In This Together: Connecting with Your Community to Combat the Climate Crisis

by Marianne E. Krasny

Overview

In This Together explores how we can harness our social networks to make a real impact fighting the climate crisis. Against notions of the lone environmental crusader, Marianne E. Krasny shows us the power of "network climate action"—the idea that our own ordinary acts can influence and inspire those close to us. Through this spread of climate-conscious practices, our individual actions become collective ones that can eventually effect widespread change.

Weaving examples of everyday climate-forward initiatives in with insights on behavioral and structural change, Krasny demonstrates how we can scale up the impact of our efforts through leveraging our community connections. Whether by inviting family, friends, or colleagues to a plant-rich meal or by becoming activists at climate nonprofits, we can forge the social norms and shared identities that can lead to change. With easy-to-follow dos and don'ts, In This Together shows us a practical and hopeful way forward into our shared future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501768576
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	03/15/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Marianne E. Krasny is Professor and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University. She is the author, coauthor, editor or coeditor of several books, including Civic Ecology, Communicating Climate Change, and Grassroots to Global. Follow her on X @KrasnyMarianne.

What People are Saying About This

Brett Walter

Bravo! In this very readable book, Marianne E. Krasny gently but methodically deconstructs the unhelpful belief that individual climate action is pointless, backs up her case with research, and shows how and why individual action matters. If you want to know how you can make a difference, you have come to the right place.

Susan Clayton

For the many who are not activists but who want to do something to address the climate crisis, Krasny draws on personal examples, research, and a global perspective to provide practical tips that improve our ability to make a difference.

Stuart Capstick

An excellent, enjoyable book. Drawing on ideas of personal agency, social contagion, practice theory, and much more besides, Krasny offers timely insights into the links between individual action and society-level change that helps get us beyond the debate on the roles of individuals versus systems in tackling climate change.

Thomas Elmqvist

Societal transformation to address climate change may seem enormously challenging, but at heart, it's simply about many people doing things differently. In exploring how individual actions can transform into collective ones, Krasny gives all of us confidence in embarking on the journey of doing things differently.

Editorial Reviews

Bravo! In this very readable book, Marianne E. Krasny gently but methodically deconstructs the unhelpful belief that individual climate action is pointless, backs up her case with research, and shows how and why individual action matters. If you want to know how you can make a difference, you have come to the right place.”

creator of the Climate Action Now app Brett Walter

In exploring how individual actions can transform into collective ones, Krasny gives all of us confidence in embarking on the journey of doing things differently.”

Stockholm Resilience Center Thomas Elmqvist

For the many who are not activists but who want to do something to address the climate crisis, Krasny draws on personal examples, research, and a global perspective to provide practical tips that improve our ability to make a difference.”

coauthor of Conservation Psychology Susan Clayton