"Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home" author Dr. Katharine Wilkinson joined Dr. Max Boykoff in conversation
On May 14, joined 鶹Ѱprofessor Dr. Max Boykoff to talk about her recently published book . This book includes personal essays, interwoven with the wisdom of other climate leaders and the beautyof poetry, art, and song. It is a book to sit with and savor, as it invites engagement with journaling prompts, practical exercises, and guides for conversation. In that spirit, 鶹ѰBoulder students in attendence were provided a free copy for aplanned summer book club led by the Environmental Center.
Dr. Wilkinson with Spike Buckley, 鶹Ѱalumnus and founder of the SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education.
This event was co-sponsored by the 鶹ѰBoulder Office of the Vice Chancellor for Sustainability, the 鶹ѰBoulder Sustainability Research Initiative, the Spike Center for Sustainability Education, and the 鶹ѰBoulder Environmental Center. The conversation took place in the British and Irish Studies room in Norlin Library with about 50 people in attendance.
Twenty years earlier, Max advised Katharine as she earned a DPhil in geography and environment from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Seven years ago, Timemagazine named her one of fifteen “Women Who Will Save the World.” In addition to this new book, Katharine has co-authored the bestselling anthology All We Can Save, and the New York Timesbestseller Drawdown. Dr. Wilkinson co-founded and leads The All We Can Save Project, where she shaped the much-beloved programs All We Can Save Circles and Climate Wayfinding. She also co-hosts the podcast A Matter of Degreesand writes the newsletter Human on Earth. Previously, Dr. Wilkinson was the principal writer and editor-in-chief at Project Drawdown. Before her work at the University of Oxford, Katharine earned a BA in religion from Sewanee: The University of the South.