Publisher Description

How do you find the courage to choose positive change in uncertain times? How do you spread optimism to people concerned about the future but who feel too overwhelmed to know how to act?
Anne Therese Gennari has been seeking the answers to those questions most of her life, and in The Climate Optimist Handbook, she offers encouragement, wisdom, and practical tools to help us let go of fear and the dismal truth of today to build toward a world that can be better and more beautiful than anything we've yet seen.
That future starts with shifting the narrative on climate change so we can act from courage and excitement, not fear. We must let go of the guilt and responsibility we feel to save the planet and move into a place of opportunity, optimism, and hope. We should act not because it's our duty, but because we recognize the beautiful and exciting opportunity we have to participate in the shift toward an even better world.
The Climate Change Optimist Handbook will guide you through that shift to become your own source of optimism. You will learn the psychological reasons we aren't acting more on climate change and gain tools and mindset tips to model positive change in your community and home. A grounded and resilient leader is waiting to be born inside you-one who doesn't just believe a better world is possible, but who is eager and excited to do everything possible to make that world a reality.

Author Biography

Anne Therese Gennari is a TEDx speaker, podcaster, workshop host, and educator on climate change. For more than a decade she has been promoting climate optimism to help people cope with climate change and make decisions to create the climate-just future she believes awaits us. She has brought her message to schools, companies, and organizations, including City College of New York, Columbia University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, BMW, and Tetra Pak. Anne Therese hopes The Climate Optimist Handbook will be a gateway for people everywhere to step into the empowered roles we ought to play during our time here on Earth.

Review

"In the face of the warming of the globe and all the harm this is causing to our planet, many people are losing hope, becoming apathetic, and doing nothing. This is deeply concerning because every individual has a role to play in solving the problems we've created. There are many ways you can help and Anne Therese Gennari discusses these in this timely and inspiring book." -- Jane Goodall
"A wonderful definition of leadership is the capacity to listen to all the voices. Anne Therese Gennari is a leader who has listened, read, and studied the science of global warming since she was a young girl. Her Handbook lays out where we are, how we got there, and how to go forward. Fully grasping the implications of the climate emergency is not for the faint of heart. Understanding how to address the impending crisis will fill your heart. Here's how." - Paul Hawken, Author of Drawdown and Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
"An easy-to-read, hopeful, and inspiring book. Anne does an amazing job at helping us embrace not only the challenge of change but the adventure of change." - Dr. Chris Macdonald, Author of Operation Sustainable Human
"AT's message is not just a feel-good thing - it's the neuroscience of making things happen. Every climate activist needs to need read this book and practice its teachings every day." - Katie Patrick, Author of How to Save the World, How to Make Changing The World The Greatest Game We've Ever Played
"An oracle for younger generations that will inherit stewardship of this planet, Anne Therese Gennari's handbook will both educate and inspire, move and cause you to reflect, on how to become your most courageous and fulfilled self in relation to the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. And if you're in doubt, read Chapter 3 right away!" - Jack Adam Weber, Author of Climate Cure, Heal Yourself to Heal the Planet
In The Climate Optimist, Anne Therese Gennari provides a thorough look at what we can do to reverse climate change and why we have reason for hope. As a behavioral scientist I know that it's critical we lead with hope if we are going to move people to change their behaviors. With hope and the tools we have cultivated globally, we can indeed overcome the climate crisis. This book will show you how to be most effective in your actions.- Sweta Chakraborty, Climate Behavioral Scientist
"In the dark night of the climate collapse and emergency, The Climate Optimist Handbook is a ray of light and hope for all of us to read for inspiration and direction. Anne Therese has created a beautiful book for the moment and tomorrow."- Paul Samuel Dolman, Host of the What Matters Most Podcast

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