All We Can Save edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson, receives praise for its diverse, female-centric perspectives and its hopeful narrative on climate activism. Criticisms include occasional uneven pacing and lack of depth in certain essays. Overall, it's seen as a powerful, inspiring, and necessary contribution to environmental literature.

All We Can Save attracts environmental activists, feminist scholars, and sustainability advocates interested in climate justice and intersectional solutions. Comparable to The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells and Drawdown by Paul Hawken, it’s ideal for those seeking hopeful, women-led narratives on climate action.

All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson, is a collection of essays and poems by women climate activists that aims to inspire hope and action for the climate movement. Organized into eight sections—Root, Advocate, Reframe, Reshape, Persist, Feel, Nourish, and Rise—the book covers Indigenous knowledge, activism strategies, storytelling, infrastructure issues, emotional responses, collaboration with nature, and intergenerational efforts to address climate change.

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**Xiye Bastida**  
A Mexican-Chilean climate activist known for her role in organizing Fridays for Future in New York City. She advocates for Indigenous and immigrant visibility in climate activism through her venture, Re-Earth Initiative.

**Ellen Bass**  
Poet and co-author known for her work "The Courage to Heal," and recipient of several literary awards. She is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and has founded poetry workshops in prisons.

**Sherri Mitchell—Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset**  
An Indigenous rights activist and spiritual teacher, originally from the Penobscot Indian Reservation. She is the Founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, focusing on Indigenous land and water rights.

**Kate Marvel**  
A climate scientist and science writer who holds a position at NASA and Columbia University. She regularly contributes her expertise in climate science to Scientific American through her column "Hot Planet."

**Abigail Dillen**  
An environmental lawyer who is an executive at Earthjustice, focusing on environmental justice. She has led clean energy and coal programs and holds a law degree from UC Berkeley.

**Joy Harjo**  
An American poet and musician, celebrated as the first Indigenous U.S. Poet Laureate serving a historic three terms. She is a member of the Muscogee Nation.

**Maggie Thomas**  
Chief Of Staff of the US Office of Domestic Climate Policy at the time of publication. Her background includes roles in political and climate policy on presidential campaigns and with Evergreen Action.

**Rhiana Gunn-Wright**  
The Climate Policy Director at the Roosevelt Institute, instrumental in drafting the Green New Deal. She has an academic background from Yale and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.

**Katharine Hayhoe**  
An atmospheric scientist and political science professor at Texas Tech University, directing the Climate Science Center. She is also CEO of ATMOS Research and Consulting.

**Emily Atkin**  
Founder and author of HEATED, a newsletter focused on climate crisis reporting and accountability. Her prior roles include being a climate staff writer for The New Republic and deputy climate editor at ThinkProgress.

**Favianna Rodriguez**  
An artist and activist with roots in Oakland, California, known for her political poster designs advocating for racial justice. She identifies as queer and Latina with Afro-Peruvian heritage.

**Kendra Pierre-Louis**  
A climate reporter for Gimlet, with prior work at The New York Times and Popular Science. She authored the book "Green Washed" which explores sustainable consumerism.

**Amanda Sturgeon**  
An architect known for her work in sustainable architecture, particularly regenerative and biophilic design. Formerly CEO of the International Living Future Institute, she now leads Regenerative Design for Mott MacDonald in the Asia Pacific.

**Joan Naviyuk Kane**  
An Inupiaq poet from Alaska, celebrated for her literary contributions with awards like the Guggenheim Fellowship and American Book Award. She is known for her works that reflect her rich cultural heritage.

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Part 4: “Reshape”

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