communities, or what examples of feminine leadership can look like.

Some chapters (perhaps I should call them essays) were inspiring and provided information I had not known. Others were more basic or even had errors. For example, one chapter stated that there would be 200 million displaced by climate by the end of the next century. What? By 2050 143 million are estimated to be displaced. By the end of this century there is an estimate for 1 billion. I did a quick search to come up with those numbers. Then in a later chapter another author quoted the 143 million I found. As a minimum the editors should have noticed the serious discrepancy in the two. One of the best chapters, in my opinion, credited Thomas Edison with promoting wind and solar power. The only issue is that another person had actually installed a wind energy system in a home years before Edison publicly promoted renewable energy. It would have been appropriate to have credited the earlier installation.

This collection of works about climate change by women is a great introduction for people new to climate change issues and an invitation to go deeper to those already engaged. Together, the essays and poems educate, inspire, and call to action. I have spent the COVID lock down reading climate books. This is the one I will be buying in bulk to give to friends and family.

I'm pretty well-versed in the climate movement, including writings by several people in this collection, so I wasn't sure if it would feel like a retread of what I already know. But it is SO much more. The book quickly gets past the general outlines of the climate emergency, what's at stake, and who the leaders of the climate feminist movement are. And then, it's new terrain, at least for me. New ways of thinking about the situation, new facts about what's actually possible, what impacts the movement has already made, and where things are unraveling quickly. I love the poetry, and the specific, particular, even localized essays. This is such a worthy read.

This book is incredibly informative, insightful and inspiring. The editors found such a powerful balance of writers to take on the many sides to the climate discussion from the policy to racial injustice elevating the entire movement as a result. I’ve never been more committed to doing my part and All We Can Save is a big reason.

This is not your usual anthology. Every essay brings insight and comfort. How nice to know there's a cadre of female climate leaders quietyly and not so quietly taking charge to protect our earth.

Did you ever think anything written about climate change could be beautiful or inspiring? Or a page turner? Something you look forward to reading, not because you know you should or need to for your activism, but because you genuinely can't wait to read the next essay or poem. This book is a work of climate art that will help you stay inspired to stay in action.

Amazing! Inspirational! Exceptional! I cannot find enough superlatives for this book. There are so many naysayers on Climate telling us what we can't do; it's refreshing to see this How-To book cover what we CAN do! It's a science-baked cake with poetry frosting! And if we can't swallow climate challenges all at once, we can take the information in this book and make a difference one bite at a time NOW. Thank you so much for putting this together!

Climate change can be so overwhelming. Yet, the fact is there is still so much we can do to stop this crisis. This is an amazing new collection by something like 60 women working on climate change. I got to read an early copy and was blown away. There is art, poetry, inspiring stories. I felt like we can tackle this problem after reading this book. I really recommend it if you are freaked out and want to know what we can do: talk about climate change in our daily lives, change policy, support independent climate journalists, write to our representatives, take to the streets. There is so much left that we can save! Inspiring.

All We Can Save is a clarion call to action on behalf of our besieged Earth. It highlights numerous creative, insightful, and exciting examples of what is being done right now, though you likely have heard of none of them. GretaThunberg is right: the adults have failed the children and the planet--but not these adults. I scribbled notes like mad as I read story after story of amazing success all over the country. I stopped reading only to look around at my desert yard and begin to think of how I can transform it into more productive use, how I can amend the soil, find water in the dew. Specific examples throughout these 40+ stories are beyond inspiring: they bring reality to hope. Read this book, tell your friends about these undaunted women, and start walking the talk. Two things: 1. I read this book in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death. And with each of these women, I thought that without the doors the amazing RBG opened, they could not be doing what they are. 2. Fanstatic Fungi is an indie movie about mushrooms, and one of the most inspiring films you'll see for right now. Here's to the women in this book, to RBG, and to all the readers whose life will be changed by these stories. Most of all, here is to our Mother Earth.

Brilliant book - so glad I read it because it was uplifting, hopeful, and a joy to read (emotions missing from anything else on our planet’s future). I was skeptical at first because I’m not that into poetry, but everything flows well together and there is lots of engaging storytelling. It’s easy to skip between chapters because each is its own story and because the editors have highlighted key portions with dots in the margins. Def recommend to anyone who has wondered what we can do about climate, how we build communities, or what examples of feminine leadership can look like.

