Walking the Talk explores walking and listening as relational methods for approaching climate action. Highlighting research from Canada and the US, contributors to this book posit that resilience during a time of climate crisis is contingent upon relational repair at all levels: between individuals, between communities, and between humans and our more-than-human world. Walking and other embodied acts connect us to our communities, helping to co-create local responses to mitigate and adapt to a warming planet. Drawing on research and expertise from ecology, art practice, petrocultures research, Indigenous knowledge systems, land-based learning, and sustainability, these contributions underscore the interdisciplinary and transformative possibilities of walking as a research, artistic and pedagogical methodology.
Contributors: Angele Alook, Joel Boettger, Caroline Bomfim, Malou Brouwer, Rachel Epp Buller, Christine Crouse-Dick, Peter Goerzen, Melissa Haynes, Mel Hogan, Aubrey Streit Krug, Mary Elizabeth (ME) Luka, Emilie O'Brien, Marilene Oliver, Sydney Jane Pursel, Benjamin Reed, Scott Smallwood, Meredith Snyder, Chandra Tomaras, Lana Whiskeyjack, Sheena Wilson, and Sheryl Wilson.
