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Human migration is nothing new, but the scale at which people will need to relocate due to climate change will be different than ever before. A World Bank report estimates that over the next thirty years, 143 million people will be displaced within three of the most vulnerable regions alone: sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. To handle such shifts in population, our governments and immigration systems will have to evolve. This challenge, and the stakes, are illustrated beautifully in the essay we’re featuring this week. “Like the Monarch,” written by The New Yorker staff writer Sarah Stillman, explores the complex intersections between the climate crisis and human migration. It is read by actor, producer, director, and activist America Ferrera.
Sarah Stillman’s essay, along with 40 other essays appear in the anthology co-edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson called All We can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. To find out more about the book, each of the contributors, and the nonprofit the co-editors founded to carry forward the book’s mission, check out allwecansave.earth.
Also, we put together a playlist to go with the anthology – each essayist and poet picked a song to go with their writing. Check it out!
Featuring: Sarah Stillman, America Ferrera
Calls to action:
Keen for more of Sarah Stillman’s writing? Check out her recent piece, When Climate Change and Xenophobia Collide
Craving more wisdom from women climate leaders? Pick up a copy and dive into the anthology All We can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis – now out in paperback!
Want to read this anthology with your climate squad/book club? Here’s a great facilitation guide for reading circles
Curious what’s next from the All We Can Save crew? Learn more about the new non-profit, The All We can Save Project
Eager for more from the audiobook? Listen to: If Miami Will Be Underwater, Why is Construction Booming? (here on HTSAP) and Healing the Soil, Healing Ourselves featured on A Matter of Degrees podcast. Or purchase the full shebang!
Seeking a soundtrack? Check out the playlist featuring songs chosen by each essayist and poet to accompany their writing
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