Climate Lit

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Climate Lit is run by a small editorial collective supported by a network of educators, teachers, literature scholars, librarians, students, climate activists, and professionals who work with stories and young people. 

You can get involved by becoming a contributor, joining our team as an editor, or supporting our project in other ways. We are committed to sharing any work that involves young people’s literature and ecopedagogy to build universal climate literacy. To submit content or get involved, please read our mission statement and the guidelines for the categories listed below. This will give you a sense of what we do and what we’re looking for.

Are you inspired by what we do and would like to help advance climate literacy work?

You can do this in several ways. To make this resource widely available help us spread the word. Talk to others about Climate Lit, whether face to face or online, both with your climate-conscious friends and in your professional networks. Unless there’s a massive grassroots push for climate literacy from parents, teachers, and the society at large, the change may be too slow. Awareness is the power that liberates minds, leads to action, and helps usher in an ecological civilization.  Another direct form of support you can give us is to become a patron of Climate Lit by donating directly to advance this work. Many projects need funding to even get off the ground and your sponsorship will go a long way to help us build a climate literate society. Climate Lit is a volunteer-run project and we are determined to continue climate literacy work no matter what. That said, just how much we will be able to accomplish—and how quickly—will depend on the resources we have. We need funding and will seek funding to make this project sustainable in the long run. We will gratefully accept any donation you are able to make to advance the work of Climate Lit. If you are able to help us reach potential sponsors, we will appreciate that too. If you have any other questions or suggestions about Climate Lit or how to get involved, please contact us.

Are you a literature scholar, teacher, librarian, or educator dedicated to helping young people become climate literate?

We are a volunteer-run organization and always looking for new contributors to our database. You can join us in the following capacities: 

  • Contributor: write at least one text entry or glossary term (see our Wishlist below on this page!)
  • Associate Editor: review up to 10 entries per calendar year (may also be a contributor)
  • Editor: review more than 10 entries per calendar year (may also be a contributor)

 

We are also seeking testimonials from educators who have used the database and found it helpful.

 If you want to participate in any of these capacities, please browse the boxes below. 

Join our team as a contributor

Use this link if you want to get involved in Climate Lit by creating or updating entries. Tell us who you are and choose your level of involvement.
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Join our team as an editor

Use this link if you want to get involved in Climate Lit on a regular basis, as a peer reviewer for database entries. Tell us who you are, choose your level of involvement, and indicate the type of entries you would be most interested in reviewing.
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Write a testimonial

Use this link to tell us about your experience using Climate Lit, and we'll post it on the website for others who might be interested.
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Our Wishlist

We are currently seeking contributors to write the following entries and glossary terms. If you don’t see something listed here but you think it deserves an entry, feel free to suggest it or volunteer to write it using the form above!

Glossary Entries

For more suggestions, visit the “All Topics” page.

Literature Entries

** Free review copies (print or digital) are available for titles with a double asterisk mark

Accordion Content

  • Climate Activism
  • Earth Day
  • Militant Environmental Activism
  • Nakate, Vanessa
  • School Strike for Climate (Fridays for Future)
  • Water Protectors
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Climate Migration
  • Climate Mitigation
  • Extreme Weather Events
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Global Warming
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Ocean Acidification
  • Goldilocks Planet
  • Indigenous Worldview
  • Jevons Paradox
  • Land Ethic
  • Limits to Growth
  • Materialist Reductionism
  • Rights of Nature
  • Short-termism
  • Speciesism
  • Afforestation
  • Composting
  • Individual Action
  • Land Ethic
  • Regeneration
  • Rewilding
  • Wildlife Corridors
  • CCESD Framework
  • Climate Fiction
  • Earth Day
  • Carbon Accounting
  • Energy Transition
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Fracking
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Hydropower
  • Solar Power
  • Wind Power
  • Composting
  • Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO)
  • Foraging
  • Industrial Agriculture
  • Urban Gardens
  • Vegetarianism
  • Extinction
  • Extractivism
  • Fracking
  • Global Warming
  • Human Expansionism
  • Neoliberalism
  • One Percent
  • Pollution
  • Birding
  • Host Plant Specialization
  • Nearby Nature
  • Regeneration
  • Rewilding
  • Species Richness
  • Wilderness
  • Circular Economy
  • Energy Transition
  • Green Technology
  • Systems Care
  • Zero Waste

