My guest today is Kylie Flanagan, the author of a brand new book called “Climate Resilience - How we can keep each other safe, care for our communities and fight back against climate change”.

“Climate Resilience brought me to tears of recognition, relief, solidarity, and hope. It’s the book we need to survive this human moment together.” (Lily Diamond - author of Kale & Caramel and coauthor of What’s Your Story?)

It was a pleasure to sit with Kylie on the release of her important book and chat about: the climate leadership we need; why she felt it was important to centre voices other than her own in this book; and how learning from people who do things differently and prioritise values like interconnectedness, humility can deepen the dominant climate conversations.

This book is an extension of Kylie's work as a climate justice and resilience strategist, educator and director of a small, place-based foundation. She partners with communities to develop sustainability + climate resilience strategies grounded in social justice.

During this episode we explore:

• What Kylie learned during a brief adventure as a ‘goat midwife’
• The opportunities that climate justice work offers us to reorient society and communities around wellbeing
• What made Kylie write this book and how it is different to any other climate book
• The myth that there are two options when it comes climate action—individual changes and systemic changes—and what's possible beyond that binary
• Her decision to not include any cisgender men in the book
• Why people who are most impacted should be at the helm of designing and implementing climate solutions
• The most important lessons she learned from the 39 diverse leaders who contributed to her book
• How to navigate the overwhelm that is inevitable in climate and social justice work
• How somatic work is an important tool in our kit to facing the challenges in front of us right now

Further information:

Find Kylie’s new book “Climate Resilience” at Penguin Random House:  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724024/climate-resilience-by-kylie-flanagan/

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