"The One on Earth," says its editor, is intended to focus on the intersection between his climate change activism and expansive writings, which like the video documentation of his barefoot journey, can be fun or searing. “And simultaneously speaks to like the power of a child's voice to see the world with wonder and curiosity.” “Mark’s writing embodies this childlike voice, that both indicts the kind of unprocessed inner children that we see and politicians that causes such toxicity and like, pillaging of the earth,” she said. “Mark was incredibly prescient in his knowledge that children would lead the fight against climate change,” said Donato, noting that Baumer’s insistence that youth engagement in climate activism preceded Greta Thunberg’s headline-grabbing work, or subsequent youth climate marches in following years.ĭonato says that attention to the voice of youth is also manifest in his writing.
His close friend and author of the new book’s forward, Claire Donato, says Baumer's blend of art and activism had vision. It’s going to be because an automobile kills me." In one clip, he asserts: “If I die on this trip, it’s not going to be because I didn’t wear shoes. To his mix of diaristic writing, poetry, and prose, Baumer's YouTube videos added an element of performance art and were at times earnest, abrasive, outright goofy, and sadly prophetic. Those who knew Baumer hope the book will serve as an introduction to the writer and his work. Some of those writings have been compiled into a new book, "The One on Earth: Works by Mark Baumer," released July 7 by Fence Books.
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