WE ARE NOT HELPLESs

It’s OUR WORLD and OUR combined ACTIONS have impact

I am not a scientist or climate expert, but I am concerned about the rapidly changing conditions. I share Greta Thunberg’s belief that no one is too small to make a difference. Here are some resources to help you make a difference for our planet and future!

SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS

This is a clear and comprehensive talk about climate change presented by Bob Lindmeier, Senior Chief Meteorologist with WKOW TV, Madison, WI



CLIMATE READING AND RESOURCE LIST

FICTION

The Ministry For the Future (Pres. Obama’s booklist for 2020), Kim Stanley Robinson “In Kim Stanley Robinson’s anti-dystopian novel, climate change is the crisis that finally forces mankind to deal with global inequality.” (New York Review of Books)

NON FICTION

Thinking in Systems: A Primer   Donella H. Meadows

The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things; Stories from Science and Observation (The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy, Book 3) Peter Wohlleben

Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth  James Lovelock

Climate: A New Story   Charles Eisenstein

The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health  David R. Montgomery, Anne Bikle

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming  Paul Hawken

Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication  Oren Jay Sofer, Joseph Goldstein

Nonviolent Communication: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values    Marshall Rosenberg PhD

A Sand County Almanac    Aldo Leopold

Walden / Civil Disobedience   Henry David Thoreau

Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything   Robert M. Hazen

Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?   Bill McKibben

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate  Naomi Klein

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life    David Quammen

Burn: Using Fire to Cool the Earth     Albert Bates, Kathleen Draper

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming    David Wallace-Wells

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals    Michael Pollan

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants   Robin Wall Kimmerer

Spillover David Quammen

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World   Peter Wohlleben

The Botany of Desire    Michael Pollan

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind   Yuval Noah Harari

The Transpersonal Vision: The Healing Potential of Nonordinary States of Consciousness   Stanislav Grof Ph.D.