Reading Suggestions For Building Resilience

A thriving and resilient community is a complex organism. Following are some suggested books to inform and inspire you. We recommend ordering these titles from the Mission branch of the Fraser Valley Regional Library or from Mission’s marvellous independent bookstore, Totally Bookish.

Our Relationship With Nature:

Braiding Sweetgrass – Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and The Teachings of Plants – by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013)

Healthy Eating and Food Security:

Ultra-Processed People – Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food – by Chris Van Tulleken (2023)

Regenesis – Feeding The World Without Devouring The Planet – by George Monbiot (2022)

Climate Change:

A Good War – Mobilizing Canada For The Climate Emergency – by Seth Klein (2020)

The Petroleum Papers – Inside The Far-Right Conspiracy To Cover Up Climate Change – by Geoff Dembicki (2022)

The New Climate War – The Fight To Take Back The Planet – by Michael E. Mann (2021)

Economics and The Planet’s Future:

Post Growth – Life After Capitalism – by Tim Jackson (2021)

The Good Ancestor – A Radical Prescription For Long-Term Thinking – by Roman Krznaric (2020)

History:

Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind – by Yuval Noah Harari (2016)