Climate Courage How Tackling Climate Change Can Build Community, Transform the Economy, and Bridge the Political Divide in America

How Americans can take action in their own communities and unite across the political spectrum in pursuit of solutions to climate change.

Andreas Karelas has a message we don’t often hear: we have all the tools we need to solve the climate crisis and doing so will improve our lives, our economy, and our society.

But to engage people in the climate fight, we need stories that are empowering, inclusive, and solutions-oriented, not based in fear. Karelas digs into the latest data on the rapidly falling costs and increased efficiencies of clean energy technologies compared to fossil fuels, looks at the rate of job creation in the clean energy sector, and introduces the reader to the inspiring work of climate heroes on both sides of the aisle—from Republican mayors and governors to activists, from businesses to faith communities.

Climate Courage shows us how we can move past our collective inaction on climate change and work together in our communities to create a more sustainable, just, clean energy–powered economy that works for everyone.

Andreas Karelas is the founder and executive director of RE-volv, a nonprofit organization that empowers people around the country to help nonprofits in their communities go solar and raise awareness about the benefits of clean energy. He is a dedicated clean-energy advocate with over 15 years of environmental and renewable energy experience. He is an Audubon TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Fellow and an OpenIDEO Climate Innovator Fellow. He lives and works in San Francisco. Connect with him at re-volv.org and on Twitter at @AndreasKarelas.

Foreword by Katharine Hayhoe
Introduction

CHAPTER 1
Reframing the Narrative

CHAPTER 2
The Psychology of Climate Change

CHAPTER 3
Climate Confusion

CHAPTER 4
Conservatives Forging a Path

CHAPTEr 5
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

CHAPTER 6
Faith Communities in Action

CHAPTER 7
Energy Independence

CHAPTER 8
Communities at the Forefront

CHAPTER 9
Gratitude, Simplicity, and Service

CHAPTER 10
Rolling Up Our Sleeves

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index