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ClimateReads Book Group: using the power of words to protect our planet, safe for future generations

Book selections and using words to achieve change!

Your ideas are always welcome! Suggestions can include books, journals, poetry or any other ways to harness the power of words.

Current ClimateRead:

Positive Tipping Points: how to fix the climate crisis, by Tim Lenton OBE

Why it's been chosen:

This book addresses much broader issues than the more familiar way the phrase "climate tipping points" is used;
it also addresses social and economic issues, drawing on historical parallels. One reviewer called it "readable, informative, stimulating and hopeful" - let's see what we think!
In addition, Tim Lenton is happy to take questions on the book. He won't be able to confirm whether he's available for our next book group date until nearer to then, but will keep you in touch.

How to access it:

Paperback: £14.29 from World of Books
Ebook: Kobo version is £10.99; 13.99 on Amazon Kindle
Audible: £8.99 (free if you set up a new account)

Date for review:

Wednesday 3 December @ 6:30pm
Please email divest.tw@assembly.org.uk for the link or if you have any questions, book suggestions or wish to join the group.

Previous titles and other recommended ClimateReads:

Lie of the Land by Guy Shrubsole
Rebirding by Benedict Macdonald (combines well with Wild Fell by Lee Schofield)
Hidden Universe by Alexandre Antonelli
Our Fragile Moment by Michael Mann
Green bans, Red unions* by Meredith Burgmann and Verity Burgmann (*part 3)
New Internationalist (bimonthly magazine latest edition) - 'Climate Capitalism, Exploitation in the Green Transition'
Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies by Neil McCulloch
A planet to win: why we need a green new deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen and Thea Riafrancos
Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough by Holly Jean Buck
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Paint Your Town Red: How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too by Matt Brown and Rhian Jones
Rules for Revolutionaries

Plus two pretty fundamental reads to help protect our planet:

THE LAST HOURS OF ANCIENT SUNLIGHT: the Fate of the World and what we can do before it's too late (Thom Hartmann, Harmony Books) 3rd Edition (2018).

"Thom Hartmann's comprehensive book is one of the fundamental handbooks of the environmental activist movement [...] helps us understand and heal our relationship to the world, each other and to our natural resources."

INHERITANCE: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World (Harvey Whitehouse, Hutchinson Heinemann)

"Whitehouse rightly argues that when it comes to the climate crisis, our greatest and most neglected obstacles are psychological."

What's the purpose of the ClimateReads group?

create a forum for discussion, gaining information and new ideas
provide supporters with the opportunity to draw on powerful new ideas and arguments
help us all gain confidence when engaging in the broader debate and policy development not only in our own campaigns but more widely with other groups, our local communities, the media etc.

Get involved!

If you’d like to find out more or help make this happen, we’d love to hear from you - please email Helen

Ways you can be involved include;

suggest titles for the group to read (we share these in our regular newsletters as well)
take part in group chats (not vital to be available for them all) – let Helen know if you prefer in-person or zoom
receive the notes, with feedback, from the group
help with practicalities (e.g. checking resource availability; occasional author involvement; looking into venues including those supporting hybrid participation)
suggest other groups that might like to be partner groups

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