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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: An Evening with Rebecca Solnit: An Energizing Case for Hope About the Climate
Description: Called “the voice of the resistance” by The New York Times, writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit, the author of 20 books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, hope and disaster, and most recently Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility, will discuss her view that the future will be decided by whether we act in the present—and she says we must act—to counter institutional inertia, fossil fuel interests, and political obstinacy.Guided by her typical clear-eyed wisdom, Rebecca Solnit will lead our audience from discouragement to possibil...