On the Climate and Ecological Emergency

Berhans, P. (2020) The Best of Times, The Worst of Times.  Indigo Press.

Brannan, P. (2017) The Ends of the World. Harper Collins.

Clark, D. & Berners-Lee, M. (2013) The Burning Question. Profile Books.

Klein, N. (2014) This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate. Penguin.

Lynas, M. (2020) Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency. Harper Collins. 

Gergis, J. (2022) Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope. Island Press. 

Goulson, D. (2021) Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse. Penguin.

Kolbert, E. (2024) H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z. Penguin Random House.

Kolbert, E. (2014) The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Bloomsbury.

Lymbery, P. (2017) Dead Zone: Where The Wild Things Were. Bloomsbury.

Maslin, M. & Lewis, S. (2018) The Human Planet: How we Created the Anthropocene. Penguin.

McGuire, B. (2022) Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant’s Guide. Icon Books.

Nicholas, K.  (2021) Under the sky we make.  Penguin Random House.

Oreskes, N. & Conway, E. (2018) Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. Bloomsbury.

Porritt, J. (2020) Hope In Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency. Simon & Schuster UK.

Roberts, C. (2013) The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea. Penguin Random House.

* Thunberg, G. et al (2022) The Climate Book. Penguin Random House

Wallace-Wells, D. (2019) The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story Of the Future. Penguin. 

On psychology and talking about climate change

Boghossian, P. & Lindsay, J. (2019) How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide. Hachette Go, New York.

Hayhoe, K. (2021) Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. Simon & Schuster.

Huntley, R. (2021) How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way that Makes a Difference. Murdoch Books.  

* Keal, L. (2021) A Gift for Conversation: Let’s Discuss Climate Change. Available at: www.agiftforconversation.com.

Lewandowsky, S. & Cook, J. (2020) The Conspiracy Theory Handbook. Available at: https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/conspiracy-theory-handbook/.

Marshall, G. (2014) Don’t even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change. Bloomsbury.

Sedgman, K. (2022) On Being Unreasonable. Faber. 

Stoknes, P.E. (2015) What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming. Chelsea Green.

On transforming our organisations and communities

Drawdown (2021) Climate Solutions at Work: Unleashing Your Employee Power. Project Drawdown. Available at: https://drawdown.org/publications/climate-solutions-at-work.

Hopkins, R. (2011) The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times. Green Books.

Hopkins, R. (2013) The Power of Just Doing Stuff: How Local Action Can Change the World. Green Books.

Meadows, D. (2008) Thinking in Systems. Chelsea Green.

On campaigning and activism

Bhargava, D. & Luce, S. (2023) Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World. The New Press.

Bond, B. & Exley, Z. (2016) Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything. Chelsea Green.

Engler, M. & Engler, P. (2016) This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the 21st Century. Bold Type Books.

Fisher, D. R. (2024) Saving Our-Selves. Colombia University Press.

Loach, M. (2023) It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World. DK.

Nakate, V. (2022) A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis. Pan Macmillan.

On looking after ourselves

Grose, A. (2020) A Guide to Eco-Anxiety: How to Protect the Planet and Your Mental Health. Watkins.

Johnson, A.E. & Wilkinson, K.K. (2020) All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis One World.

Kennedy-Woodard, M. & Kennedy-Williams, P. (2022) Turn the Tide on Climate Anxiety: Sustainable Action for Your Mental Health and the Planet. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Loeb, P. (2004) The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear. Basic Books.

Macy, J. & Johnstone, C. (2012) Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy. New World Library.

Ray, S. (2020) A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet. University of California Press.

Salamon, M. (2023) Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth, 2nd Edition. New Society Publishers.

Wray, B. (2022) Generation Dread. Alfred A. Knopf Canada.

On footprints and individual action

Berners-Lee, M. (2010) How Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything. Profile Books.

Button, T. (2018) A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life. Harper Thorsons.

Gale, J. (2020) The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Make Small Changes That Make a Big Difference. Green Tree.

Grover, S. (2021) We’re All Climate Hypocrites Now: How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement. New Society Publishers.

Kalmus, P. (2017) Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution. New Society Publishers.

Nicholas, K.A. (2021) Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York.

Wynes, S. (2019) SOS: What You Can Do to Reduce Climate Change. Ebury Press.

See also, assorted media by or featuring XR Scientists

Articles

*Capstick, S. et al. (2022) Civil Disobedience by Scientists Helps Press for Urgent Climate Action. Nature Climate Change.

*Gardner, C., Cox, E. & Capstick, S. (2022) Extinction Rebellion scientists: why we glued ourselves to a government department. The Conversation.

*Gardner, C. et al, (2021) From Publications to Public Actions: The Role of Universities in Facilitating Academic Advocacy and Activism in the Climate and Ecological Emergency. Frontiers in Sustainability.

*Finnerty, S et al. (2024) Between two worlds: the scientist’s dilemma in climate activism. Nature Climate Action. 

*Finnerty, S et al. (2024) Scientists’ identities shape engagement with environmental activism. Nature Communications Earth & Environment. 

*Racimo, F. et al. (2022) The biospheric emergency calls for scientists to change tactics. eLife.

*Thierry, A. et al. (2023) “No Research on A Dead Planet”: preserving the socio-ecological conditions for academia.  Frontiers in Education.

*Wyatt, T et al. (2024) Actions speak louder than words: the case for responsible scientific activism in an era of planetary emergency. Royal Society Open Science. 

Other Media

*Plan Z: From Lab Coats to Handcuffs, (2024) a short documentary film by Louisa Jones & Vlad Morozov featuring multiple of the authors of this book. See https://plan-z-film.co.uk/ 

*Tipping Points Podcast: hosted by the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London.  Pete Knapp interviews scientists and other professionals about why they have become involved in environmental activism. Available via https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/publications/podcasts/tipping-points/ 

* Grossman, E. / XR Scientists (2021) Emergency on Planet Earth. A synthesis of the most relevant science at the time it was written, fact checked by a range of experts. Available via https://extinctionrebellion.uk/the-truth/the-emergency/ 

* Arnott, S. (2022) Climate Literacy & Numeracy.  A 52-page zine available to download from https://www.susiarnott.co.uk/home/the-climate-emergency/climate-literacy-zine/ 

*How to speak with your family and friends about environmental issues (2024): A simple guide to getting started written by Laura Thomas-Walters et al. See https://emieldelange.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/social-beings-how_to_brochure_digital.pdf

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