Some chapters (perhaps I should call them essays) were inspiring and provided information I had not known. Others were more basic or even had errors. For example, one chapter stated that there would be 200 million displaced by climate by the end of the next century. What? By 2050 143 million are estimated to be displaced. By the end of this century there is an estimate for 1 billion. I did a quick search to come up with those numbers. Then in a later chapter another author quoted the 143 million I found. As a minimum the editors should have noticed the serious discrepancy in the two. One of the best chapters, in my opinion, credited Thomas Edison with promoting wind and solar power. The only issue is that another person had actually installed a wind energy system in a home years before Edison publicly promoted renewable energy. It would have been appropriate to have credited the earlier installation.

This collection of works about climate change by women is a great introduction for people new to climate change issues and an invitation to go deeper to those already engaged. Together, the essays and poems educate, inspire, and call to action. I have spent the COVID lock down reading climate books. This is the one I will be buying in bulk to give to friends and family.

I'm pretty well-versed in the climate movement, including writings by several people in this collection, so I wasn't sure if it would feel like a retread of what I already know. But it is SO much more. The book quickly gets past the general outlines of the climate emergency, what's at stake, and who the leaders of the climate feminist movement are. And then, it's new terrain, at least for me. New ways of thinking about the situation, new facts about what's actually possible, what impacts the movement has already made, and where things are unraveling quickly. I love the poetry, and the specific, particular, even localized essays. This is such a worthy read.

This book is incredibly informative, insightful and inspiring. The editors found such a powerful balance of writers to take on the many sides to the climate discussion from the policy to racial injustice elevating the entire movement as a result. I’ve never been more committed to doing my part and All We Can Save is a big reason.

This is not your usual anthology. Every essay brings insight and comfort. How nice to know there's a cadre of female climate leaders quietyly and not so quietly taking charge to protect our earth.

Did you ever think anything written about climate change could be beautiful or inspiring? Or a page turner? Something you look forward to reading, not because you know you should or need to for your activism, but because you genuinely can't wait to read the next essay or poem. This book is a work of climate art that will help you stay inspired to stay in action.

Amazing! Inspirational! Exceptional! I cannot find enough superlatives for this book. There are so many naysayers on Climate telling us what we can't do; it's refreshing to see this How-To book cover what we CAN do! It's a science-baked cake with poetry frosting! And if we can't swallow climate challenges all at once, we can take the information in this book and make a difference one bite at a time NOW. Thank you so much for putting this together!

I am looking forward to discussions related to All We Can Save in the coming months. I have been cherishing every bit of inspo I gain from reading the essays, enjoying the art, and joining the All We Can Save community. I particularly resonated with the Feel chapter...community mothering, finding joy in the work, choosing to SHOW UP, metabolizing new ideas, and making space in our own lives for a decent future. The contributors are EVERYTHING during this difficult time. I love how courageous they have been in their lives, and inspire others to be. Courage leads to action and we need so much more of it, especially with the added pressures and changes in our COVID times. I am all in! Amy Bartucci

This collection of amazing inspiring writers is so illuminating and different from many books on difficult subjects, I found it easy to read and I looked forward to each chapter which offered worlds of insight and thought-provoking material. Very grateful fir this radical book that feels like the grounding for the climate movement

I have only read this book in bits and pieces, as it is very thought dense. The language is beautiful, and well written. So far, nice collection from a wide variet of authors.

Good writing and very informative across the spectrum of climate issues and advocacy options. Inspiring to learn so much is going on and has been going on. The feminine value perspectives on 'how' and 'why' add a whole and very interesting approach to addressing this most pressing of our global issues. Have recommended it to many friends.

... every day a little bit ... some days it seems too much to digest ... but we must all persevere and continue on ... onward and upward ... the wake up call for action!!!

I love this book! It is just such a great collection of essays about the climate change crisis put together by two brilliant women. Highly recommend reading this for anybody, but especially if you like smaller, easier to digest format in heavy subject books. I usually read an essay or two each night and it has really given me hope. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson also has an excellent podcast I would recommend called How to Save a Planet.

Very comprehensive coverage from many angels related to the single topic of climate change.

This was an emotionally vibrant collection - worth thoughtful time.

With bite-sized essays, poems, and stories, this book is full of wonderful writing from inspiring women who are all working in their own way to make our planet livable for future generations. Some parts are heatbreaking, other parts heartwarming, but all worth the read.

Already a favorite. Every poem and essay challenged me to think about how I can support climate change prevention initiatives in small and large ways and gave me so many things to think about and relate to.

