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Grist list of eco-climate monkeywrench books I liked Ministry of the Future,  the Overstory, and Hummingbird Salamander.  I also like  Paolo Bacigalupi's books- they are bit dark and violent, but unpleasantly accurate in their predictions of the future.

Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/08/finding-the-mother-tree-by-suzanne-simard-review-a-journey-of-passion-and-introspection   "Here's Suzanne Simard's 2016 TED talk about forest communication and cooperation. For me, this 17-minute talk provided an engaging framework for the sometimes detailed and repetitive information in her book about carbon...

https://www.migratorybirdday.org/bird-book-club   storytime for children with bird books

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/28/top-6-reasons-authorities-are-cracking-down-hard-black-protesters-while-treating  https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/29/its-bigger-buildings-america-burning https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234 Great Matt Taibbi book, I Can't Breathe, about the murder or Eric Garner, and on how gentrification and the desire of DAs  and prosecutors to be tough on crime (in order to run for higher office (congress...

Here is one interview. The Water Knife is a detective thriller set amidst drought refugees and physical battles between cities over water.  It has romance, murder, gangs, chases, and journalists. The Windup Girl is about a future of GMOs, rising sea...

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David George Haskell's new book fascinates me. He tells of the music and songs of trees and rivers: the sounds of rain on different leaves, the wind in the upper leaves of the ceibo trees, the calls of bromeliad frogs,...