Climate Action Week

This booklist includes books that are written by strong climate voices from different places, fields, and communities in support of climate action advocacy campaigns that focus on the climate change related challenges and emergencies facing our communities. You’ll find books that explore solutions and stories that the expert tell, and the power of action and community.

Updated November 2, 2023
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All we can save : truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis
Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. "A powerful read that fills one with, dare I say . . . hope?"-The New York Times ...
Not too late : changing the climate story from despair to possibility
Solnit, Rebecca
Paper Book
An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit ("the voice of the resistance"--New York Times), climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment. Not Too Late is the book for anyone who is despondent, defeatist,...
Saving us : a climate scientist's case for hope and healing in a divided world
Hayhoe, Katharine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "An optimistic view on why collective action is still possible--and how it can be realized." --The New York Times "As far as heroic characters go, I'm not sure you could do better than Katharine Hayhoe." --Scientific...
Hope in the dark : untold histories, wild possibilities
Solnit, Rebecca
Paper Book
At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can seem overpowering, this remarkable book offers a lucid, affirmative and well-argued case for hope. This exquisite work traces a history of activism and social change over the past five decades - from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the...
The future we choose : surviving the climate crisis
Figueres, Christiana
Paper Book
The defining book on the climate crisis that shows us how we can and will survive.
Generation dread : finding purpose in an age of climate crisis
Wray, Britt
Paper Book
Climate and environment-related fears and anxieties are on the rise everywhere. As with any type of stress, eco-anxiety can lead to lead to burnout, avoidance, or a disturbance of daily functioning. In Generation Dread, Britt Wray seamlessly merges scientific knowledge with emotional insight to show...
The good ancestor : how to think long term in a short-term world
Krznaric, Roman
Paper Book
'This is the book our children's children will thank us for reading' - The Edge, U2 How can we be good ancestors? From the first seeds sown thousands of years ago, to the construction of the cities we still inhabit, to the scientific...
I want a better catastrophe : navigating the climate crisis with grief, hope, and gallows humor : an existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers
Boyd, Andrew
Paper Book
An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers WITH GLOBAL WARMING projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, and off on a quest to learn how to live with the "impossible news" of our...

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