All We Can Save
All We Can Save is a 2020 collection of essays and poetry edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson.[1] The collection sets out to highlight a wide range of women's voices in the environmental movement, most of whom are from North America.[2][3] The book represents a wide range of essays, and creative works by over 50 women involved in climate change activism, science, and policy.[2][4][5][6]
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Editor | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Katharine Wilkinson |
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Publication date | September 22, 2020 |
Website | allwecansave.earth |
All We Can Save focuses on building a feminine and feminist voice in the climate movement.[4][7] Many commentators focused on the broad range of perspectives included in the book.[4] Sierra magazine commentator Wendy Becktold called the book a "big tent" and "grab bag" approach to communicating the climate crisis -- one that "feels like just what we need right now."[2]
Reception
Reception was broadly very positive, listing the book on a number of best seller and "best of 2020" lists.[8] Smithsonian magazine named it one of the top 10 best science books for 2020.[9] Wendy Becktold from Sierra magazine positively reviewed the book "All We Can Save is a powerful tool because it articulates and holds space for this complexity."[2] Ms. magazine reviewer Sarah Montgomery focused on the urgency of the collection in light of the climate crisis, calling it a "sorely needed glimmer of hope—a reminder that there is a way out of this mess: collective action."[7]
Contributors
Authors contributing to the book include:[10]
- Emily Atkin
- Xiye Bastida
- Ellen Bass
- Colette Pichon Battle
- Jainey K. Bavishi
- Janine Benyus
- adrienne maree brown
- Régine Clément
- Abigail Dillen
- Camille T. Dungy
- Rhiana Gunn-Wright
- Joy Harjo
- Katharine Hayhoe
- Jane Hirshfield
- Mary Anne Hitt
- Ailish Hopper
- Tara Houska Zhaabowekwe
- Emily N. Johnston
- Joan Naviyuk Kane
- Naomi Klein
- Kate Knuth
- Ada Limón
- Louise Maher-Johnson
- Kate Marvel
- Gina McCarthy
- Anne Haven McDonnell
- Sarah Miller
- Sherri Mitchell
- Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset
- Susanne C. Moser
- Lynna Odel
- Sharon Olds
- Mary Oliver
- Kate Orff
- Jacqui Patterson
- Leah Penniman
- Catherine Pierce
- Marge Piercy
- Kendra Pierre-Louis
- Varshini Prakash
- Janisse Ray
- Christine E. Nieves Rodriguez
- Favianna Rodriguez
- Cameron Russell
- Ash Sanders
- Judith D. Schwartz
- Patricia Smith
- Emily Stengel
- Sarah Stillman
- Leah Cardamore Stokes
- Amanda Sturgeon
- Maggie Thomas
- Heather McTeer Toney
- Alexandria Villaseñor
- Alice Walker
- Amy Westervelt
- Jane Zelikova
References
- Cohen, Ilana (September 5, 2020). "Q&A: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible". Inside Climate News.
- ""All We Can Save" Is the Big Tent Approach to Climate Activism We Need". Sierra Club. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- Cohen, Ilana (2020-09-05). "Q&A: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible". Inside Climate News. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- "'All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis' (Book Review)". Treehugger. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- Neidl, Phoebe (September 21, 2020). "Why 'All We Can Save' Will Make You Feel Hopeful About the Climate Crisis". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- "Women's Leadership on Climate Gets Spotlight in Anthology 'All We Can Save'". KQED. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- Montgomery, Sarah (September 23, 2020). ""All We Can Save" is the Environmental Feminist Text We Need Right Now". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- "Press". All We Can Save. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- Wetzel, Corryn; Spring, Joe; Lallensack, Rachael (November 27, 2020). "The Ten Best Science Books of 2020". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- "Contributors". All We Can Save. Retrieved 2020-12-10.