Books:

The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet – by Michael Mann.
A clear look at the ways the fossil fuel industry has been manipulating information about the climate crisis for decades, and how we can successfully respond. Read a review from New Scientist.

Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net-zero is not enough – by Holly Buck
Review: Sociologist Holly Buck wants you to know that fossil fuel phaseout isn’t a “fringe” idea. Read a review from Grist.

Saving Us – by Katharine Hayhoe
“This is not another doomsday narrative about a planet on fire. It is a multilayered look at science, faith, and human psychology…” Read more in a review from Yale

Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis – by Elin Kelsey.
“It’s not naïve to be hopeful about climate change. To the contrary, it’s the only responsible attitude.” Read excerpts of Kelsey’s conversation with CNBC

Regeneration – by Paul Hawken
The world’s largest, most complete listing and network of solutions to the climate crisis and how to do them. Read a review of the book from Green Money.

The End of Growth by Richard Heinberg
This book lays out what policy makers, communities, and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth’s budget of energy and resources.

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The author “urges us to imagine the series of actions that could save the world and achieve the future we want, rather than the future we’re bumbling toward. His latest novel, The Ministry for the Future, is a must-read for climate activists and of real significance to the climate movement. But it’s a good read for anyone, and a riveting fictional introduction to the task of pulling back global warming, the ultimate true-life adventure of our time.” Read more from this review at Yes!

At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate
Highly recommended book by local author Laura Paskus.

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming – edited by Paul Hawken.
Packed with climate change solutions from around the world.

The End of Ice – by Dahr Jamail
“In a sane world The End of Ice would be the end of lame excuses that climate change is too abstract to get worked up about. From the Arctic to the Amazon, from doomed Miami to the Great Barrier Reef, Dahr Jamail brings every frontier in our on-going calamity into close focus. The losses are tangible. And so is the grief. This is more than a good book. It is a wise one.” -William deBuys, author of A Great Aridness and The Last Unicorn

 

Podcasts:

Podcasts are a great way to learn more about climate issues, but it’s important to be sure the information being presented is accurate. A few good climate podcasts are listed in this Sierra Club article, with a few more below.

Podcasts That Make the Climate Crisis Personal – A new generation of audio storytellers meet global warming from the Sierra Club.

How to Save a Planet
One of their best episodes: Is Your Carbon Footprint BS? – with good ideas for how you can use your skills and interests to make a difference.

Resilient New Mexico
A podcast dedicated to sharing our climate-related stories, highlighting our commonalities, and exploring our capabilities for building a sustainable and socially just future.

Scales of Change – A Field Guide to the Dragons of Climate Inaction
An 8-part series produced by Future Ecologies, with support from the University of Victoria, that explores the psychology of climate inaction, and proves that another story is possible.

 

Videos and films:

Don’t Look Up
Review: “Why Sneering Critics Dislike Netflix’s ‘Don’t Look Up,’ But Climate Scientists Love It” Read the review at Forbes. Available on Netflix.

Kiss the Ground
Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Watch on Netflix, Vimeo, etc.

The Power Grid
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO). John Oliver, on upgrading the U.S. power grid: “It will be one of the biggest accomplishments of the 21st century.” Watch online.

The Permian Basin Climate Bomb
This six-part series including video and text. analyzes the climate, public health, economic, and social impacts of the Permian fracking boom in West Texas, New Mexico, and the Gulf Coast. Watch and read online.

The End of Oil Explained
As the planet warms, why is it so hard to turn away from fossil fuels, and can we do it in time? This is “The End of Oil, Explained” an episode narrated by Ethan Hawke. Watch online.

From the excellent video series “Engineering with Rosie.” Watch online:
– How Does Carbon Capture Actually Work?
– Hydrogen in the Natural Gas Network

Soil Health in the Santa Fe Watershed
This five part video series explores the five healthy soil principles in the context of four sites in the Santa Fe River watershed, as well as soil history and management. Watch online.

Disobedience
A film about the global movement to break free from fossil fuels – courageous action that is being taken on the front lines of the climate crisis on every continent, led by regular people fed up with the power and pollution of the fossil fuel industry. Watch online.

Envision: The Big Picture
Psychiatrist Joe Neidhardt explores the moral, spiritual, and economic aspects of climate change. He speaks to a diverse group of leaders in thought and action, each providing a unique aspect of the bigger picture. Available on Vimeo on Demand.

Time to Choose: Climate Change for Good
You can change climate change. A film from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson. Watch on Amazon or iTunes.

Saving Beauty
A film by Christina Selby illuminating the mysteries of native plant conservation in New Mexico through storytelling. Screenings listed on the website.