Book #2: All We Can Save
In which the leading women climate experts tell us what's up.
Hi friends! I’m Jess and this is Book Club for the Planet, an online community for us to read about the climate crisis and solutions, together. A couple of times a month, I write this newsletter to share our updated reading list, book club updates, and other TBD musings on climate.
We’re just under a month away from our next book club meetings and, oops, I haven’t officially kicked off that book on this blog for everyone! Let’s get to it.
I’m excited to announce that our next read is, All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, edited by Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Just published in September, this book is a compilation of essays, poems and art from dozens of women climate leaders from across the globe. It’s really a “who’s-who” in the climate movement and I hope will serve as a solid introduction to and grounding in the key topics of the climate discussion.
One of my favorite climate blogs, Heated, is also running their own incredible book club partnership with All We Can Save, so definitely check out Emily’s posts for discussion questions and resources as you make your way through the different sections of the book.
Our book club meeting times will be Sunday, December 6 and Tuesday, December 8. Zoom registration links will be sent in a private email newsletter about a week out from the meeting dates (probably around Thanksgiving).
That’s it, for now! Until we meet again, stay soft, stay hydrated, and stay determined.
What I’m reading and listening to:
I’d be remiss if I didn’t share the two excellent podcasts recently launched by the editors of our book club pick. How to Save a Planet with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson has quickly become one of my favorites, and A Matter of Degrees with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Dr. Leah Stokes is equally excellent. I just finished two new cli-fi (climate-fiction) novels, The New Wilderness by Diane Cook and Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy. More climate fiction, please! And this book, a non-fiction narrative of the indigenous fight for land sacred to the Apache, is also filled cover-to-cover with illustrations. It doesn’t release for another week, but will definitely be checking it out in-person when it does. Lastly, got my paws on a copy of the special-edition hardcover of Braiding Sweetgrass, and it’s as tender and lovely as you’d imagine.