Join us for a night of great conversation!

About the book

When they met as juniors in college, Kenyan clean energy entrepreneur Tom Osborn and American climate writer Eve Driver did not get along. While a trip to Kenya over winter break sparked an unlikely friendship, it was tested back on campus amid their college’s fossil fuel divestment campaign — which Eve joined, and Tom opposed. In fresh voices that are raw, funny, and lyrical, the two take turns telling the story of their rocky but transformative friendship, which gripped and changed both of their minds. The result is a poignant story of coming of age in a generation divided about how to save itself, and a testament to the power of humor and dialogue to bridge divides in the global climate movement.

About the amazing Author

Eve Driver is a writer and strategist. Her essays and reporting have been published in Grist, Quartz, the Tusculum Review, Harvard Magazine, and Mongabay, and she has worked as a journalist in Nairobi, a strategy consultant in New York, and a climate policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy. She is working on a collection of poetry.

And our great conversation partner

Chiara Klein has been writing poetry for over two decades and The Taxonomy of Longing is her first published collection. Her primary source of inspiration is the natural world, using layered nature imagery to reflect and make sense of her inner experience. Chiara has called Durham, NC home for the past six years but is originally from Warwick, New York. In addition to writing her own poetry, she hosts a monthly nature writing workshop at the Durham Main Library. She comes from a background of literature, climate activism, environmental education, and lots of spiritual exploration.