I Want a Better Catastrophe

Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor

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Andrew Boyd

Well-connected, activist author : Founder of Beautiful Trouble, creator of the Climate Clock, The Climate Ribbon, founder of The Other 98%, Billionaires for Bush, active voice in climate activism for several decades

Skilled humourist: "Unites the most serious of question with the utmost lightness of form" — Milan Kundera

Creator of pop culture objects and interventions: Viral memes and videos is an area of specialty of the author with a demonstrated track record for creating sticky memes and videos

Established writer: Previous books Beautiful Trouble and Daily Afflictions sold 3,500 and 5,000 respectively. Author is a regular contributor to Sun Magazine , Dark Mountain , and Yes! Magazine

Media presence: Multiple appearances on CNN, NPR, Democracy Now, and other outlets

Praise for Andrew Boyd: "A crucial resource for changemakers."—Archbishop Desmond Tutu
"Both elegant and incendiary."—Naomi Klein
"Read this book and then get our there and mix it up!"—Michael Moore
"A wicked-wise...oddly bracing (and timely) spiritual-philosophical work."— ELLE
"The best humor trade paperback of 1998."— Columbus Dispatch

For readers of Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, Elizabeth Kolbert, Katharien Hayhoe, Kim Stanely Robinson, Margaret Klein Salamon, Sarah Jaquette Ray and Greta Thunberg

Large social media following: The Other 98% Facebook — 7+ million followers, e-mail list 300K; Climate Clock 50 K monthly visitors, e-mail list 3,000; Beautiful Trouble Facebook 12,500 friends, Twitter 1,000+, e-mail ist 5,000

Publication

2023

Duration

12 h 17 min

Format

Audiobook

Publisher

New Society Publishers

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