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Books to Read When... You Want to Stand Up for the Climate

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 Earth Day has been observed for over 55 years. It is an annual event on April 22, to demonstrate support for environmental protections. This year's theme was, "Our Power, Our Planet". This theme calls for a global united effort to transition to renewable energy, with the goal of tripling global clean electricity generation by 2030. It encourages individuals, businesses, and governments to take action by educating, advocating, and mobilizing local communities. So, here are a few books to inspire, inform, and give you some ideas to help with this effort.

Climate Is Just the Start
By Mikaela Loach
New York: Random House Children's Books, 2025. Informational. 191 pages.

Mikaela Loach is a climate justice activist based out of the United Kingdom. By utilizing personal stories, she explains the climate crisis in an inspiring way that helps battle the sense of "doom and gloom" that young people commonly feel in the face of this monumental problem. Read this book if you are in need of being uplifted and energized to save our planet!

Loop de Loop: Circular Solutions for a Waste-Free World
Written by Andrea Curtis
Illustrated by Roozeboos
Toronto; Berkeley: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2024. Informational.

This beautifully illustrated and charming book is a gentle introduction to how small and big changes can work together to create a circular system of renewal for our planet. Loop de Loop conveys that the linear (and limited) production systems we currently rely on, create big waste --but there are things we can do to make our world a loop de loop world! Check out the back matter for how you can be part of the loop de loop. 

Drawn to Change the World: 16 Youth Climate Activists, 16 Artists
Written by Emma Reynolds
Illustrated by Various Artists
New York: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. Comics. 170 pages.

Author Emma Reynolds brings together and highlights sixteen young climate activists who are doing what they can to fight for our planet, from the Bye Bye Plastic Bags Movement to the Zero Hour March to Autumn Peltier's clean water campaign. Illustrated by sixteen different artists and accompanied by facts that explain the science, Drawn to Change the World is an inspiration! 

Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
Written by Mia Wenjen
Illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng
Concord, MA: Barefoot Books, 2023. Informational. 

What is a sustainable farming? Food for the Future seeks to answer that question by highlighting different sustainable farming methods used around the world. Some ideas, include: mushroom farms in Mexico, urban food forests in Kenya, and how indigenous peoples farm fish in Brazil by building log jams and then placing handwoven fish traps in the dams. Who knows? You might just be inspired yourself!



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