The EAC launched Green Reads, our first community-wide book club, in April 2020 in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, and as a way to build community during the pandemic.
The purpose of Green Reads is to create opportunities to build knowledge, deepen commitments, and take further action to protect clean water, improve air quality, reduce carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency, and reduce waste, for a more sustainable a healthy local environment for all.
There are two ways to participate in Green Reads:
Green Reads Facebook Group: The Facebook group membership will be not limited in size; anyone can keep pace with the reading assignments there and engage in discussion with other readers. Please join us on Facebook!
Green Reads Zoom Group: Green Reads Zoom participants will participate in real-time book club meet-ups using Zoom remote meeting platform every other Thursday from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.. Participation in the Green Reads Zoom Group is limited to twelve participants to allow for easy discussion and participation by all attendees. Please only register for this if you are available at the above meeting time. Participation in this limited group is first-come, first serve. The Green Reads Zoom Group registration is open until full using the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM. Once the group has reached capacity, this link will be deactivated.
Upcoming Books:
Starting Thursday, May 27, and meeting every other week for 5 sessions we will read All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katherine K. Wilkinson.
Meeting dates for this book are the following Thursdays from 4:00 – 5:00pm: 5/27/21, 6/10/21, 6/24/21, 7/8/21, 7/22/21.
Book Description:
“There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection, creativity, and collaboration. While it’s clear that women and girls are vital voices and agents of change for this planet, they are too often missing from the proverbial table. More than a problem of bias, it’s a dynamic that sets us up for failure. To change everything, we need everyone.
All We Can Save illuminates the expertise and insights of dozens of diverse women leading on climate in the United States–scientists, journalists, farmers, lawyers, teachers, activists, innovators, wonks, and designers, across generations, geographies, and race–and aims to advance a more representative, nuanced, and solution-oriented public conversation on the climate crisis. These women offer a spectrum of ideas and insights for how we can rapidly, radically reshape society.
Intermixing essays with poetry and art, this book is both a balm and a guide for knowing and holding what has been done to the world, while bolstering our resolve never to give up on one another or our collective future. We must summon truth, courage, and solutions to turn away from the brink and toward life-giving possibility. Curated by two climate leaders, the book is a collection and celebration of visionaries who are leading us on a path toward all we can save.”
*The links provided for books link to the Bobzbay page in Bookshop.org. Purchasing books online through Bookshop.org supports independent booksellers across the country, including our own local independent bookstore – Bobzbay*
NOTE: Participation in either the Green Reads Facebook Group or Green Reads Zoom Group is limited to individuals 18 years old or above. This is an adult level discussion group and the Ecology Action Center has no responsibility for the opinions or comments presented by any participants. At the same time, participation is contingent upon respectful conduct. The Ecology Action Center reserves the right to mute, remove, or block any individual at any time.
