Sami Grover

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We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now

How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement

Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it’s … 192 View
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We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now

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The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we … 13 $1.30 Add
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Wants and Needs

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In this chapter, the author unpacks our consumer impulses, and how a consumer state of mind does not encourage environmental action. 10 $1.00 Add
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How "Green" Lost Its Groove

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In this chapter, Grover details the ways in which an over-focus on purity is impeding the environmental movement, and reveals a lack of faith in collective action. 12 $1.20 Add
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Enough Already

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This chapter explores the disconnect between the reality of the environmental crisis, and the rhetoric of events such as Earth Day, which typically focuses on individual actions rather than … 11 $1.10 Add
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Guilt Trip

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In this chapter, the author explores how charges of hypocracy are leveled at environmentalists who have children. 18 $1.80 Add
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Big Oil Wants to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint

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This chapter details the efforts of oil companies to cover up their own climate research, as well as how we can pressure these companies into doing more to protect the environment and move away … 17 $1.70 Add
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Corporate "Citizenship" Reimagined

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In this chapter, the author explores the recent rise of Certified B Corporations, which are governed by a set of criteria that includes waste management practices, energy consumption, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Swimming Upstream

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This chapter discusses the benefits of personal change, how personal decisions can have ripple effects on other people, and how activists need to meet people where they are in order to influence … 16 $1.60 Add
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Focus, Goddammit

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In this chapter, Grover focuses on blame, how powerful institutions can shift blame away from themselves and onto the less culpable, and how our attention is a limited resource. 15 $1.50 Add
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What Difference Does It Make?

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This chapter describes the efforts of cyclists in Amsterdam to resist the encroachment of cars and keep that city bike-centric. He uses their efforts as a model for how change has to take place … 19 $1.90 Add
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Climate Hyprocrites Unite!

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In this chapter Grover ties together the themes of the book, and suggests how climate activists can best accomplish their goals. 12 $1.20 Add