Books

As well for most books I have connected you with Massy Books which is an Indigenous owned bookstore in Vancouver.

Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett-Carnac – The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to the Climate Crisis.

Seth Klein, author, A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency, columnist for Canada’s National Observer.

Bill McKibben, climate advocate and author, Falter and The End of Nature 

Peter Wohlleben –  The Hidden Life of Trees , The Inner Life of Animals, The Heartbeat of Trees,  are just some he has written as well as his picture book, Peter and the Tree Children.

Mary DeMocker –   The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 ways to build a fossil- free future, raise empowered kids, and still get a good night’s sleep

Bob Joseph –  21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

James Daschuk, author of,  Clearing the Plains

Polly Higgins -Lawyer worked to create laws to criminalize ecological damage- Dare to Be Great

Joan Maloof –  Nature’s Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests

David Suzuki and Wayne Grady – Tree: A Life Story

Hope Jahren – The Story of More: How we got to Climate Change and where to go from here.

Elizabeth Kolbert – The Sixth Extinction

30+ ways you can stand up for Old-Growth forests today!!

Rachel Carson – Silent Spring

Margaret Klein Salamon – Facing The Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth.

Margaret Klein Salamon:

• Is founder of The Climate Mobilization organization.
• Explore her website and find these resources here. 
• She is a psychologist and understands ‘climate emotion’so explore here at Climate Awakening.
• See her podcasts here– The June 25^th 2021 episode is called : Extreme Heat, the silent killer

George Monbiot –  How Did We Get Into This Mess?

• Writes for the Guardian The best way to save the planet? Drop Meat and Dairy.  
• His TED talk on Rewilding of planet Earth. 
• His blog.
• Video Its time to bail out the planet.
• Article Put a price on nature? We must stop this neoliberal road to ruin.

Naomi Klein (Seth Klein’s sister – they grew up in the Sunshine Coast) She is a prolific writer and has much for you to explore:

• This Changes Everything: Capitalism VS The Climate
•  How to Change Everything: A Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other – for youth
• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
• The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy
• Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call

Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals

Short Video with Jonathan talking about Factory Farming

Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril – collaboration of many climate activists, scientists and authors.

Harriet Shugarman, long-time climate activist “How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change: Turning Angst into Action“

Dr. Quing Li – Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness

-Time Magazine article about Forest Bathing

Report: Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful 2021