My copy of All We Can Save is marked with post-it notes, underlined text, and exclamation marks! I am grateful to @ayanaeliza and @ayanaeliza for bringing together so many women I admire in this anthology. I'll be using the book in my courses at Warren Wilson College in the spring.

This collection of essays comes with a simple online curriculum that would make leading a book group a snap. The three questions per meeting are loosely based on the reading, so even people who haven't done their reading can have a worthwhile conversation.

Enjoyed this book so much I'm giving it as a gift to several friends this holiday season. I hope all libraries stock a copy.

...that will not only inform and enlighten you on the most pressing issues of the climate crisis, but will also instill a sense of hope and a desire to become engaged in this profound journey we are on.

This book is amazing. Eight of us have been doing A weekly discussion and all of us absolutely love the book.

Awesome read all the way through! Thoroughly enjoyed. Reflections on local activities, i.e. Line 3, and the regenerative agriculture topic was very interesting.

This an excellent compilation of recent essays by women who are active in the efforts to confront our worldwide climate crisis and promote climate justice.

Thought provoking!!!! Informative!

This books is transformational and elevates incredibly important voices in the climate movement. Highly recommend!

a great collection of insightful essays.

The short chapters written by women impassioned by their subject give the reader a broad understanding of issues and reasons to mourn and to hope.

All this book is is a collection of personal opinions about climate change. Not interesting at all.

This is the climate change book we've been missing. Brilliantly choreographed song to the planet with contributions from the important and often overlooked voices of women fighting to save our planet from a peril that is becoming less and less ignorable. Women have something to say, and it is critical that the world listen. Their voices are not just immediate but hopeful. I can't emphasize enough how much this book should be on every bedside table. The conversations it engenders will be crucial to the future of the earth we want to leave to our sons and daughters.

This book is immensely powerful, joyful, and empowering. As a student studying climate justice, this book was a beautiful and well-needed reprieve from academia and not only that, but it taught me things my academic books forgot, ignored, or misrepresented. Like, who was the first person (woman!!) to look at the greenhouse gas effect? Well, read this book to find out! Or listen to it like I did with Libro.fm audiobooks, where a portion of your purchase goes to support a local bookstore of your choice :)

Having a book like this that outlines all that is being done and can be done by women and all to curb climate change is incredible. These 40 odd women who have pulled together this book are doing so much and are walking, breathing examples of the kind of rigor needed to combat this issue that tends to disproportionately affect humans and nature. If you care about gender representation and about the climate, this book belongs on your kindle or on your shelf. TEN STARS!!!

This is a wonderfully informative, insightful, thoughtful and inspiring anthology of writings on climate change with a focus on solutions and how to get out of the mess. All of the contributions are by women, which is a very welcome change from the standard male perspective on necessary changes. The writings are interspersed with poems, which are a excellent way to break up the The authors are an excellent mix of prominent scientists, young activists, journalists, scholars, artists, researchers, models, entrepreneurs, and policy experts. This would be a superb anthology for an undergraduate class on climate, to inform and inspire us to take appropriate action. The book is divided into 8 sections: Root, Advocate, Reframe, Reshape, Persist, Feel, Nourish, Rise. Whether you are fully engaged in the climate issue, or just beginning to consider it, this book will be a great companion.

An extraordinary book, needed more than ever. Best and most inspiring book on climate change since Drawdown.

Many individual writers contributed to this book. The challenge of a "small world" where human demands are greater than what the world can provide is important. Writers describe local action that coordinates with international goals, such as tree planting, wildlife protection, and energy efficiency. What is most interesting is how social movements and the environment can find unity. For example, a new five percent (5%) tax on income over $400,000 for either Social Security, clean energy, or land conservation would help all people, even the wealthy who are being taxed at an incrementally higher level. The writers have hopeful visions. With a lot of work the human future will be millions of years instead of just a few tens of thousands of years. It's very important to realize that without activists, Congress, and other Parliaments working together there will be entire regions facing starvation. Activists and commissions need to get at the root of why starvation keeps occurring in Asia and Africa over and over again, and whether this is likely to increase in the future. Every generation starts to campaign for the environment and social causes with optimism but often can't maintain a high level of energy. Governments protect and defend their own citizens but apply different standards for other nations. The UN is important but lacks adequate staffing, funding, and legal powers. In the US, National Forest land needs to be used for clean energy. Private land is too expensive. Government can engage in positive actions to manage climate change if a new social and political consensus is established.