Climate Action Neighborhood Book Read

Welcome to Our Climate Action Neighborhood Quarterly Book Read

The saying goes that “actions speak louder than words,” but sometimes we need words first before we feel comfortable jumping into action. With that thought in mind we offer our College Park Climate Action Neighborhood Quarterly Book Read.

We encourage readers to consider sourcing books from our local libraries and bookstores when available. Additionally we suggest book sharing utilizing our College Park Climate CAN Google Group email, or our College Park Climate Action Neighborhood Facebook Group.  Please contact CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com for additional information or assistance in locating copies of our current read. 

Suggested book stores: 

Pocket Books 903 Wheatland Ave, Lancaster 17603

ReadRose Books 43 N Prince St, Lancaster 17603

DogStar Books 401 W Lemon St, Lancaster 17603

Marshall St Bookstore 225 N Marshall St, Lancaster 17602 

May - June: Food Climate Impact Area

In Defense of Food 

or Food Rules both by Michael Pollan

You’ve got two options for our current reading, Michael Pollan’s “Food Rules” or “In Defense of Food,” also by Pollan. Food Rules is a delightful, easy to read, easy to swallow short book of simple behaviors around eating. Think slow meals and no devices at the table to help improve our enjoyment of the food we eat and the company we keep. In Defense of Food is a much more in depth look at our dietary options, the pitfalls of the food industry and the forever changing information about nutritional science. Pollan’s writing is very approachable and succinct. He proposes, “Eat food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.” 

Share your copy of either book when you’ve finished reading it, or post comments on the reading on our College Park CAN Facebook Group or contact CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com if you’d like to host a community conversation.  

March - April: Materials Climate Impact Area

Year Of No Garbage by Eve O Schaub

“What starts out as a humorous search for Zero Waste turns into a profound investigation into the limits of personal responsibility in a culture thoroughly entrenched in toxic plastic. Year of No Garbage is both a delightful memoir and the wakeup call we need to start seriously addressing the Plastic Crisis today.”—Judith Enck, Former EPA regional administrator and founder of Beyond Plastics

March and April of this year we’ll be focusing on our Materials Climate Impact Area, and especially plastics, our over-dependence on them, and the purposeful reduction of plastics usage in our daily lives. We encourage everyone in our College Park CAN to take the time to read, or listen to the Year of No Garbage (Recycling Lies, Plastic Problems, and One Woman’s Trashy Journey to Zero Waste) by Eve O. Schaub

For those interested in joining a group discussion on the Year of No Garbage in April, stay tuned for the date, place and time, or contact CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com if you’d like to host a community conversation.