Our library in Hewett Centre is open every Sunday after service during Coffee Hour, and now the Library Team will be offering related reading lists based on the topic of Sunday service. Here is their list for the upcoming June 30 service.
VanU library books related to this Sunday’s sermon:
1. Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink, by Jane Goodall, 2009, 578 GOO [At a time when we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, the renowned scientist Jane Goodall gives various stories from her first-hand experiences with the research of premier scientists (e.g., fascinating survival stories about the American crocodile, the California condor, the black-footed ferret and more, all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose populations are now being regenerated). This book provides a celebration of the animal kingdom and a passionate call to arms, with it presenting an uplifting, hopeful message for the future of animal-human coexistence].
2. The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves, by J.B. MacKinnon, 2021, 339.47 [Gift of Mary Bennett. Drawing from experts in fields ranging from climate change to economics, MacKinnon investigates how living with less would change our planet, our society, and ourselves, with us having very much to gain: an investment in our physical and emotional wellness; the pleasure of caring for our possessions; and closer relationships with our natural world and one another. Both imaginative and inspiring, this will embolden you to envision another way].
3. I Seem to Be a Verb: Environment and Man’s Future, by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1970, 917.3 FUL [From the Julian Fears Library, this is packed with utopian plans, clever insights and light-hearted musings, all aimed at reminding us that we are verbs, not nouns, and that we are never, ever, stuck with life as it is as we can create things].
4. Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth, by David Brower, 2000, 574.09 BRO [The climber and conservationist Brower brings a mountaineer’s determination and reverence for nature to his efforts to protect the Earth and educate its human inhabitants, including keeping dams out of the Grand Canyon and loggers out of Olympic National Park, establishing the National Wilderness Preservation System, adding seven new regions to the National Park System, and helping to foster a mind-set that questions careless growth. Here, the man The New York Times designated the most effective conservation activist in the world, offers a tough, witty, and impassioned game plan “for those who would save the Earth.”].
5. For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future, by Herman E. Daly, 1989, 330.1 DA [The authors demonstrate how conventional economics and a growth-oriented industrial economy have led us to the brink of environmental disaster, but also show the possibility of a different future].
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