All We Can Save

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All We Can Save
All We Can Save (book cover).jpg
Editor Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Katharine Wilkinson
Publication date
September 22, 2020
Website allwecansave.earth

All We Can Save is a 2020 collection of essays and poetry edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and published by One World. [1] The collection sets out to highlight a wide range of women's voices in the environmental movement, most of whom are from North America. [2] [3] The book represents a wide range of essays, and creative works by over 50 women involved in climate change activism, science, and policy. [2] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

All We Can Save focuses on building a feminine and feminist voice in the climate movement. [4] [7] Many commentators focused on the broad range of perspectives included in the book. [4] Sierra magazine commentator Wendy Becktold called the book a "big tent" and "grab bag" approach to communicating the climate crisis—one that "feels like just what we need right now.” [2] Rolling Stone ’s Phoebe Neidl said the book was “a feast of ideas and perspectives, setting a big table for the climate movement, declaring all are welcome.” [5]

History

Origins

Johnson and Wilkinson decided to create the anthology while attending a conference where the conversation was dominated by white male voices, [8] with the aim of highlighting the breadth and diversity of climate leadership. [8]

The book’s title was inspired by the closing stanza of Adrienne Rich’s poem “Natural Resources”. [9] [10]

"My heart is moved by all I cannot save:

so much has been destroyed

I have to cast my lot with those

who age after age, perversely,

with no extraordinary power,

reconstitute the world."

Content

Reception

Reception was broadly very positive, listing the book on a number of best seller and "best of 2020" lists. [11] Smithsonian magazine named it one of the top 10 best science books for 2020. [12] Wendy Becktold from Sierra magazine positively reviewed the book "All We Can Save is a powerful tool because it articulates and holds space for this complexity." [13] Ms. magazine reviewer Sarah Montgomery focused on the urgency of the collection in light of the climate crisis, calling it a "sorely needed glimmer of hope—a reminder that there is a way out of this mess: collective action." [7] The book was featured in numerous nonfiction best sellers lists, including the Los Angeles Times , [14] The Washington Post, [15] and Porchlight Books. [16]

Notable press

Among the readers of the book are many notable women leaders, including Roxane Gay, Jane Fonda, Emma Watson, and Maria Papova. [17] [18] [19] [20] The book was featured in many publications with interviews from Johnson and Wilkinson, including The Today Show, The Washington Post , Time magazine, and Democracy Now! . [21] [9] [22] [23]

Contributors

Authors contributing to the book include: [24]

Audiobook narrators

Narrators of the audiobook include: [31]

The All We Can Save Project

Alongside the publication of All We Can Save in 2020, Wilkinson and Johnson co-founded The All We Can Save Project, [21] which is an independent operating project of the umbrella nonprofit organization Multiplier. [32] Its mission is to nurture the “we” for all we can save and a "leaderful" climate community to grow a life-giving future. [33]

The All We Can Save Project provides open-source resources to support engagement with All We Can Save, including a self-led reading group model called All We Can Save Circles, [34] [35] [36] resources for educators teaching the anthology, [34] [37] and resources for working with climate emotions. [38]

References

  1. ↑ "One World - Books". Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. 1 2 3 Cohen, Ilana (2020-09-05). "Q&A: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible". Inside Climate News. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  3. ↑ ""All We Can Save" Is the Big Tent Approach to Climate Activism We Need". Sierra Club. 2020-12-03. Archived from the original on 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. 1 2 3 Martinko, Katherine (November 18, 2020). "'All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis' (Book Review)". Treehugger. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  5. 1 2 Neidl, Phoebe (2020-09-21). "Why 'All We Can Save' Will Make You Feel Hopeful About the Climate Crisis". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  6. ↑ "Women's Leadership on Climate Gets Spotlight in Anthology 'All We Can Save'". KQED. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  7. 1 2 Montgomery, Sarah (September 23, 2020). ""All We Can Save" is the Environmental Feminist Text We Need Right Now". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  8. 1 2 "Natural Anthem". Atmos. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  9. 1 2 "They edited a book about the climate crisis. Here's what they learned about hope". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  10. ↑ All We Can Save. United States: One World. 2020. pp. xvii–xxiv. ISBN   9780593237069.
  11. ↑ "Press". All We Can Save. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  12. ↑ Wetzel, Corryn; Spring, Joe; Lallensack, Rachael (November 27, 2020). "The Ten Best Science Books of 2020". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  13. ↑ ""All We Can Save" Is the Big Tent Approach to Climate Activism We Need". Sierra Club. 2020-12-03. Archived from the original on 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  14. ↑ "Bestsellers list Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020". Los Angeles Times. October 7, 2020. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Washington Post paperback bestsellers". Washington Post. September 7, 2021. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  16. ↑ "September 2020 Nonfiction Bestsellers". Porchlight. September 1, 2020. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Roxane Gay Always Pays It Forward". W Magazine. 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  18. ↑ "All We Can Save Instagram". Instagram. July 23, 2021. Archived from the original on April 26, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Emma Watson Is Back Being A Book Fairy For Cop26". British Vogue. 2021-11-05. Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  20. ↑ Popova, Maria (2022-01-28). "Highlights in Hindsight: Favorite Books of the Past Year". The Marginalian. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  21. 1 2 "How 2 women are changing the face of the climate change movement". TODAY.com. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  22. ↑ "Women Are Transforming What Climate Leadership Looks Like". Time. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  23. ↑ ""All We Can Save": As Climate Disasters Wreck Our Planet, Women Leaders Are Key to Solving the Crisis". Democracy Now!. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  24. ↑ "Contributors". All We Can Save. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  25. ↑ Miller, The Real Sarah. "About - The Real Sarah Miller". therealsarahmiller.substack.com. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  26. ↑ Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth; Wilkinson, Katharine K. (2020). "All we can save: truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis". catalog.libraries.psu.edu. One World. Catherine Pierce -- Loving a vanishing world
  27. ↑ International, Living on Earth / World Media Foundation / Public Radio. "Living on Earth: Poetry in the Time of Climate Troubles". Living on Earth. Retrieved 17 February 2026. In her poems, Catherine Pierce grapples with unfolding climate disaster and other 21st century perils, and the ways they reframe parenting. She joins Host Steve Curwood to share poems from her books...
  28. ↑ "Contributors". All we can save. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  29. ↑ "All we can save : truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 17 February 2026. Maggie Thomas A Green New Deal for All of Us
  30. ↑ "Episode 111: Maggie Thomas, Evergreen Action". MCJ. Retrieved 17 February 2026. Today's guest is Maggie Thomas, Political Director of Evergreen Action
  31. ↑ "One World - All We Can Save - Unabridged Audiobook Download". Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  32. ↑ "All We Can Save Project". Multiplier. 2020-08-26. Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  33. ↑ "The All We Can Save Project". The All We Can Save Project. Archived from the original on 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  34. 1 2 "Women Climate Leaders Provide Truth, Courage, and Solutions in All We Can Save". Penguin Random House Higher Education. 2021-07-13. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  35. ↑ "All We Can Save book circles for the climate movement". GeoEd Trek. 2021-08-31. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  36. ↑ "Circles". The All We Can Save Project. Archived from the original on 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  37. ↑ "Climate Feminism: Where Compassion and Justice Meet". Women's eNews. 2022-01-13. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  38. ↑ "Resources for working with climate emotions". The All We Can Save Project. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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