Homing: A Quest to Care for Myself and the Earth with Alice Irene Whittaker

On this episode of Plugged In, author Alice Irene Whittaker discusses her new book Homing: A Quest to Care for Myself and the Earth and the importance of personal stories of care, love, and humanity in addressing climate change and social justice.

This book was so nourishing for me - just reading it. The book evokes feelings of regeneration, renewal, and inspiration - amid hard, honest, heart-breaking questions and observations Alice Irene takes us to beautiful places, introduces us to inspiring people and brings us into her world, her family, and her journey of finding home and hope in troubling times.

We read the book Homing in our climate care book club in the fall of 2024 and Alice Irene joined us to celebrate its release, share about the book and answer our questions.

In this episode we share our favourite sections and topics including staying awake for the revolution, emphasizing care as a radical community endeavor, the importance of nurturing, self-sufficiency, and resilience in children for an uncertain future, and the need for feminist and feminine approaches to climate action, emphasizing care, collaboration, and creativity.

We hope this episode inspires you to pick up the book, cuddle up under a warm quilt with a cup of tea and contemplate how care, love and our humanity can be the revolution we need.

Alice Irene Whittaker has been the finalist for all three CBC Literary Prizes and has spent over a decade in leadership and executive roles in nonprofit organizations. With her husband, three children, brood of chickens, trio of cats, and a dog, Alice Irene lives in a cabin in the woods on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe land in Quebec. Homing is her first book.

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