1: Courage and wisdom in a burning world Chapter 2: Beyond denial and despair: Honesty and action on the climate change front line 3: Remembering magnificence: The power of collective action and the beauty ofthe Earth 4: Caring for country: Indigenous and First Nations learning about survival, resilience and resistance 5: Cooling the fevered city: Reason and hubris in Greek and Enlightenmentphilosophy 6: Sisyphus in flames: Critical theory, modernity and power 7: Mercy to all beings: Christian, Jewish and Islamic learning about thankfulness, love and care 8:All things pass: Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian learning about suffering, impermanence and compassion 9: Living ecologically: Understanding and respecting complexity andinterdependence 10: How the light gets in: Imagination and action in the long emergency 11: Courage under fire: The 2050 Zero-Carbon World Oration 12: The roar of the ocean: Concluding thoughts and questions.