Solarhood Recommends: Six books about sustainability, climate change, and the earth to read this winter
Green books to read when cozied up inside this winter
Need some green reads to keep you company on those cold winter nights? Maybe you’re looking for a book to give your favorite eco-conscious uncle for Christmas. Here’s a breakdown of our favorite reads that have come across our desks recently, from books about climate change solutions to children’s book about learning about the planet.
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
This New York Times bestseller outlines the dire, current situation of climate change, while also discussing realistic and bold solutions. If you’ve been feeling hopeless about the state of earth and our ability combat climate change, this book is for you.
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Milwaukee Journalist Dan Egan describes the saga of the Great Lakes, which hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. The Great Lakes are on the brink of facing ecological catastrophe, but there’s still hope to restore and preserve them for generations to come.
Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
One day Bea Johnson and her family made a commitment to simplify their lives by reducing their waste. Today they produce just one quart of garbage a year. Bea demystifies the process of going Zero Waste with hundreds of easy tips for sustainable living that you can integrate into your life.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Potawatomi Botanist and professor, Robin Wall Kimmerer, fuses her experience asking questions of nature using the tools of science with her learnings gathered from elders and family. “Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return.”
Heal the Earth
Want to help your children become more interested about their role in preserving and protecting the earth? In ‘Heal the Earth’ kids can go on an interactive journey in a magical plane to complete earth-friendly activity like dive to bleached coral reefs, tend to green spaces in the city, and heal rainforests.
Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
Many of us realize that climate change is a real, eminent threat, yet we do nothing to stop it. Why is that? George Marshall goes on a search for the answer to this and other questions about the curious human response to threats like climate change.