Accordion Content

Fiction
  • A Day at the Market by Sara Anderson (2006)
  • Armando’s Island** by Marsha Diane Arnold (2023)
  • Brown Is Warm, Black Is Bright by Sarah L. Thomson (2022)
  • Call Me Tree / Llámame árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez (2014)
  • Change Starts with Us by Sophie Beer (2020)
  • Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen (2010)
  • Ellie’s Log by Judith L. Li (2013)
  • Elmer and the White Bear** by David McKee (2025)
  • Fatima’s Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq (2021)
  • Follow the Moon Home by Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson (2016)
  • Forever Our Home / kâkikê kîkinaw by Tonya Simpson (2023)
  • How to Say Hello to a Worm by Kari Percival (2022)
  • I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama by Maya Christina Gonzalez (2013)
  • Lily Lu: Manta Ray Swims Free** by Cherilyn Chin (2026)
  • Lily Lu: Octopus’s Tide Pool Trouble** by Cherilyn Chin (2026)
  • Lily Lu: Shark Washed Ashore** by Cherilyn Chin (2026)
  • Lobstah Gahden by Alli Brydon and EG Keller (2021)
  • My Wish for the World by Kristine Lombardi (2023)
  • Now by Antoinette Portis (2017)
  • P.S. What’s Up With The Climate? by Bijal Vachharajani (2020)
  • Riparia’s River by Michael J. Caduto (2011)
  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty (2019)
  • Something Happened to Our Planet by Marianne Celano and Marietta Collins (2023)
  • The City Tree by Shira Boss (2023)
  • The Night Before Earth Day** by Natasha Wing (2025)
  • The Ocean Gardener by Clara Anganuzzi (2024)
  • The Seeds of Friendship by Michael Foreman (2015)
  • When the Storm Came** by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (2024)
Nonfiction
Fiction
  • Arrow by Samantha M. Clark (2021)
  • Badir and the Beaver by Shannon Stewart (2019)
  • Berani by Michelle Kadarusman (2022)
  • Down Came the Rain by Jennifer Mathieu (2023)
  • Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet by Barbara Dee (2022)
  • Inni and the Great Green / Liam and the Evil Machine** by W. G. White (2024)
  • Melt by Ele Fountain (2021)
  • Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman (2020)
  • Nowhere Better Than Here by Sarah Guillory (2022)
  • Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (1993)
  • Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler (1998)
  • Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2019)
  • Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet (2014)
  • Rescue at Lake Wild by Terry Lynn Johnson (2021)
  • Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (1945)
  • The Carbon Diaries (duology) by Saci Lloyd (2009 & 2010)
  • The Flooded Earth by Mardi McConnochie (2016)
  • The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins (2024)
  • The Survival Game by Nicky Singer (2018)
  • The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (2016)
  • Tree of Dreams by Laura Resau (2019)
  • Turn the Tide by Elaine Dimpoulos (2022)
  • We Don’t Have Time for This by Brianna Craft (2024)
  • Whispering Alaska by Brendan Jones (2021)
Nonfiction
  • All the Feelings Under the Sun** by Leslie Davenport (2021)
  • Finding Out about Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas** by Matt Doeden (2014)
  • Fuel under Fire** by Margaret J. Goldstein (2015)
  • Gaia Warriors by Nicola Davies (2009)
  • Generation Green by Linda and Tosh Silversten (2008)
  • Get Real: What Kind of World Are You Buying? by Mara Rockliff (2010)
  • Home Sweet Neighborhood by Michelle Mulder (2019)
  • Meltdown by Anita Sanchez (2022)
  • Palm Trees at the North Pole by Marc ter Horst (2021)
  • The Call of Antarctica** by Leilani Raashida Henry (2021)
  • The Great Wolf Rescue** by Sandra Markle (2024)
  • This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein (2014)
  • Unstoppable Us, vol. 2 by Yuval Noah Harari (2022)
  • Urgent Message from a Hot Planet by Ann Eriksson (2022)
  • Wildfire** by Ferin D. Anderson and Stephanie S. McPherson (2024)
  • Where Have All the Birds Gone?** by Rebecca E. Hirsch (2022)
  • You Can Change the World: The Kids’ Guide to a Better Planet by Lucy Bell (2019)
Graphic Novels
  • Fibbed by Elizabeth Agyemang (2022)
  • Hilda and the Troll by Luke Pearson (2010)
  • The Green Girls** by Loïc Nicoloff (2024)
  • The Last Boy Above Ground** by Rodrigo R. Rico (2026)
  • The Sand Warrior (5 Worlds book 1) by Mark and Alexis Siegel (2017)
  • The Yucky Duck Rescue** by Lynda Beauregard (2013)
Poetry
  • Cast Away: Poems of Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye (2020)
  • Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman (2010)
  • Forest Has a Song by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater (2013)
  • No World Too Big edited by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Jeanette Bradley, and Keila V. Dawson (2023)
Short Stories
  • Future Hopes: Hopeful stories in a time of climate change edited by Lauren James (2024)
  • Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction edited by John Joseph Adams (2015)
  • Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change edited by Tony Bradman (2010)
Films
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TV Series
  • Hilda (2018-2023)
  • Octonauts (2010-present)
  • Puffin Rock (2015-2016)
Games
  • Beyond Blue (2020 video game)
  • Carbon City Zero (2020 board game)
  • Earthborne Rangers (2023 card game)
  • Eco (2018 video game)
  • Ecosystem (2019 board game)
  • Earth (2023 board game)
  • Floresta (2024 board game)
  • Kavango (2024 board game)
  • Plasticity (2021 video game)
  • Terra Nil (2023 video game)