Climate Book Club
About
To meet the scale of our moment, we need stories, ideas, and frameworks that move beyond headlines and policy, that allow us to think together about what’s broken and what’s possible.
Upstart & Crow’s Climate Book Club meets every second month to read and discuss works that illuminate the complexity of our shared ecological present. While some are urgent works of non-fiction, and others are novels or hybrid texts, each book is chosen with care for its ability to open new vantage points, challenge easy answers, and—we hope—fuel our collective fight for a liveable future.
Whether you think about climate in your career, are worried about our current moment, or simply want to discover new and unexpected perspectives on how we can reach towards a more sustainable future, this book club is for you.
Each meeting will be facilitated by Allison Gacad. Allison (she/her) is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker, based on unceded Coast Salish lands in Vancouver, BC. Her work broadly interrogates the politics and economics of climate solutions.
Our 2025 meeting dates are:
- Wednesday, October 22 at 6pm
- Wednesday, December 10 at 6pm
- Wednesday, February 11 at 6pm
For our first meeting, we’ll be reading Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance. RSVP here.
