The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released this summary in March 2023. You can read the Executive Summary for a helpful and readable introduction. This report summarizes the more extensive reports released earlier on the physical science of climate change, on impacts and the need…
Debra RienstraAugust 15, 2023
Makes a persuasive case for the moral imperative to act in response to the climate crisis. Moore’s beautiful nature writing is a bonus.
Debra RienstraAugust 15, 2023
By Robin Wall Kimmerer. Literary essays on the themes of reciprocity and gratitude, blending indigenous and scientific wisdom. An absolute must-read. A bestseller for good reason.
Debra RienstraAugust 15, 2023
By Pope Francis. Essential reading for any Christian. The pope’s encyclical is bold, prophetic, and uncompromising.
Debra RienstraAugust 15, 2023
By Richard Powers. Interweaves the stories of nine characters who get tangled up in eco-activism, but trees and forests are the real protagonists, irradiating the novel with their being-ness. Every sentence in this absorbing novel is a work of art.
Debra RienstraAugust 14, 2023
This is the report that most famously sounded an urgent alarm call. The full report is formidable in length, but the executive summary is sufficient for a general reader.
Debra RienstraAugust 14, 2023
By Elizabeth Kolbert. A readable and compelling account of what we know about species extinction and how we know it.
Debra RienstraAugust 14, 2023
Provides a huge array of up-to-date climate data with excellent graphic dashboards. Focuses on the U.S.
Debra RienstraAugust 13, 2023