PDF-(BOOK)-Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground: An Ethnography of Climate Change in Shishmaref,

With three roads and a population of just over 500 people Shishmaref Alaska seems like an unlikely center of the climate change debate But the island home to Iñupiaq Eskimos who still live off subsistence harvesting is falling into the sea and climate change is at least in part to blame While countries sputter and stall over taking environmental action Shishmaref is out of timePublications from the New York Times to Esquire have covered this disappearing village yet few have taken the time to truly show the community and the two millennia of traditions at risk In Fierce Climate Sacred Ground Elizabeth Marino brings Shishmaref into sharp focus as a place where people in a closeknit determined community are confronting the realities of our changing planet every day She shows how physical dangers challenge lives while the stress and uncertainty challenge culture and identity Marino also draws on Shishmarefs experiences to show how disasters and the outcomes of climate change often fall heaviest on those already burdened with other social risks and often to communities who have contributed least to the problem Stirring and sobering Fierce Climate Sacred Ground proves that the consequences of unchecked climate change are anything but theoretical. 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With three roads and a population of just over 500 people, Shishmaref, Alaska seems like an unlikely center of the climate change debate. But the island, home to Iñupiaq Eskimos who still live off subsistence harvesting, is falling into the sea, and climate change is, at least in part, to blame. While countries sputter and stall over taking environmental action, Shishmaref is out of time.Publications from the New York Times to Esquire have covered this disappearing village, yet few have taken the time to truly show the community and the two millennia of traditions at risk. In Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground, Elizabeth Marino brings Shishmaref into sharp focus as a place where people in a close-knit, determined community are confronting the realities of our changing planet every day. She shows how physical dangers challenge lives, while the stress and uncertainty challenge culture and identity. Marino also draws on Shishmaref’s experiences to show how disasters and the outcomes of climate change often fall heaviest on those already burdened with other social risks and often to communities who have contributed least to the problem. Stirring and sobering, Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground proves that the consequences of unchecked climate change are anything but theoretical. Davin Holen. Assistant Professor. Coastal Community Resilience Specialist. Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program. School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Alaska Sea Grant Advisory Council Meeting.