Climate Action Week in the Archives
Okanagan Special Collections & Archives collects and provides access to materials that document the history of the Okanagan and surrounding regions. This exhibit includes archival materials depicting historical changes to land and climate as well as several examples of local climate action.
Materials on display:
- Walter G. Hardwick and J. Lewis Robinson. British Columbia: One Hundred Years of Geographical Change, 1973
- Contacts from Joe Harris collection (OSC ARC 1.3-7)
- Marilyn James and Taress Alexis. Not Extinct: keeping the Sinixt Way, 2021 (with accompanying map)
- Eva Durance, with annotations by Gayle Cornish. Vanishing Desert, 1992 (OSC ARC 13)
- Photograph taken by Gayle Cornish of Herman Solivards of the Similkameen Band with hand-carved flute, 1994 (OSC ARC 13)
- Interview with Jane Stelkia, [1992] (OSC ARC 13)
- James C. Anderson. Our beautiful Redlich Pond is in serious difficulty, 2018 (OSC ARC 10)
Climate Action Week film and book display and virtual list
Every year, the BC Library Association partners with libraries on Climate Action Week, from November 1 to 7. To help acknowledge this initiative, UBC Okanagan Library has curated a selection of books and films to expand our understanding of climate change and inspire action. All of the items below are available through UBC Okanagan Library.
The end of this world: climate justice in so-called Canada by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman & Bronwen Tucker
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Miriam Aczel
A warmer world: from polar bears to butterflies, how global warming is changing lives by Caroline Arnold, illustrated by Jamie Hogan
David Suzuki by Terry Barber
Extinction Rebellion and Climate Change Activism: Breaking the Law to Change the World by Oscar Berglund and Daniel Schmidt
This Crazy Time: Living our Environmental Challenge by Tzeporah Berman and Mark Leiren-Young
The carbon footprint of everything by Mike Berners-Lee
I Know This to Be True: Greta Thunberg on truth, courage & saving our planet by Geoff Blackwell
Why Women will save the planet by Bloomsbury Publishing
Negotiating climate change in crisis edited by Steffen Böhm and Sian Sullivan
Stopping Oil: Climate Justice and Hope (ONLINE): by S. Bond, Amanda Thomas, Gradon Diprose
Climate Action Planning: A Guide to Creating Low-Carbon, Resilient Communities by Michael Boswell; Adrienne Greve; Tammy Seale
One Garden Against the World: In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate by Kate Bradbury
Better: the everyday art of sustainable living by Nicole Caldwell
New Woman Ecologies: From Arts and Crafts Through the Great War and Beyond by Alicia Carroll
An Unreal Estate: Sustainability & Freedom in an Evolving Community by Lucinda Carspecken
How we know what we know about our changing climate: Scientists and kids explore global warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch
Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The political economy of saving the planet by Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin
The new possible : visions of our world beyond crisis edited by Philip Clayton, Kelli M. Archie, Jonah Sachs, and Evan Steiner
What climate justice means and why we should care by Elizabeth Cripps
Grassroots rising: a call to action on climate, farming, food, and a green new deal by Ronnie Cummins
Climate change adaptation : an Earth Institute sustainability primer by Lisa Dale
Greta Thunberg: Climate crisis activist by Matt Doeden
Changing planet, changing health : how the climate crisis threatens our health and what we can do about it by Paul R. Epstein and Dan Ferber
Sustainable nation : urban design patterns for the future by Douglas Farr
The Future We Choose: The stubborn optimist’s guide to the climate crisis by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth by Tim Flannery
The Earth transformed: an untold history by Peter Frankopan
How to avoid a climate disaster : the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need by Bill Gates
David Suzuki : doing battle with climate change by Suzy Gazlay
Climate Hope: Stories of Action in the Age of Global Crisis by David Geselbracht
The politics of climate change by Anthony Giddens
More Powerful Together: Conversations with Climate Activists and Indigenous Land Defenders by Jen Gobby
An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming by Al Gore
Asserting native resilience: Pacific rim indigenous nations face the climate crisis edited by Zoltán Grossman and Alan Parker
Inside the world of climate change skeptics by Kristin Haltinner & Dilshani Sarathchandra
Zen and the art of saving the planet by Thich Nhat Hanh
Food in a Just World : compassionate eating in a time of climate change by Tracey Harris & Terry Gibbs
Saving Us: a climate scientist’s case for hope and healing in a divided world by Katharine Hayhoe
The carbon crunch : how we’re getting climate change wrong–and how to fix it by Dieter Helm
The economics and politics of climate change edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn
Fresh banana leaves : healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science by Jessica Hernandez
Educating for Hope in Troubled Times: Climate Change and the Transition to a Post-Carbon Future by David Hicks
