About this Event
What Does it Mean to be a Parent in the Age of Climate Change?
A beautiful, lyrical invitation, rooted in nature and spiritual writing,
that will shift parental anxieties toward joy and hope.
We are living in an era of climate collapse. We feel it in small ways:
when the snow falls less or the cherry blossoms bloom too early. And in
large ways: when our streets flood and entire towns burn to the ground.
Climate anxiety touches nearly everything we do, but perhaps nothing
so intimately as our parenting. It leaves an impossible task for those of
us raising children. What do we tell our kids when the air quality is too
bad to go ride bikes? What skills will they need if systems collapse? And
what do we do with the fear, grief, and anger we feel as parents?
In This Sweet Earth: Walking with Our Children in the Age of
Climate Collapse (July 23), parent, activist, and writer Lydia Wylie-
Kellermann wrestles with these questions and dares to argue that while
the future remains unknown, there is still awe and wonder, love and
struggle, gratitude and overwhelming joy to be found. As we raise our
children toward this uncertain future, Wylie-Kellermann helps us see
that those same children shift our posture, slow us down, and invite us
to fall in love with the ground on which we stand.
At this turning point in humanity, we can choose to shift our lives away from death-dealing profitsystems toward life-giving, generous systems. Here is the moment when we must choose to fight like hell for climate justice. And we can do it by nurturing a deeper relationship with this sweet earth
in all its beauty, wonder, and wisdom, walking alongside our children.
About the Author
Lydia Wylie-Kellermann is a writer, editor, activist, and
mother. She is director of Kirkridge Retreat and Study
Center and the editor of The Sandbox Revolution: Raising
Kids for a Just World. Lydia's writing has appeared
in Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, Geez Magazine, and
various Catholic Worker papers, and she is a contributor to
multiple books. She lives with her partner and two boys in
Bangor, Pennsylvania.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bookbug & this is a bookstore, 3019 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 21.00
