climate change

Silas House’s Resonant Fiction Set in Climate Destroyed Future

Lark Ascending (Algonquin) is the long-awaited seventh novel by master storyteller Silas House. His prose is finely crafted, carefully honed, thought and emotion provoking and as lyrical as a haunting Celtic elegy. He is, in short, one of the most important writers in the English language today. Mississippi has its…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 26, 2022

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Andreas Karelas Discusses the Future of Climate Change

Andreas Karelas is the author of Climate Courage: How Tackling Climate Change Can Build Community, Transform the Economy, and Bridge the Political Divide in America (Beacon Press) as well as the founder of RE-volv, a nonprofit organization that helps fellow nonprofits around the country go solar. He’s a leader in…

BookTribMay 31, 2021

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Climate Solutions Are Here! Andreas Karelas Explains “Climate Courage”

After reading Brené Brown's Daring Greatly, Andreas Karelas felt inspired to tackle climate change by leaning into the fear and vulnerability that often surrounds the issue. Aiming to approach the topic from a place of bravery he wrote Climate Courage: How Tackling Climate Change Can Build Community, Transform the Economy, and…

BookTribApril 22, 2021

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Today on FB: Environmental Encouragement for Earth Day

We are in an era of major change, which can be scary. However, what is more concerning is losing our quality of life if we do not begin to really confront the climate issue, and soon. Today we'll speak with Andreas Karelas, author of the book Climate Courage (Beacon Press), who…

BookTribApril 22, 2021

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BookBites: Meet Characters and Journeys Like None Other

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BookTribJanuary 14, 2021

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14 Audiobooks to Keep You in the Know About Climate Change

In partnership with AudioFile, here are some audiobook recommendations to keep you informed about the changes in our environment. Sixteen-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg is crossing the Atlantic on a sailboat on her voyage to the United Nations Climate Change Conference later this year. Attention for climate action and…

AudioFileSeptember 6, 2019

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9 Children’s Books That Celebrate Our Planet

Earth Day is April 22nd, and it serves as both a celebration of our natural world and as a call to protect it. To honor Earth Day this year, we’ve hand-picked nine children’s books that capture the spirit of the day in its entirety. This list covers books that highlight…

Cameron KimballApril 21, 2021

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Weather the Storm With 6 Natural Disaster Novels

The most appealing part of natural disaster stories isn’t just the threat of impending doom. It's the way that the impending doom forces people into action, making heroes out of regular people. There's nothing like the tension of a raging storm to force families closer together, build alliances and reveal…

Wyatt SemenukJuly 18, 2022

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Greener Horizons: 5 Solarpunk Views of the Near and Distant Futures

When we think of our own speculative or dystopian futures, our thoughts often drift to that of cold and complex technology, unbreathable or toxic air, forms of protective gear to shield us from the sun's harmful rays, or utilitarian governments hiding major secrets to keep its citizens in the dark.…

Kendall FarrisApril 22, 2022

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What Happens When Humanity Destroys Its Own World?

The Apocalypse is on everyone’s minds these days. I may sound a little dramatic, but the events of the past year have justified speaking of catastrophic and cataclysmic occurrences with courage and a previous-unused bluntness. Suddenly, the unknown seems to be the expectation. One place where drama is usually very…

Judy MorenoMarch 26, 2021

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Fighting for More Than Survival: 6 Stories of Love and Family in Times of Climate Catastrophes

In the 52 years since its founding, Earth Day has stood as an ever-more urgent call to act on climate change. Soaring temperatures, rising sea levels and a choked atmosphere are all results of modern society’s interference with nature, and just as these changes affect the whole of humanity, it’s…

Cameron KimballApril 22, 2022