Organizing Cools the Planet offers a challenge to all concerned about
the ecological crisis: find your frontline. This booklet weaves together
stories, analysis, organizing tools, and provocative questions, to offer
a snapshot of the North American Climate Justice movement and provide
pathways for readers to participate in it. Authors share hard lessons
learned, reflect on strategy, and grapple with the challenges of their
roles as organizers who do not come from "frontline communities" but
work to build a movement big enough for everyone and led by the
priorities and solutions of low-income people, communities of color,
Indigenous, youth, and other constituencies most directly impacted by
the crisis. Rooted in the authors' experiences organizing in local,
national, and international arenas, they challenge readers to look at
the scale of ecological collapse with open eyes, without falling prey to
disempowering doomsday narratives. This booklet is for anyone who wants
to build a movement with the resiliency to navigate one of the most
rapid transitions in human history.