Ecology Book Club

Are you interested in our impact on Planet Earth? The web of life? Climate change? Nature? Ecology? If so, this book club is the place for you! Join us as we continue our journey of lifelong learning! We generally meet the 4th Wednesday of each month at the Lindeman Center.

The Ecology Book Club meets in person at the Lindeman Center (2660 Fawn Lake Dr. NE, East Bethel).

We also have a virtual meeting option: join the discussion via Zoom by going to z.umn.edu/bookclubonline (link will launch a Zoom meeting, active only during book club times). The password is Bookclub20.

The Ecology Book Club was originally developed as a capstone project for a group of Cedar Creek Master Naturalists in 2017. Since then, it has grown into a lively group that meets monthly to discuss and dissect books related to environmental issues. Fiction, non-fiction, heavy, light - we read it all! Books are selected by the club members, and no scientific expertise or background is necessary to participate. You don't even need to have finished the book!

We generally meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm, in the Lindeman Research and Discovery Center. Directions are here. An online/virtual option is also available: join the discussion at Z.UMN.EDU/BOOKCLUBONLINE. (password: Bookclub20)

Upcoming book club meetings:

July 28, 2021 The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Douglas W. Tallamy

August 25th, 2021 Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer

Past books:

For Love of Lakes by Darby Nelson

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Half Earth by E.O. Wilson

The Sixth Extinction by Rachel Kolbert

Conservation on the Northern Plains by Anthony Amato