Matthew Bizer’s Reviews > What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures > Status Update

“Though I am absurdly out of touch with popular culture, I appreciate that culture is the context for everything. It shapes policy, ranks priorities, guides political will. I also appreciate that a constant barrage of bad climate news is unbearable. So my North Star for climate communication is to take climate seriously, but not take *ourselves* too seriously.”

“Another way of saying all this is we need some real citizens. Citizenship has sort of gone out of style in our country. And partly that dates back to this Reagan-era idea that markets were going to solve all problems. And if markets were gonna solve all problems, why would we need to care about civic institutions or being citizens or whatever else?” - Bill McKibben

“The call to action is to really be better humans. I don't know how else to put it. Be better humans by understanding that we live for others. Otherwise we don't have much of a reason to live. And when I say "others," I mean also the rest of the environment, all creatures and things. Love is the answer.” - Paola Antonelli (MoMA)

“This word "resilience," just like "sustainability," everyone gets tired of it. But it's important to recognize that resilience is just culture. Culture is the habits, tendencies, patterns, and routines that we collectively share; it's the consequence of persistent circumstance and prevailing conditions. It's crucial that we design and create spaces where culture can thrive.” - Bryan C. Lee Jr., Architect

“…even if we're looking at a planet that's two degrees warmer, that's not a planet that I particularly wanna live on, but it may be the planet we get. It strikes me as not very useful to throw up our hands like, well, we’re all gonna die, and therefore we don't have to think about how we live better lives on a worse planet.” - Dr. Kate Marvel