Archipelago of Hope Wisdom & Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change

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We are not separate from nature, but are simply one strand of it. In The Archipelago of Hope, Dr. Gleb Raygorodetsky conveys this message so eloquently, from the teachings, observations and wisdom of Indigenous Peoples from around the globe. The Indigenous peoples Raygorodetsky introduces us to – and other Indigenous and local peoples generally – have already been coping with and adapting to climate change for the past couple of decades. They are in the “front lines,” bearing the brunt of extreme weather events, droughts, rising temperatures, melting ice and permafrost, and deteriorating water quality, and all that these have entailed in terms of impacts on the plants and animals upon which they depend. Dr. Raygorodetsky, in sharing their stories and his own, leaves us with a feeling of hope, gratitude and determination to do what each of us can, as individuals and collectively, to reverse the damage we are doing to the earth and, working with the immense capacity of natural systems and processes, to restore what has been lost. Dr. Nancy J. Turner, OC, OBC, PhD, FRSC, FLS