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Environmentalism Book Club
"Human Nature" by Kate Marvel
Wednesday, October 14
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Westlake Porter Public Library
Technology Training Lab, Zoom Programming 2In each chapter of this book, a different emotion is used to explore the science & stories behind climate change. As expected, there is anger, fear, and grief--but also wonder, hope, and love.
Our October 2026 selection is Human Nature by Kate Marvel.
FROM CATALOG
A Scientific American Best Book of the Year
A captivating exploration of climate change that uses nine different emotions to better understand the science, history, and future of our evolving planet
Scientist Kate Marvel has seen the world end before, sometimes several times a day. In the computer models she uses to study climate change, it's easy to simulate rising temperatures, catastrophic outcomes, and bleak futures. But climate change isn't just happening in those models. It's happening here, to the only good planet in the universe. It's happening to us. And she has feelings about that.
Human Nature is a deeply felt inquiry into our rapidly changing Earth. In each chapter, Marvel uses a different emotion to explore the science and stories behind climate change. As expected, there is anger, fear, and grief--but also wonder, hope, and love. With her singular voice, Marvel takes us on a soaring journey, one filled with mythology, physics, witchcraft, bad movies, volcanoes, Roman emperors, sequoia groves, and the many small miracles of nature we usually take for granted.
Hopeful, heartbreaking, and surprisingly funny, Human Nature is a vital, wondrous exploration of how it feels to live in a changing world.
Copies of this title will be available through WPPL, SearchOhio, or find a copy in the format of your choice in the digital library.
If you have any questions, please email: elyse.kaderli@westlakelibrary.org.
This book club meets the second Wednesday of each month. Registration is required for digital attendance. View and print the list of books and check out the Book Discussion page for more book clubs and resources!
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Books and Authors |
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