Quote from Margaret Atwood’s acceptance speech at the British Book Awards, 2025.

Anne Therese Gennari - Communicating Climate Action with The Climate Optimist

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How do we become climate optimists?

In the latest episode of Authors on Climate Words our Books Coordinator Rebecca Gerny speaks with author of ‘The Climate Optimist Handbook’, @annetheresegennaru.bsky.social
about the importance of optimism in sustaining climate action.

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Vanessa Andreotti - Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism

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What is modernity?

In this episode of Authors on Climate Words our guest host, Jesse Marshall Markowitz, speaks to Vanessa Machado de Olivera Andreotti, author of 'Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism'.

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🌎 COP is now on the Climate Words lexicon!

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Welcome to Climate Words Welcome to our home on Substack!

We’re on Substack! Join us for climate literacy content including new additions to our lexicon, podcasts, events, and more!

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Jeanine M. Canty - Returning the Self to Nature

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Is there a psychological explanation for our disconnect from the natural world?

In this episode of Authors on Climate Words we spoke to @jeaninecanty.bsky.social, author of ‘Returning the Self to Nature: Undoing Our Collective Narcissism and Healing Our Planet’.

Tori Tsui - Its Not Just You

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Do you feel like your mental health is connected to the environmental health of the planet?

In the first episode of Authors on Climate Words we spoke to environmental campaigner and author of ‘It’s Not Just You: How to Navigate Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis’ @toritsui.bsky.social

This week marks the start of COP30 and the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.

Find out more about the Paris Agreement and it’s significance on the Climate Words lexicon ~ climatewords.org/words/paris-climate-agreement

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2.‘Growing Trees from Seed’ by Henry Kock et. al is a crash course in ecology and native fruits and seeds. Perfect for those wondering how to begin a native plant forest!

1. In ‘The Healing Power of Forests’ Miyawaki describes the philosophy, ecology, and necessity of policies of ecological design, centering sustainable native tree planting.

🧵 Feeling inspired to learn more about trees? We recommend these reads.

Find out more at climatewords.org/words/endemic-native-trees

🌲 Each year deforestation claims around 38,000 sq miles of forest. But we can look to endemic native trees for hope.

They play a unique role in reforestation by providing more ecosystem services than exotic trees and serving as important indicators of environmental health.

🌳 Find out more about endemic native trees on the Climate Words lexicon climatewords.org/words/endemic-native-trees

#rainforest #biodiversity #conservation

Find out more about the word "Plastic" on the Climate Words lexicon climatewords.org/words/plastic

Quote from Erica Cirino, Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis (2021)

2. What can be done to fix the ocean acidification problem? Climate fiction writer Nancy Lord approaches the question from an unexpected angle. Lord's book follows a marine biologist on an expedition where ocean acidification becomes impossible to ignore.

1. Marine biologist Helen Scales brings the awe-inspiring ocean under the spotlight and reveals the ways the ocean ecosystem is connected to planetary health.

🌊 Curious to learn more about ocean acidification? We recommend these books.

#booksky #ocean #reading #oceanacidification

Find out more about ocean acidification on the Climate Words lexicon climatewords.org/words/ocean-acidification

Reductions in carbon emissions are vital to mitigating ocean acidification and preserving the world's oceans.

Ocean acidification occurs when the ocean’s pH reduces over an extended period, primarily caused by the increase in atmospheric CO2. Animals and plants are harmed by lower pH which inhibits the building of shells and skeletons.

🧵 This week world leaders gather at the UN Ocean Conference to address the global ocean emergency.

Ocean acidification is a key component of this emergency.

🌊 The entry for ocean acidification is now on the lexicon.

We thank @andrimagnason.bsky.social for providing the definition.

Read the full entry climatewords.org/words/ocean-acidification

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2. 'The Earth is Faster Now: Indigenous Observations of Arctic Environmental Change' is a collection of perspectives from Indigenous Arctic peoples on the changing climate and its effects on their home.