We hope you enjoyed the Sustainability Stroll, in person and/or as part of our follow-up to Reunion. As climate change continues to affect all of us, we hope you will take a look at the Resource List we have put together. This list of organizations and readings will help us stay informed about climate change and action steps we can take. We look forward to continued connections with you.
ORGANIZATIONS
Overall Environmental Advocacy Organizations:
Th!rd Act, founded by Bill McKibben, seeks to build a community of experienced Americans over the age of sixty determined to change the world for the better. “Together, we use our life experience, skills and resources to build a better tomorrow.” Regional workgroups have been and are forming nationally with specific goals based on member expertise such as: lobbying public pensions to divest, holding the dirty four big banks (Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo and Citibank) accountable for their continued major investments in oil and gas.
Earth Justice, which offers alerts with suggested actions.
The Alaska Wilderness League. Their mission is to protect Alaska’s wild lands and waters by inspiring broad support for federal policy action. They provide updates on many including the National Petroleum Reserve, the Arctic National Wildlife refuge, the Tongass National Forest, and the recent defeat of the Pebble Mine.
Land Preservation:
The Nature Conservancy
Trust for Public Land: Connecting Everyone to the Outdoors.
Regenerative Agriculture: GreenBiz
Water Preservation: World Water Reserve, listing 12 Clean Water Charity Organizations We’re All Counting On.
Electrification: Rewiring America
Finance:
Ceres, an organization aimed at changing how industries and financial institutions operate so that they realize the benefits of climate change adaptations. Founded by Mindy Lubber, former head of EPA . Ceres holds seminars and conferences all over the globe aimed at educating executives and entrepreneurs. Laypersons can join and do the same.
Climate Restoration and Carbon Removal: Foundation for Climate Restoration
BOOKS
“The Corridors of Power: The Politics of Environmental Aid to Madagascar” by Catherine Corson, a faculty presenter for the Sustainability Stroll.
“Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race” by Peter Fiekowsky & Carole Douglis.
“The Climate Action Handbook – A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone” by Heidi Roop, an MHC alumna.
Two books by Lauret Savoy, David B. Truman Professor of Environmental Studies and Geology at Mount Holyoke:
“Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape” by Lauret Savoy.
“Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity and the Natural World” by Alison H. Deming and Lauret Savoy.
“Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest” by Suzanne Simard, about the complex relationships in old growth forests.
WEB LINKS
“The Pale Blue Dot” a 3-minute video by Astronomer Carl Sagan, inspired by an image of the Earth as photographed by the Voyager 1 Spacecraft from out beyond Neptune on Feb. 14, 1990.
“Scientists Say We Have Seven Years To Act: Here Are Seven Actions Investors And Companies Can Take In 2023″ article by Mindy Lubber, Forbes, January 2023.
“How the environmental movement can find its way again” by Charles Eisenstein, March 2023
EarthJustice. A Town Hall video and link to a recording of EarthJustice’s June 29th webinar about Supreme Court Cases.
Sustainability by numbers. Which states have the cleanest electricity?
Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities. See a Web Presentation on preservation goals and accomplishments in the Northeast—prerecorded.
APPS
Inflation Reduction Act Tracker, which tracks federal agency actions under the Inflation Reduction Act, is a joint project of Columbia Law School / Columbia Climate School, Savin Center for Climate Change Law and the Environmental Defense Fund. It compiles information about the climate change provisions of the Act and records actions taken by federal agencies to implement those provisions.