A hopeful approach to climate change that offers us practical tools to band together across the political spectrum and create the green energy-powered sustainable world that's in our grasp
There's a new way of approaching climate change that no one is talking about. It's empowering citizens, uplifting communities, and it's changing the fate of our planet. Moreover, it's helping us live happier, healthier, more fulfilled lives. Most importantly, it's working. The new approach to climate change recognizes that people, not politics, are the agents of change that can create a sustainable world. And that in order to engage people in climate solutions, we need a new way of framing the problem.
The problem is not that climate change is an insurmountable challenge it's that it can seem like it is. Instead of focusing on governmental gridlock and apocalyptic visions, Climate Courage emphasizes the rate of job creation in the green economy, introduces the reader to the growing number of conservatives and people of faith already engaged in climate solutions, and tells the stories of the many communities that have come together to brainstorm clean energy solutions and put them into place. And in coming together to solve the climate crisis, we just may rediscover community, gratitude, and service values which help us live more fulfilling, less consumption-oriented lives.
This book brings a hopeful message that we don't often hear about--we're actually already on our way to solving the climate crisis and with more people involved in both big and small ways we will have a chance at preserving our environment.
About the Author
Andreas Karelas is the founder and executive director of RE-volv and a dedicated renewable energy advocate with over 15 years of environmental and renewable energy experience. Prior to founding RE-volv, Karelas worked with a number of leading organizations, including the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), the National Audubon Society, blueEnergy, and the Center for Resource Solutions. He is a 2013 Audubon Toyota TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Fellow and a 2016 OpenIDEO Climate Innovator Fellow.
Industry Reviews
"In the wake of the pandemic, nothing could help bring us out of this crisis in a more constructive way than working together to prevent the next one. Climate Courage offers a path towards getting back to something much better, and more united, than our old normal."
Bill McKibben cofounder of 350.org and author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
"The clean energy revolution is well underway and Karelas, an innovator in the space, accurately captures the moment we're in. There has never been a greater time to work for and invest in a more sustainable and equitable world and Climate Courage spells out the opportunity clearly."
Jigar Shah founder of SunEdison, president and cofounder of Generate Capital
"This inspiring book shows how people from different political and social backgrounds have been galvanizing around a common goal to solve climate change. I highly recommend it."
Mark Z. Jacobson professor of civil and environmental engineering, Stanford University
"Climate Courage reframes the narrative on climate change from doom and gloom to opportunity, with a breadth of practical solutions that can appeal to Americans across the political spectrum. This is an excellent summary of how the politics on climate change have evolved and the incredible progress we're making, highlighting coalitions and initiatives that can inspire others. You can't read this and not come away with some optimism!"
Terry Tamminen former secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and president of 7th Generation Advisors
"We have many of the technical solutions we need to address climate change. Andreas takes on a different question: how do we as a society get to the point where we decide to use them? This book, born of hard experience by a longtime clean energy leader, is an excellent guide to finding our way forward on one of the most important questions we face."
Adam Browning founder and executive director of Vote Solar
"Karelas provides an uplifting and thoroughly researched study on the magnitude of efforts being made to confront the climate crisis. Climate Courage shows that it takes a village to save the planet, and here are so many different examples for how we can do it."
Sarah Shanley Hope founding executive director of the Solutions Project
