Green Books Discussion Group – focus on the environment and sustainability

Want to learn about sustainability? NWPL has a book discussion group for you!

Ben Kogan brings his curiosity and knowledge to the “Green Books” discussion group at Norman Williams Public Library. We’ll explore non-fiction writing about the environment and sustainability.

The group meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday* at 3:30 pm. Be sure to sign up soon so you have time to read the selected books. We are using a hybrid format that allows us to meet in person and via Zoom.

The selection for our January 19 meeting is Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures Farming the Ocean to Fight Climate Change by Bren Smith.

Ben is fairly new to Woodstock having moved from Park Slope, Brooklyn in 2021 with his wife and young son. He’s a local musician and runs a company called Reusable Solutions whose mission is to get the world to break free from fossil fuels and eradicate single-use plastic. He reads a lot of sustainability books and is excited to discuss them with others!

Please email programs@normanwilliams.org to register. We’ll keep you updated on the meeting location or send the link to join online.

Note: The Yankee Bookshop offers our reading groups a discount! Just let them know which discussion group you are in.

* Occasionally, the date may change. Any adjustments will be noted here.

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Past book selections:

3/17/22 Can I Recycle This?: A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics  by Jennie Romer

4/21/22 & 5/19/22 Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart

6/16/22 Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming edited by Paul Hawken

7/21/22 The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate–Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben

8/18/22 Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future by Saul Griffith.

9/15/22 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

10/20/22 Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture by Gabe Brown