Responding to climate change with clarity, coherence, and wisdom requires a strategy that transcends the urgency of the moment and enables us to engage with new ways of thinking, being, and doing. This book invutes us to broaden our understanding of “mattering” and explore new paradigms for social change. You Matter More Than You Think introduces a radically different way of thinking about climate change and social change. Inspired by ideas from quantum physics and quantum social science, this new approach – known as quantum social change – describes a conscious, nonlinear, and non-local approach to the transformations needed right now to address multiple global crises. It is grounded in our inherent oneness, recognizing that we are entangled through language, meaning, and shared contexts. This perspective on “mattering” shows ups that our deepest values and intentions are powerful sources of individual change, collective change, and systems change and can generate a future where all life can thrive.

Karen O’Brien is a professor at the University of Oslo and co-founder of cCHANGE, an organization that supports transformation in a changing climate. Tone Bjordam is a Norwegian artist who specializes in projects related to nature, perceptions, and science.