The Environmental Book Club

 Book lists since founding the Environmental Book Club 2025 January, Becoming Little Shell by Chris La Tray February, The light eaters by Zoe Schlanger  March, Parable Of the Talents by Octavia Butler  April, White Flight by Kevin M Kruse May, City Limits by Megan Kimble June, The Vegetarian by Han Kang July, White Malice by Susan Williams August, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer September, We will be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo October, The Barn by Wright Thompson November, The Great Displacement By Jake Bittle December, American War by Omar El Akkad Recommended Amy Tan-The backyard bird chronicles by Olufemi Taiwo- Reconsidering Reparations by Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe  Refaat Alareer- If I must die Ta-Nehisi Coates- The Message Alison Young- Pandora’s Gamble Atel Abu Saif- The Drone Eats With Me 2024 January, "Fire Weather" by John Vaillant. February, "Wild Horse Country" by David Phillips. March, ...

Becoming Little Shell by Chris La Tray. By Montana Poet Laureate, a singular story of discovery and embrace of Indigenous identity. Questions:  Why is Little Shell differentiated for the Chippewa Indians? Why is Indian still a relevant descriptor of Little Shell? How do the buffalo connect Becoming Little Shell through As Long As Grass Grows, Butcher's Crossing, Braiding Sweetgrass, and Drawdown? What is the relevance of home in the title? Do we understand the relevance of home that should include Turtle Mountain? What does it mean to be landless for Chester Arthur and the Metis? How did propaganda create president's out of the military? How are education and residential school related? What impact do settlers have on the hunting and carbon sequestration? Why doesn't environmentalism address land use changes and the military? What does it mean to assign a country to which the Metis can belong? What does this paragraph mean-  Central Montana is a revelation to me, and I long...