Climate Solutions
Events
Writer’s Block: An Evening of Climate Writing
Struggling to commit to your journal? Hitting a rough patch in your thesis? Feel like your op-ed is swirling the drain? As a great storyteller once said; “My world’s on fire - how about yours?” Join local environmental group the sword fern collective for an evening of focused writing and community connection. In these infamously unprecedented times, ...read more
Thursday, Nov 13 Upstart & Crow Studio
‘Red Pockets’: A Morning with Alice Mah
What do we owe to past and future generations? What do we owe to the places that we inhabit? Join us online on Sunday, October 26 at 9:30am to celebrate Alice Mah’s new book, Red Pockets, shortlisted for the 2025 Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing. Red Pockets is a moving meditation on ancestry, belonging, and the ...read more
Sunday, Oct 26 Online via Zoom
Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature
Join us on Thursday, September 11 at 6:30pm for an author talk with writer and political scientist Alyssa Battistoni in celebration of her new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Capitalism is typically treated as a force for relentless commodification. Yet it fails to place value on vital aspects of the nonhuman world, whether carbon ...read more
Thursday, Sep 11 Upstart & Crow Studio
The Way Around: A Q&A with Nicholas Triolo
Join us on Tuesday, July 15 at 7pm for an intimate Q&A with writer, editor, and athlete Nicholas Triolo, whose new book The Way Around has been hailed as a “beautiful, intricate rebuke to our obsession with linearity and outcome” (Robert MacFarlane). Raised in a family of elite athletes—and in a culture obsessed with goals, grit, and linear achievement—Nicholas Triolo ...read more
Tuesday, Jul 15 Upstart & Crow Studio
Listen to the Land Speak: Manchán Magan Live
What if the land speaks, but we’ve simply forgotten how to listen? Join us for an unforgettable evening with one of Ireland’s most visionary voices. On Wednesday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m., Irish writer and documentarian Manchán Magan invites us to tune in again to the forgotten frequencies of the natural world in a special ...read more
Wednesday, Jul 9 Upstart & Crow Studio
Our world needs scalable, systemic change, and now. But most of us don’t have the time and space in our daily lives to deeply reflect on what our contribution to solving the climate crisis might be. The Climate Readers’ Retreat is an opportunity for people with a passion for climate and democracy to work through ...read more
Wednesday, May 21 Hollyhock Retreat Center
Power Metal: Vince Beiser in Conversation with Christopher Pollon
Both the world’s critical transition to renewable energy, along with ever-evolving technology, require massive amounts of metal. And the race to mine it is already spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence. Join us on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. for an evening with journalist Vince Beiser, author of the new book Power ...read more
Thursday, Jan 23 Upstart & Crow Studio