In this magical, often funny and deeply moving personal story, award winning science reporter Jonica Newby explores how to navigate the emotional turmoil of climate change.
After researching what global warming will do to the snow country she loves, Newby plummeted into state of profound climate grief. And if she was struggling she wondered, how was everyone else coping? What should parents tell their anxious kids? How might we all live our best lives under the weight of this fearsome knowledge?
Inspired by the epic fantasies she loved as a child, she embarked on a grand quest for answers. But then reality outstripped imagination as her family was swept up in the apocalyptic 2019 – 20 fires.
After researching what global warming will do to the snow country she loves, Newby plummeted into state of profound climate grief. And if she was struggling she wondered, how was everyone else coping? What should parents tell their anxious kids? How might we all live our best lives under the weight of this fearsome knowledge?
Inspired by the epic fantasies she loved as a child, she embarked on a grand quest for answers. But then reality outstripped imagination as her family was swept up in the apocalyptic 2019 – 20 fires.
Featuring meditations on love, humour and acceptance, illuminating conversations with singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, and comedians Charlie Pickering and Craig Reucassel, the wisdom of business leader Mike Cannon-Brookes, practical advice from psychological and scientific experts, incredible accounts from everyday heroes plus inspiring stories from the climate strike kids, Beyond Climate Grief provides guidance and emotional sustenance to help us face the uncertainties ahead.
It reminds us of the love, beauty and the wonder in the world, even amidst disaster. And how we all have a touch of epic hero inside.
It reminds us of the love, beauty and the wonder in the world, even amidst disaster. And how we all have a touch of epic hero inside.
