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Global Climate Initiatives

Drawdown, Paul Hawken
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, Katherine Hayoe
Earth, Bill McKibben
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis, Christiana Figueras and Tom Rivett-Carnac

Looking Toward the Future

The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert
Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Colbert

Home, Garden, and Beyond

Bringing Nature Home, Douglas Tallamy
Nature's Best Hope, Douglas Tallamy
Self Sufficiency for the 21st Century, Dick and James Strawbridge
Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard
Treeline, Ben Rawlence

Religion and Science

Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Following Jesus in a Warming World, Kyle Meyaard-Schapp

For Kids

The Lorax, Dr. Seuss

Helpful apps and sites

Green Energy Consumers Alliance is a non-profit serving MA and RI for over forty years by providing educational programs as well as implementation incentives and weighing in on policy issues. We link to their website for info about heating and cooling, solar, EVs, charging, etc.
Data about climate change:
- eia - US Energy Information Association - Where greenhouse gases come from - and more about Energy and the Environment
- NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Websites for Sustainable Switches - links to websites and apps for everything from bike maps to carbon footprint calculators
How to Save a Planet podcast on Spotify has weekly episodes (about 30 to 60 minutes) on many green topics, and there are a few other podcasts along the same lines
Cool Climate Network has many tools including maps showing climate impact by zip code using a consumption-based model, household and business impact calculators, and options that show how each specific change you can make will impact your greenhouse gas footprint
Climate feedback loops are accelerating global warming as covered in these videos
Population Connection magazine

Green investing

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