It’s this last element, hope, that can become “an electrifying force in the present,” Solnit writes, “a sense that there might be a door at some point, some way out of the problems of the present moment even before it is found or followed.”Īs activists and others work towards this door, they do so with the belief that there is still time to act and that the climate is worth fighting for. When we talk about any movement, including the push for climate action, we’re talking about a “zeitgeist, a change in the air,” writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit writes in her essay-turned-book Hope in the Dark, which focuses on the intersection of activism, social change, and hope. The climate movement is working incessantly to make this clear to everyone.

And they are delivering a clear and consistent message: What has long been accepted as the status quo - expanding fossil fuels, investing in polluting industries, oil and gas propaganda, greenwashing, climate change denial, governmental delay in climate action - is simply not acceptable anymore. From throwing soup against paintings, to blocking roads, to striking for the climate, to stopping private jets from taking off, activists worldwide are pushing harder than ever for action to address global warming.

Rebecca solnit's hope in the dark