Earth Lounge Environmental Book Discussion Series
Wed, Nov 29
|Oak Park Main Library
The Earth Lounge Environmental Book Discussion Series will meet on the last Wednesdays from August through November to explore the curiosities and complexities of nature, environmentalism, and sustainability through fiction and nonfiction literature.
Time & Location
Nov 29, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Oak Park Main Library, 834 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301, USA
About the event
The will meet on the last Wednesdays from August through November to explore the curiosities and complexities of nature, environmentalism, and sustainability through fiction and nonfiction literature. Register for any or all of the discussions in the series:Earth Lounge Environmental Book Discussion Series
: by Jonathan Safran FoerAugust 30We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
: edited by Nisi ShawlSeptember 27New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
: by Johan EklöfOctober 25The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms That Sustain Life
: by Imbolo MbueNovember 29How Beautiful We Were
In Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a deeply personal, and urgent new way. The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves, he posits―with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, h…