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 ...
We are the middle of forever : Indigenous voices from Turtle Island on the changing Earth
Jamail, Dahr
Paper Book
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
Audiobook
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argued that radicals have a long,...
The future we choose : surviving the climate crisis
Figueres, Christiana
Paper Book
A cautionary but optimistic book about the world's changing climate and the fate of humanity, from Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac--who led negotiations for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of 2015. The authors outline two possible scenarios for...
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...

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