#MeToo Meets Climate Adaptation: Author Elizabeth Rush Rises to the Climate Challenge
In episode 77 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons is joined by author and professor, Elizabeth Rush. Elizabeth discusses her recent book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Doug and Elizabeth dig in to the positive reaction it\u2019s received, her book tour, and they take a deep dive on how vulnerability to climate change relates to the #MeToo movement. It\u2019s a provocative and enlightening conversation. And we have a bit of fun too. \xa0
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Topics covered:
- The origins of the book Rising.
- How communities are \u2018letting go\u2019 and retreating from coastlines.
- What Hurricane Katrina means for New Orleans\u2019 identity.
- When \u201cresilience\u201d is a dirty word.
- \xa0\u201cParallel vulnerabilities,\u201d comparing sexual harassment with sea level rise vulnerability...yes, you have to listen to understand this provocative thought.
- Dealing with sexual harassment as a writer and professor.
- Those at risk of sexual harassment, and those at risk in highly vulnerability coastal areas, can find support through coming together. A new #WeAdapt movement.
- Elizabeth wants us to use \u2018vulnerability as a rallying cry\u201d
- Discusses her book tour, and having to get evacuated from a hike due to wildfires in California
- Does coastal retreat mean you have to fracture existing communities?
- What\u2019s it like to become a \u2018climate persona/celebrity\u2019?
- Who will play Elizabeth and Doug in the movie version of Rising, and much more!
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