HCC Reads
Let's get Reading!
HCC Reads aims to engage the residents of Halton in reading, listening to and asking about Climate change while learning how we, as a community, can act to protect our planet. It is a program of the Halton Climate Collective and is driven by the Halton Environmental Network. There are 3 ways to get involved:
Let’s Read: We read “Saving Us” available in your local library or book store starting September 21st.
Let’s Listen: Katharine will join us and speak about her book, her journey and about climate change.
Let’s Ask: We ask Katharine questions about her book and climate change.
We are excited to announce this year’s book “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World“ by Katharine Hayhoe, an educational and inspiring book to bring everyone together to act on climate.
ORDER YOUR ADVANCE COPY NOW OR PICK UP THE BOOK ON SEPTEMBER 21st
AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY OR BOOK STORE.
Join us in Stores on September 25th to learn more about the Halton Climate Collective, HCCReads and to get a copy of “Saving Us” by Katharine Hayhoe. Visit us at a location near you!
A Different Drummer Bookstore, 513 Locust Street, Burlington
IndigoSpirit, 280 Guelph Street, Georgetown
IndigoSpirit, 1180 Steeles Avenue East, Milton
IndigoSpirit, 485 Trafalgar Road, Oakville
Interested in volunteering?
Email jaynie@haltonenvironment.ca to get involved.
We thank our partners for their support: Greening Sacred Spaces, Cogeco, Milton Public Library, Halton Hills Public Library, Oakville Public Library, Halton District School Board Library, and Burlington Public Library.
More about the book:
Called “one of the nation’s most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Katharine Hayhoe navigates all sides of the conversation on our changing planet. A Canadian climate scientist living in Texas, She negotiates distrust of data, indifference to imminent threats, and resistance to proposed solutions with ease. Over the past fifteen years Hayhoe has found that the most important thing we can do to address climate change is talk about it—and she wants to teach you how.
In Saving Us, Hayhoe argues that when it comes to changing hearts and minds, facts are only one part of the equation. We need to find shared values in order to connect our unique identities to collective action.This is not another doomsday narrative about a planet on fire. It is a multilayered look at science, faith, and human psychology, from an icon in her field—recently named chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy.Drawing on interdisciplinary research and personal stories, Hayhoe shows that small conversations can have astonishing results. Saving Us leaves us with the tools to open a dialogue with your loved ones about how we all can play a role in pushing forward for change.
More about the author:
Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist and chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy. She is also the Endowed Professor in Public Policy and Public Law and Paul W. Horn Distinguished Professor at Texas Tech University. She has been named a United Nations Champion of the Earth and one of Time ’s 100 Most Influential People, and serves as the climate ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance.
Katharine was a lead author for the U.S. Second, Third, and Fourth National Climate Assessments, hosts the PBS digital series Global Weirding, and has written for The New York Times. Her TED Talk “The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Fight Climate Change: Talk About It” has been viewed over 5 million times. She has a BSc in physics and astronomy from the University of Toronto and an MS and a PhD in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
