by Shaun Tan
“It’s hard to convey how natural it all seemed, and how even the first conversations began without us really noticing.”
by Jane Lister Reis, Margie Lister Muenzer
“Everyone needs to help make our planet healthy again. The animals are counting on us!”
by Jess Keating
“Sharks were not mindless killers. Sharks were beautiful. Sharks were smart. They deserved to be studied, protected, and loved.”
“Homo Sapiens has grown so accustomed to being the only human species that it’s … eas[y] for us to imagine we’re the pinnacle of creation, separated from the rest of the animal kingdom by an unbridgeable chasm”
by Kate Messner
“Over the pond, the wind gives us a push and stirs the light-dappled leaves on shore. There on a branch, a new goldfinch teeters, finally ready to fly. Under the pond, tadpoles are changing, learning to hop. They’re losing tails, growing legs, growing up.”
“Once, in times past, when the ancients lived, the ocean was filled with our kind”
“But how can Peony leave her beloved sister, grandfather, best friend Applejoy, and the orchard behind? And just for money? Don’t Ma know what’s important anyway?”
“To serve a purpose greater than yourself. That is the lesson you must learn.”
“It’s not about the distant hope of creating a new world. It’s about preserving the one we have.”
“I can’t resolve or invent the past. / I need a way to change the future.”
Climate Lit is an initiative of the Center for Climate Literacy at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.