#MeToo Meets Climate Adaptation
Author Elizabeth Rush rises to the climate challenge
Elizabeth Rush. CREDIT: TK
Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
In episode 77 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons is joined by author and professor, Elizabeth Rush. Elizabeth discusses her recent book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Doug and Elizabeth dig in to the positive reaction it’s received, her book tour, and they take a deep dive on how vulnerability to climate change relates to the #MeToo movement. It’s a provocative and enlightening conversation. And we have a bit of fun too.
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Topics covered
The origins of the book Rising.
How communities are ‘letting go’ and retreating from coastlines.
What Hurricane Katrina means for New Orleans’ identity.
When “resilience” is a dirty word.
“Parallel vulnerabilities,” comparing sexual harassment with sea level rise vulnerability... yes, you have to listen to understand this provocative thought.
Dealing with sexual harassment as a writer and professor.
Those at risk of sexual harassment, and those at risk in highly vulnerability coastal areas, can find support through coming together. A new #WeAdapt movement.
Elizabeth wants us to use ‘vulnerability as a rallying cry”
Discusses her book tour, and having to get evacuated from a hike due to wildfires in California
Does coastal retreat mean you have to fracture existing communities?
What’s it like to become a ‘climate persona/celebrity’?
Who will play Elizabeth and Doug in the movie version of Rising, and much more!
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Elizabeth Rush
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NY Times Review of Rising
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/books/review/rising-elizabeth-rush.html
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https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Dispatches-New-American-Shore/dp/1571313672
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