Earth Month Reading List

Earth Month Instagram Challenge

The NC State University Libraries has selected books and videos for Earth Month this April. Read and watch, and be sure to post on your Instagram as part of the Libraries’ Earth Month Instagram Challenge to be eligible to win a Zero-Waste Starter Kit!

Nonfiction books

 

All we can save: truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisisAll we can save: truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis 

Ed. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson

(print or ebook)



 

As long as grass grows: the indigenous fight for environmental justice from colonization to Standing RockAs long as grass grows: the indigenous fight for environmental justice from colonization to Standing Rock

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

 

 

Braiding SweetgrassBraiding Sweetgrass

Robin Wall Kimmerer

(print or ebook)

 

 

Cast Away: poems for our time

Cast Away: poems for our time

Naomi Shihab Nye 

(print)

 

 

Grandma Gatewood's walk: the inspiring story of the woman who saved the Appalachian Trail

Grandma Gatewood's walk: the inspiring story of the woman who saved the Appalachian Trail

Ben Montgomery 

(ebook)

 

 

Green Deen: what Islam teaches about protecting the planetGreen Deen: what Islam teaches about protecting the planet

Ibrahim Abdul-Matin 

(ebook)

 

 

The home place: memoirs of a colored man's love affair with nature

The home place: memoirs of a colored man's love affair with nature

J. Drew Lanham 

(print or ebook)

 

 

Latinx environmentalisms: place, justice, and the decolonial Latinx environmentalisms: place, justice, and the decolonial 

edited by Sarah D. Wald, David J. Vázquez, Priscilla Solis Ybarra, and Sarah Jaquette Ray ; with a foreword by Laura Pulido

(ebook)

 

The modern cook's year: more than 250 vibrant vegetarian recipes to see you through the seasonsThe modern cook's year: more than 250 vibrant vegetarian recipes to see you through the seasons

Anna Jones 

(ebook)

 

The rise of the American conservation movement: power, privilege, and environmental protection The rise of the American conservation movement: power, privilege, and environmental protection 

Dorceta E. Taylor

(ebook) 

 

Soil not oil: environmental justice in a time of climate crisisSoil not oil: environmental justice in a time of climate crisis

Vandana Shiva 

(print)

 

 

Where the water goes: life and death along the Colorado RiverWhere the water goes: life and death along the Colorado River

David Owen 

(print)

 

 

The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + PlanetThe Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet

Leah Thomas

 

 

The boy who harnessed the wind: creating currents of electricity and hopeThe boy who harnessed the wind: creating currents of electricity and hope

William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

 

 


 

Fiction Books

American WarAmerican War

Omar El Akkad 

(print)

 

 

Bangkok wakes to rainBangkok wakes to rain

Pitchaya Sudbanthad 

(print)

 

 

The Fifth SeasonThe fifth season

N.K. Jemisin 

(print)

 

 

The FishermenThe Fishermen

Chigozie Obioma 

(print)

 

 

The Lightest Object in the UniverseThe Lightest Object in the Universe

Kimi Eisele

(ebook)

 

 

The island of missing treesThe island of missing trees

Elif Shafak

(print)


 

Salvage the bonesSalvage the bones

Jesmyn Ward 

(print or ebook)


 

 

Videos

Blue Gold: World Water Wars
(streaming)

Last Call at the Oasis
(streaming)

Beasts of the Southern Wild
(DVD)

Kiss the Ground 
(streaming)

Gather
(streaming)

Wall-E 
(DVD)