August Selection and Book List

We are reading Carbon Pricing: A critical perspective for community resistance by Indigenous Environmental Network, 2017. It’s a free PDF download, about 50 pages. It’s a critique of why they don’t support carbon pricing as a viable solution.  We try to reach for and understand conservatives but how about the progressive left?  Interesting to discuss.

Please join us.

This came from a list that Barbara put together as possible books. This comprehensive list was nicely annotated by Barb.

• Sophie’s Planet: A Search for Truth About Our Remarkable Home Planet and Its Future – James Hanson, 2020.  New, coming out in free chapters, up to chapt. 5 only so far.

• Climate Change as Social Drama: Global Warming in the Public Sphere by Philip Smith and Nicolas Howe | May 5, 2015

• The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress by Mark Jaccard  | Feb 6, 2020

• Climate Change and the Nation State: The Case for Nationalism in a Warming World by Anatol Lieven, Mar 4, 2020. Title sounded weird to me but description lays out a more interesting premise than just nationalism.  Interesting to discuss.

• Two Percent Solutions for the Planet: 50 Low-Cost, Low-Tech, Nature-Based Practices for Combatting Hunger, Drought, and Climate Change by Courtney White | Sep 21, 2015. If we’re looking for hopeful solutions.

Books related to agriculture and regenerative/restorative agriculture:

• Grassroots Rising: A Call to Action on Climate, Farming, Food, and a Green New Deal by Ronnie Cummins | Feb 11, 2020

• Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures as a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer by Bren Smith | May 14, 2019

• Letter To A Vegetarian Nation: We Need Livestock For Sustainable Food Production And Environmental Restoration by Sheldon Frith | Feb 7, 2016. Here’s a different point of view; could be fun to discuss.

And one novel that potentially looks interesting:

• Weather: A novel by Jenny Offill | Feb 11, 2020