Go Green Reads

Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have is a fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining look at the way our everyday lives impact environmental pollution and climate change.
 

Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

Secondhand delves into the vast, multibillion-dollar, worldwide industry that resells used stuff. Author Adam Minter follows the trail of objects from the closets, garages, and storage units of Middle America to epic used-goods markets around the world. The book takes the reader through the often painful and heartbreaking process of cleaning out a lifetime’s worth of possessions—and shows that used stuff still has an important place in a world that values the new and shiny. Used items entertain us, make fortunes, fulfill needs, and transform the way we live and work.

In-Person Author Visit

Join us for a special in-person discussion with Jon Grand and local author Laurie Lawlor, at The Book Stall. Laurie’s book, Restoring Prairie, Woods, and Pond: How a Small Trail Can Make a Big Difference, is  about something near and dear to our hearts – activism at the community  level. It tells the story of how a small village in southeastern  Wisconsin has transformed an eight-acre, municipally-owned dumping  ground and wasteland into a nature trail with three distinct ecosystems.

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

      Pulitzer Prize finalist and master storyteller Scott Weidensaul explores the science and wonder of global bird migration in A World on the Wing,  bringing to life the extraordinary navigational and physiological feats  that enable birds to cross oceans, fly over mountains, and remain in  unbroken flight for months at a time.

The Tragedy of the Commons

The Tragedy of the Commons explains individuals' tendencies to make  decisions based on their  personal needs and self-interest, regardless of the negative impact  they may have on others.

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Paddling to Winter:

A Couple's Wilderness Journey from Lake Superior to the Canadian North

Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

Now Is the Time For Trees: Make an Impact by Planting the World's Most Valuable Resource

Bright Green Future: How Everyday Heroes Are Re-Imagining How We Feed, Power, and Build Our World

Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save our Wild Places, by Julian Hoffman

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams with Gail Hudson

The Myth and Mystery of Ground Water

by Jon Grand

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

by Katharine Hayhoe

The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World

by Amanda Little

Join us for a special Go Green Reads session when Amanda Little will lead a discussion of her book, The Fate of Food, a fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution and winner of the 2019 Nautilus Book Award.

Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

by Douglas W. Tallamy

Forever Open, Clear, and Free: The Struggle for Chicago’s Lakefront 

by Lois Wille

Sacred Cow

by Diana Rodgers, RD and Robb Wolf