From elder voices opposing the Dakota Pipeline to young people
running for office to advocate for change, every day we see real-life
stories about how women are making a collective difference on climate
justice. Women are also disproportionately impacted by climate change
and thus are critical to transforming society away from dependence on
fossil fuels and toward renewable energy and environmental equity.
As a mother and a professor of environmental education, Mallory
McDuff wanted to give her two daughters and her students a roadmap to
engage in climate justice in their communities, rather than be left
feeling paralyzed by the enormity of the problem. She set out to find
women of diverse ages, backgrounds, and vocations--one from each of
the fifty US states--as inspiration for a new kind of leadership
focused on the heart of the climate crisis. Love Your Mother
lifts up the stories of these women working toward a viable future,
from farmer and rancher Donna Kilpatrick in Arkansas to writer Latria
Graham in South Carolina.
From Alabama to Alaska, from Wisconsin to Wyoming, these women are
poets, physicians, climate scientists, students, farmers, writers,
documentary filmmakers, and more. Their work lights the way for
conversation and collective action in our homes and in the world.
It's time we follow their lead.