Join the next Living on Earth Book Club event!

Hannah Ritchie will join us to talk about her new book Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers

"If you want a book that explains the climate challenge without doom or denial, Clearing the Air is a must-read. It’s a hopeful reminder that while the problem is enormous, the progress is real." Gates Notes

Thursday, March 26
5:00 PM EDT
Online & free! Register Here!

Join the Living on Earth Bookclub for our conversation with data scientist and best-selling author Hannah Ritchie. She will discuss her new book, Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers.

We can’t afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement, it’s hard to know where to turn.

The first piece of good news is that Ritchie is here with answers and the steps we need to take right now. Using simple, clear data, she tackles questions such as: Is it too late? Won’t we run out of minerals? Aren’t we too polarized? The second piece of good news: The truth is far more hopeful than you might think.

We’re at a critical moment for our planet, and getting the facts straight is step one. But even more crucial is feeling hopeful about what we can do next. The third piece of good news? We already have many of the solutions we need to create a more sustainable planet for future generations.

The Living on Earth Book Club, the UMass Boston School for the Environment, and our media partner Inside Climate News proudly present this free, live conversation between Hannah Ritchie and Living on Earth Executive Producer Steve Curwood. Looking for a copy of the book? Consider purchasing through Living on Earth + Bookshop, which supports indie bookstores and nonprofits like LOE.

Check out our previous events:

Bridging Communities with Hope: An Environmental Justice Conference for All

Hosted at UMass Boston by the Center for Climate and Environmental Justice Media, a collaboration between Living on Earth and UMass Boston School for the Environment

Speakers included:

• Dr. Robert (Bob) Bullard, Father of Environmental Justice, Texas Southern University, Environmental Justice Movement advocate and environmental justice scholar

• Nalleli Cobo Uriarte, Environmental Activist and Storyteller Winner of the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize and was named on the 2022 Time 100 Next list.
• Dr. Marccus D. Hendricks, Former Senior Advisor for Climate and Community Resilience at the White House, University of Maryland
• Daniel Blackman, Former EPA Regional Administrator, Founder of Renaissance94 (Ren94)
• David Cash, Former EPA New England regional administrator
• Dr. Ben Chavis, Activist, author, journalist and chemist, President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Serves on the Board of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
• Monique Harden, Former Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
• Crystal Johnson, MA EEA Assistant Secretary of Environmental Justice

Day 1 Livestream Link

Day 2 Livestream Link

Watch our interview with The Great Regeneration: Ecological Agriculture, Open-Source Technology, and a Radical Vision of Hope author Dorn Cox:

Watch our interview with Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden author Camille Dungy:

Watch our interview with The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration author Jake Bittle, with a special introduction from University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco:

Watch our interview with Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future author Danielle Clode:

Watch our interview with The Nutmeg's Curse author Amitav Ghosh:

Watch our interview with An Immense World author Ed Yong:

Watch our "Black Courage Upon the Sea" Juneteenth celebration of Robert Smalls:

Watch our interview with The Hawk's Way author Sy Montgomery, or listen to the edited audio

Watch our interview with Underwater Wild author Craig Foster, or listen to the edited audio

Watch our interview with Guardians of the Trees author Kinari Webb, or listen to the edited audio

If you are interested in purchasing any of the books above or any of the books we cover on Living on Earth...

One option is to use Bookshop, which Living on Earth is partnering with. If you use our link, 10% supports Living on Earth, and an additional 10% supports independent bookstores. LOE maintains editorial independence & Bookshop and book sales have no role in book selection

Sponsors for the above events include the UMass Boston School for the Environment, NH Audubon, New Hampshire Public Radio, the New England Aquarium, ProPublica, the UMass Boston McCormack Graduate School, and the Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston.