Books to understand & take action for the environment

Did you make a New Year's resolution to read more? Or to do more to stop climate change? Or maybe even both? Check out these books that friends told us really shaped their passion for and understanding about the environment and climate crisis.

All We Can Save, edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson

"Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward" via allwecansave.earth

Suggested by Jessica Leung, Solutions Fellow at Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells

"If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible" via penguinrandomhouse.com

Suggested by members of Sunrise Movement Sacramento

The Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken

"The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world" via penguinrandomhouse.com

Suggested by Melissa Zhang, candidate for MBA & MS in Environment and Resources at Stanford

Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

"Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist...Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons" via milkweed.org

Suggested by members of Sunrise Movement Sacramento

Biophilia, by E.O. Wilson

"Wilson argues that our natural affinity for life—biophilia—is the very essence of our humanity and binds us to all other living species" via hup.harvard.edu

Suggested by Shaadee Ahmadnia, Environment and Natural Resources Consultant at World Bank Group