by Kate Messner
“Down in the dirt is a whole busy world of earthworms and insects, digging and building and stirring up soil. They’re already working down in the dirt.”
by Lamar Giles
A compelling vision of climate injustice, of how climate injustice is entangled with racial injustice, and how the neoliberal market economy is driving climate change and biodiversity loss.
by Penelope Arlon, Susan Hayes
“This is a book that turns itself into dozens of eco-projects to inspire you to think more about the planet we all call home.”
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.”
by Gerda Muller
“Before a fruit can grow, there has to be a flower”
by Ben Okri
“You humans seem to think that we trees are just decoration. But we are beings like you. We feel. We respond to love and attention. You should see how we glow when we are loved.”
Climate Lit is an initiative of the Center for Climate Literacy at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.