The courage to talk about it

Across the Atlantic, a renowned Christian climatologist has chosen to make hope an “Olympic sport”. “I practice it every day by seeking solutions for the climate and by communicating,” said Katharine Hayhoe since Texas last month, to present the French translation of one of his books.

This woman puts all her energy to keep the smile and the look to the future, while American society is tearing around climate change. In this context, the temptation is great to dodge the subject with his relatives, his colleagues. However, according to her, the most important thing is not first to sort your waste, but to dare to speak climate. It offers a method. “Listen to the objection and provide a brief response. Then switch quickly to common values ​​that will allow you to create a link, rather than entering a conflictual argument. Talk about the heart rather than the head. »»

She thus suggests sharing “sincerely and personally” the reasons why climate change threatens what we hold. Whether it is a trout river if we are fly fishermen, the snowy slopes where we love skiing or the birds that enchant our mornings. A “small gesture” accessible to everyone, to prevent climate change from definitively out of radars