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BostonPL_Climate Prep Week 2021: Intersection, Introspection, Inspiration

Climate change can seem like a depressing subject, but some have found a way to find hope amidst its uncertainties. These authors have used it variously as a lens to envision a better future, a mirror to better understand themselves, and as an opportunity to secure a more just world for all.  See the blog post: https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/climate-preparedness-week-2021/

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11 items

  • All We Can Save

    Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

    This anthology of diverse voices links the global efforts for climate justice and gender equality. Also available as an Overdrive eBook and eAudiobook.
    BookNew York : One World, [2020] — QC903.2.U6 A45 2020
  • The Future We Choose

    Surviving the Climate Crisis

    Figueres, Christiana,
    Two makers of the 2015 Paris climate agreement outline their vision for a better world. Also available as an Overdrive eBook.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. — QC903 .F54 2020
  • Climate

    Powerful Voices, Inspiring Ideas

    Limpert, Christina,
    A compilation of inspirational commentary on the climate crisis and the opportunities it presents for change.
    BookSeattle : Spruce Books, a Sasquatch Books imprint, [2021] — QC902.8 .L56 2021
  • Warmth

    Coming of Age at the End of the World

    Sherrell, Daniel,
    "Written from inside the youth-led climate movement itself," this book "lays bare the common stakes we face, and illuminates new sources of faith in our shared humanity." Also available as an Overdrive eAudiobook.
    BookNew York : Penguin Books, 2021.
  • The Future Earth

    a Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming

    Holthaus, Eric,
    A hopeful vision for a dramatically different future. Also available as an Overdrive eBook.
    BookNew York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — QC981.8.G56 H65 2020x
  • Watermelon Snow

    Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear

    Quarmby, Lynne, 1958-
    In this memoir, an Arctic biologist turned activist searches for "what it means to live a good life at a time of increasing desperation about the future."
    BookMontreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020] — G780 .Q37 2020x
  • Under the Sky We Make

    How to Be Human in a Warming World

    Nicholas, Kimberly, PhD,
    A climate scientist's search for individual hope and "purpose in a warming world."
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2021] — QC903 .N53 2021x
  • As the World Burns

    the New Generation of Activists and the Landmark Legal Fight Against Climate Change

    Van der Voo, Lee,
    An account of a legal effort to secure a just future for today's youth in the face of climate catastrophe. Also available as a Hoopla eBook.
    BookPortland, Oregon : Timber Press, [2020] — TD171 .V36 2020x
  • Watershed

    Attending to Body and Earth in Distress

    Hanson, Ranae,
    A deeply personal "meditation on intimate connections between the health of the body and the health of the ecosystem."
    BookMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2021] — GF51 .H283 2021x
  • Engage, Connect, Protect

    Empowering Diverse Youth as Environmental Leaders

    Ezeilo, Angelou, 1965-
    Recognizing diverse leadership as a key component of environmental justice, this book "highlights the need to recognize the work of environmental champions in communities of color." Also available as a Hoopla eBook.
    BookGabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, [2020] — GE195 .E94 2020x
  • Exploring how the environmental justice movement cuts across racial and class divisions, this book bills itself as "the essential primer on environmental justice."
    BookOakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] — GE220 .S94 2020