Lydia Wylie-Kellerman Presents: "This Sweet Earth"

What Does it Mean to be a Parent in the Age of Climate Change?  

A beautiful, lyrical invitation, rooted in nature and spiritual writing,

that will shift parental anxieties toward joy and hope.  

We are living in an era of climate collapse. We feel it in small ways:

when the snow falls less or the cherry blossoms bloom too early. And in

large ways: when our streets flood and entire towns burn to the ground.  

Climate anxiety touches nearly everything we do, but perhaps nothing

so intimately as our parenting. It leaves an impossible task for those of

us raising children. What do we tell our kids when the air quality is too

bad to go ride bikes? What skills will they need if systems collapse? And

what do we do with the fear, grief, and anger we feel as parents? 

In This Sweet Earth: Walking with Our Children in the Age of

Climate Collapse (July 23), parent, activist, and writer Lydia Wylie-

Kellermann wrestles with these questions and dares to argue that while

the future remains unknown, there is still awe and wonder, love and

struggle, gratitude and overwhelming joy to be found. As we raise our

children toward this uncertain future, Wylie-Kellermann helps us see

that those same children shift our posture, slow us down, and invite us

to fall in love with the ground on which we stand.   

At this turning point in humanity, we can choose to shift our lives away from death-dealing profitsystems toward life-giving, generous systems. Here is the moment when we must choose to fight like hell for climate justice. And we can do it by nurturing a deeper relationship with this sweet earth

in all its beauty, wonder, and wisdom, walking alongside our children.  

About the Author 

Lydia Wylie-Kellermann is a writer, editor, activist, and

mother. She is director of Kirkridge Retreat and Study

Center and the editor of The Sandbox Revolution: Raising

Kids for a Just World. Lydia's writing has appeared

in Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, Geez Magazine, and

various Catholic Worker papers, and she is a contributor to

multiple books. She lives with her partner and two boys in

Bangor, Pennsylvania.

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