Eileen Flanagan -- "Common Ground"
Category: Literary
Date and Time
- Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
Eileen Flanagan will speak about and sign her new book, "Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation", on Monday, August 17th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.
About the Book:
As heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods become ever more deadly, the book describes a groundswell of action in which citizens of all ages, races and political stripes struggle to understand each other and the enormous challenges we face fighting companies and governments willfully blind to the climate change dangers we face as a society.
A Quaker activist, facilitator, and teacher, Eileen Flanagan takes us on a personal journey through her environmental direct-action experiences as well as her relationships with community leaders to understand how we can form coalitions to actually make a difference. Flanagan shows that “the illusion of separation”—the fallacy that humans can thrive in a dying world—is at the root of interlocking environmental crises and that it’s often politicians and corporations who benefit by keeping the rest of us divided across lines of race, class, religion, and generation.
In Common Ground, Flanagan argues that more than technology or even elections, acting in solidarity with all life is humanity’s best hope for survival.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
A coupon good for $5 off a copy of Common Ground, or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
