Take a book to the beach. Take a book to the park. We chose a few special reads to brighten up the dog days of summer.
- Freedom by Jonathan Franzen <https://default.salsalabs.org/Te2284df5-2f88-4fb5-b795-09c04a67c1fa/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> This novel about about a struggling marriage contains a subplot about the environmental impacts of mountain-top removal mining.
- Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood <https://default.salsalabs.org/T4b41e924-85ae-486c-a2c6-a77a8c5e7146/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> Did the destruction of the natural environment lead to the post-apocalyptic world in this tale?
- Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin <https://default.salsalabs.org/T286e46c7-fa44-4c92-a02a-b84ea51a7b0d/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> It’s been said that the Game of Thrones trilogy is really all about climate change.
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert <https://default.salsalabs.org/T1700565e-406c-405d-8524-c607f3caa31e/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> Geologists, marine biologists, botanists and other researchers weigh in on species facing extinction.
- This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate: Naomi Klein <https://default.salsalabs.org/Td6ac6a24-fd13-4ce6-9292-f25da65dbc62/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> A move to a green economy is the way to take on the climate crisis.
- Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan <https://default.salsalabs.org/T8b8f2023-e73c-4bbc-87c2-af185f401c95/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> The exploration of where our food comes and what we eat includes the impact food production has on the environment.
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer <https://default.salsalabs.org/T9689f765-e9f5-4d07-98b1-2ac1ee2a7f4e/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> One man’s quest to be one with nature, alone in the wild, is a beautiful and heart-breaking story.
- The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from a Secret World Peter Wohlleben and Jane Billinghurst <https://default.salsalabs.org/T4eccb557-3f86-44e8-ac1e-52c83e923497/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> The science of how trees survive and thrive reminds of the need to protect our forests.
- Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh <https://default.salsalabs.org/T69364a03-9901-4da9-8927-f1e76d29bb82/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> This novel is set in the Sunderbans, the world’s largest deltaic region.
- The Reef by Romesh Guneseker <https://default.salsalabs.org/Te45ea93f-c782-4d5c-909e-687620131040/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> A main character in this coming-of-age tale is a marine biologist.
- Marketing In The #Fakenews Era: New Rules For A New Reality Of Tribalism, Activism, And Loss of Trust Hardcover by Peter Horst <https://default.salsalabs.org/Tae008851-f30a-4a6a-b65d-d74b0e65e478/d31673a0-e35e-4516-96d7-610a1b3b281c> An example in this review of current challenges, a company takes on the administration’s attack on public lands.
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