Celebrate Earth (Read a book about our planet)
April 26, 2022
Let’s read some fiction or nonfiction celebrating this little blue marble called home. Whether you want to take a deep dive into Climate Change or if you want to take a peek into the future with some speculative fiction bestsellers, here are some suggestions of books that celebrate our beautiful Earth.
The Overstory by Richard Powers
It is no wonder that this bestselling novel won the Pulitzer Prize. A beautifully written and thought-provoking story that brings together nine strangers who are summoned by the trees to save a dwindling forest.
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The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
A stand-out and award-winning author in science fiction, this is one of his latest works centered on our climate crisis. Set in the future, it imagines the work it would take to retrofit this world, with its governments and economies, to face the looming interlocked catastrophes of climate change. Opening with a visceral eco-horror it then offers a call-for-action optimistic journey.
A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough
Filmmaker, natural historian, and best-selling author Attenborough recounts a life spent exploring and documenting wild places. Part memoir, part homage to biodiversity, all heart.
Back to Earth by Nicole Stott
NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott offers a unique perspective of this “brilliant blue marble” called home. Using skills for responding to crisis in space, Stott offers eye-opening insights from scientists and changemakers already sparking meaningful change to preserve and protect the splendor of earth’s biodiversity.
Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
A very short but powerful essay from Earth Guardians Youth Director and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez. He explains how his music feeds his environmental activism and vice versa. A quick read that will stick for a long time.
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
A stunning and suspenseful novel set in the near future follows Franny as she embarks on a journey to follow the world’s last flock of Arctic terns. Both literary and heart-wrenching.
The Atlas of Disappearing Places by Christina Conklin
All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine Keeble Wilkinson
Nature’s Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy
A collection of illuminating prose and verse from woman at the forefront of the environmental movement. These wide-ranging diverse voices do not hold back and will inspire and give hope despite the heavy challenges facing us.
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