Terrible Beauty

"Advance Praise for Terrible Beauty: ""Terrible Beauty isn't just a rethink of the modern environmental movement, it's a love letter to the world, an homage to beauty, and a warning about what we stand to lose. Schendler argues that our passion for family, community, and nature can be the engine that drives our actions on climate change. As a business leader, I find this book to be serious encouragement to immediately change our ways."" — Casey Sheahan, former President and CEO, Patagonia; former President, Kelty ""No one has more hard-earned credibility than Auden Schendler when it comes to taking on the charade that is often corporate sustainability and arguing instead for the real and concrete shifts in power that must happen if we're to have a chance at reining in the rising mercury. This is a very important book."" — Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature ""This is the first book I've read about climate change that made me feel like I picked the lock on someone's personal diary. But this is exactly what Schendler intended—because climate change is personal. Terrible Beauty doesn't just give readers a clear understanding of the threat climate change poses and how to process it; it inspires us to protect the people we love with real-life stories of action."" — Gina McCarthy, former US EPA Administrator; former White House National Climate Adviser ""In this uniquely compelling and weirdly fun book—half memoir, half productive polemic—Auden Schendler draws on decades of private-sector experience to argue that corporate sustainability can’t just be about changing light bulbs. It must be about corporations fighting—alongside activists, NGOs, and citizens—for the kind of policies that will actually lead to a stable climate."" — Naomi Oreskes, Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University; coauthor, The Big Myth ""We need more voices like Auden Schendler's. With a stark recognition of our complicity in the global climate crisis, he offers both hope and a practical path forward. His insight is prescient as we bear down on a hotter and more chaotic planet."" — Conrad Anker, climber and writer ""Auden Schendler holds multiple truths at once: Yes, the climate crisis is dire, and both corporate and government efforts to address it have failed. And yes, the earth and our families are beautiful and worth saving. Terrible Beauty holds both those truths in a way that inspires action and calls us all to join in. This is the exact message everyone needs right now."" — Annie Leonard, former Executive Director, Greenpeace USA; author, The Story of Stuff"