Saving Us A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

So, Kevin, how did you land at the Nature Conservancy? Well, the Nature Conservancy, many people have probably heard of because they're the biggest global conservation organization in the world.

And I even have a story in my book about that, who a man said, in Texas, said, you know what? Everything you've said makes sense, but I don't want the government telling me how to set my thermostat.

And the book is basically about how every single one of us can do this no matter who we are because every one of us has a voice.

It's not because of a food shortage in the world, right? It's a whole other problem.

As they say, nuclear fusion is always 30 years away. It's been 30 years away 30 years ago, and it still is today.

Our choices make more of a difference today than they ever have.

What a magnificent time to be alive because we truly can make such a difference. That what we do matters so much.

When we actually start talking about real solutions, and that's the Yale survey that you referred to that I talk about in the book. When we ask people about real solutions, everybody's on board.

So I had to ask myself, well, where do I find hope?

So I had to figure out the answer to that. So I thought, well, a climate scientist is a good person to ask, because if there's anyone who could and should be hopeless, it's us.

So my new book is called "Saving Us", because it's not about saving the planet. It is literally about us.

I decided to conduct a little experiment one time and give a presentation to an audience of a few hundred water managers who I knew would be sort of a little not too sure about this whole climate change thing.

But because I had not said those words, she had been able to listen to what I was actually saying without tripping over the language.

when we ask people about real solutions, everybody's on board. Everybody says, heck yes, I would love to do that.

I'm asking people to help change the world.