Transition in action : Totnes and district 2030, an energy descent action plan scripted & edited by Jacqi Hodgson with Rob Hopkins
Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society: reclaiming the future edited by Päivi Honkatukia
Promoting Sustainable Living: Sustainability as an Object of Desire by Justyna Karakiewicz
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the climate by Naomi Klein
A good war : mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency by Seth Klein
Universities and the sustainable development future by Peter H. Koehn and Juha I. Uitto
Under a white sky : the nature of the future by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Winona LaDuke chronicles: stories from the front lines in the battle for environmental justice by by Winona LaDuke
Global warming : the Greenpeace report edited by Jeremy Leggett
Our fragile moment: How lessons from Earth’s past can help us survive the climate crisis by Michael E. Mann
The future is now : solving the climate crisis with today’s technologies by Bob McDonald
The Climate Change Counter Movement : How the Fossil Fuel Industry Sought to Delay Climate Action by Ruth McKie
Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change by Susanne Moser, Lisa Dilling
A bigger picture: my fight to bring a new African voice to the climate crisis by Vanessa Nakate
Resilient Cities: Overcoming fossil fuel dependence by Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather Boyer
The climate casino: risk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world by William Nordhaus
Hope is an Imperative by David W. Orr
Climate Justice and Participatory Research: Building Climate Resilient Commons by Patricia Perkins
Billion dollar burger: inside big tech’s race for the future of food by Chase Purdy
A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet by Sarah Jaquette Ray
Not the end of the world : how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet by Hannah Ritchie
Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson and Caitriona Palmer
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Media and Transnational Climate Justice: Indigenous Activism and Climate Politics by Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg
The quickening : creation and community at the ends of the Earth by Elizabeth Rush
Against Catastrophism: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Hope for the Future by Cosimo Schinaia
Not too late: Changing the climate story from despair to possibility edited by Rebecca Solnit & Thelma Young Lutunatabua with illustrations by David Solnit
Quiet Activism: Climate Action at the Local Scale by Wendy Steele, Jean Hillier, Diana MacCallum, and others
Imagining the future of climate change : world-making through science fiction and activism by Shelley Streeby
The big picture: reflections on science, humanity, and a quickly changing planet by David Suzuki and Dave Robert Taylor
You are the earth : know your world so you can make it better by David Suzuki and Kathy Vanderlinden; art by Wallace Edwards
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering our place in nature by David Suzuki, Adrienne Mason, and Amanda McConnell
David Suzuki’s green guide by David Suzuki & David R. Boyd
Everything under the Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet by David Suzuki and Ian Hanington
Just cool it!: the climate crisis and what we can do | a post-Paris Agreement game plan by David Suzuki & Ian Hanington
Dear earth : art and hope in a time of crisis curated by Rachel Thomas
The Climate Book by created by Greta Thunberg
The Winona LaDuke chronicles : stories from the front lines in the battle for environmental justice by Blaire Kristine Topash-Caldwell
How to be a climate optimist : blueprints for a better world by Chris Turner
Fire weather: a true story from a hotter world by John Vaillant
All we can save: truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson
Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis: Wisdom and Action in the Long Emergency by John Wiseman
Confronting climate crisis through education: Reading our way forward by Rebecca L. Young
Films
There once was an island = Te henua e nnoho by an On the Level production, directed by Briar March
Everything’s cool directed by Daniel B. Gold
An inconvenient sequel : truth to power directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk
Rising waters: Global warming and the fate of the Pacific Islands directed & written by Andrea Torrice
Chasing ice directed and produced by Jeff Orlowski
Do the +math produced and directed by Kelly Nyks & Jared P. Scott
The age of stupid presented by Spanner Films in association with Passion Pictures
Global warming : the signs and the science directed by Michael Taylor
The great global warming swindle written & directed by Martin Durkin
The great warming a Stonehaven production in association with Discovery Channel Canada
An inconvenient truth directed by Davis Guggenheim
Meltdown : a global warming journey directed by Jonathan Renouf
The vanishing ice written and directed by Rachel Gauk
Climate change I : an uncertain future directed, photographed and produced by Leonard Gilday
Sun come up directed by Jennifer Redfearn