Environmental Book Club

WMEAC is excited to host an environmental book club where people from across the region are able to learn more about environmental topics and get more in touch with our community. Everyone is welcome to join us for our book club meetings or to follow along on their own. The Environmental Book Club is sponsored by our friends at Books & Mortar Book Store!

The WMEAC Environmental Book Club meets the first Wednesday of each month from 6:30-7:30pm. We will continue to meet virtually over Zoom, and the link is sent out before the meeting and not posted publicly. The book club is sponsored by Books & Mortar independent bookstore, which offers a 10% discount on book club titles when you purchase in-store or order online.

The next WMEAC Environmental Book Club meeting will be:

Wednesday, September 6th from 6:30 to 7:30pm (via zoom)

The Age of resilience: reimaging Existence on a rewilding Earth, by jeremy rifkin

Get 10% off the price of your book club book when you purchase or order it through Books & Mortar! Stop by their store or call (616) 214-8233 to shop local and support this fiercely independent bookstore today!

For more information or to join the book club email list, contact Marshall at mkilgore@wmeac.org

WMEAC Reading List

HERE IS A LIST OF THE BOOKS WE’VE READ IN PAST MONTHS AND A SNEAK PEEK TO UPCOMING MONTHS.

2023 Reading List

February 1: Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World, by Emma Marris
March 1: The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, by Leah Thomas
April 5: The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think, by Jennifer Ackerman
May 3: The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet, by Hal Harvey and Justin Gillis
June 7: The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees, by Douglas W. Tallamy
July 5: The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, by Leah Thomas (RESCHEDULED)
August 2: Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit, by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
September 6: The Age of Resilience: Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth, by Jeremy Rifkin
October 4: Finding Purpose: Environmental Stewardship as a Personal Calling, by Andrew J. Hoffman
November 1: On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal, by Naomi Klein
December 6: We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth, by Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth

Coming up next:

January 3, 2024: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, by Ed Yong