Sustainable World Book Club
MISSION: To learn about the environment together through informative books and thought provoking discussion.
We are currently meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, 3:00 - 4:30pm on Zoom. (If you need help with Zoom, please let us know via the Contact button below.)
You can usually borrow the current book at the check out desk of Albert Wisner Public Library. It is usually available for a month prior to the date of the meeting, just tell them you want the book for Sustainable World Book Club. We welcome you to join the discussion, even if you haven’t had a chance to read the book. Alternatively, digital copies of our books are sometimes available on the RCLS Overdrive app or from the New York Public Library app.
Upcoming Titles:
Click on book covers below to see goodreads.com reviews.
May 14th: The Persuaders by Anand Giridharadas
June 11th: The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
July 9th: The Heat Will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell
August 13th: Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
Good reads that we suggest:
Nonfiction:
The Flag, The Cross and The Station Wagon by Bill McKibben
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Nature's Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein
The Water Will Come - Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell
Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
Falter by Bill McKibben
On Fire: The Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Plastic, A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Green Guide Families: The Complete Reference for Eco-friendly Parents by Catherine Zandonella
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth about the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity by James Hansen, former NASA scientist
Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse by David Orr
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, the Cover-up, the Prescription by Ross Gelbspan
Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale by Tom Wilbur
365 Ways to Save the Earth by Phillippe Bourseiller
Stop Global Warming: The Solution Is You! by Laurie David
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery
Boiling Point by Rob Gelbspan
The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability by James Gustave Speth
Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
Big Coal: the Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future by Jeff Goodell
Fiction:
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Strange as This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake
Hazard by Gardiner Harris
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Heat and Light by Jennifer Haigh