Hope Dies Last

Praise for Hope Dies Last:

“Hope Dies Last is a book of heroism, courage, and selfless love. Every story is a way forward. This is one of the most exciting books I’ve ever read, full of innovation. Alan Weisman has written the exact book we need to fight for our place on Earth.” —Louise Erdrich, author of The Mighty Red and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Night Watchman

“In Hope Dies Last, Alan Weisman takes us on a global journey to witness both humanity’s impact on our planet and our extraordinary resilience in the face of environmental crisis. Through vivid portraits of flooding islands, revived wetlands, and imperiled coastlines, he introduces us to the engineers, scientists, and visionaries working to imagine creative solutions for an uncertain future. Weisman masterfully captures the human spirit as we confront perhaps our greatest challenge: how to adapt to and persist in a world fundamentally altered by climate change. This profound narrative offers not just a clear-eyed look at our predicament, but a testament to the remarkable human capacity for hope even in extraordinarily challenging times.” —Neil Shubin, author of the national bestseller Your Inner Fish and Ends of the Earth

“Consider this a non-fiction companion to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future: Alan Weisman has traveled the world to find the people doing what they can to slow down the greatest tragedy in our history. You’ll be inspired–maybe even to become one of these people yourself.” —Bill McKibben, author of The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon

“Hope Dies Last is a deeply reported investigation into what it means to be alive on a rapidly-warming planet. Weisman travels the world to meet with scientists, scholars, activists, and religious leaders who understand that the fate of the world as we know it is at stake and who are driven to do something about it. What Weisman discovers is not just brilliant minds and heroic deeds, but a kind of desperate love for this miraculous planet we live on. Hope Dies Last is one of those rare books that makes you proud to be human.” —Jeff Goodell, author of the New York Times bestseller The Heat Will Kill You First

“What a wonderful, exhilarating, life-affirming book! The people, creatures and ambitions Weisman introduces us to are ingenious, revelatory, and awe-inspiring, and the wider world needs to know about them. Reading this book made me not only glad to be alive, but proud to be human, and deeply grateful for the extraordinarily brilliant and generous souls inhabiting these pages, not least Alan Weisman himself.” —John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather, Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

“Weisman has an acumen for moving fluidly between a cataclysmic big picture and intimate first-hand accounts of its impact and his rigorously researched storytelling is well-suited to the challenge of writing about a phenomenon as vastly incomprehensible as climate collapse.” —The Architect’s Newspaper

“Weisman displays a novelist’s flair for characterization . . . . The vibrant portraits serve as a rousing testimony to human ingenuity and perseverance. . . . This inspires.” –Publishers Weekly

“Profoundly human and moving.” —Next Big Idea Club

“A wide-ranging look at visionaries who are working on ways to lessen the worst effects of climate change….[an] impeccably written and thoroughly inspiring narrative.” —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

“Weisman’s detailed examination of their and others’ work shows that there are paths to solving the world’s largest problems. The reader will come away with a renewed belief that hope for the future need not be lost.” –Booklist

“Weisman set out to find inspirational people doing extraordinary work to save the planet…He found them and their work can save us from writing a catastrophic next chapter for our earth.” —Associated Press

“[Weismans’] book, ten years in the making, is both vividly written and intellectually provocative.” —Nature

“The call for open eyes and action is here… Go into this book ready to learn and be amazed…You’ll be delighted by small things, awed by big ones, and you might be spurred to act, once you’ve read Hope Dies Last.” —The Bookworm Sez