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!
We meet the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm at Books & Mortar Book Store, located at 955 Cherry St. SE in Grand Rapids. Check out this blog post about our book club!
COVID-19 Update: Due to the risks associated with in-person gatherings, the WMEAC Book Club will meet virtually through the end of the year.
The November meeting has been RESCHEDULED TO November 18, 2020 at 6:30pm. It will be virtual event.
The WMEAC Environmental Book Club is currently reading:
Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle
by Robert Bilott
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 Ericka at epopovich@wmeac.org.
WMEAC Reading List
Here is a list of the books that we will be reading in the upcoming months:
October 7: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
November 4: Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle by Robert Bilott
December 2: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
January 6: Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb
WMEAC Book Club History
