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 October 27th* meeting is Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture by Gabe Brown.

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