Who came up with the concept of summer vacation? Like, let’s make kids go to school for 5 days a week for 180 days and burn themselves out by learning so much and getting up early, and then let’s give them a many week break on which they lose about half of the knowledge they gained? It. Makes. Zero. Sense. Zero.
Heya! ‘Tis Naomi, and welcome to the SSCC!
Alright, I need to explain the title, don’t I? Alright, so for those who don’t know, a TBR (To-Be-Read) is a list of books that you want to read. So I was like, I should make a climate change TBR for summer! And then I was like, well, I want to watch and listen to things to. Hence, “TBW” (To-Be-Watched) and “TBL” (To-Be-Listened(-To)). Got it? Ohkay, great. Let’s get into this post!
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
I have this book and really want to read it (especially after Kaashvi reccomended it). It’s a nonfiction book (I’m a fiction person) and not super climate changey, but it’s an environmental book that people say started the environmental movement. Seems like something I should read, right?
The Overstory by Richard Powers
My mom read this book a while back and liked it, but that was when I was younger and not so interested in all this. But then I saw it on a list of “eco-fiction”, and thought that, whoah, it looked really good. Trees, activists, and artists? Say no more. This one is on the top of my list.
Be More Vegan by Niki Webster
OrdinaryFabGirl recommended this one to me (I asked for book / movie / show / podcast recs in one of my last posts), and it looks so amazing! If anyone feels like getting me a gift for no reason, this is what you should get. Recipes AND information about how eating less meat helps the environment? I need this book!
Kiss the Ground (Netflix, Vimeo)
This is kinda how I got my mom to get Netflix, and we still haven’t watched it. But it’s fine. I’m sure it’s fine. We’ll get to it, and hopefully we’ll get to it this summer. Oh, I’m supposed to be talking about the movie? Well, in a sentence, it’s apparently a very hopeful climate change documentary and I’ve heard tons of good things about it, so there’s that.
How To Save A Planet (Gimlet)
The TBL is a little different since most of these podcasts are ones I’ve LISTENED to before, but just wanna listen to more. How To Save A Planet is an awesome podcast about… well… how to save a planet, and I really need to listen to more episodes!
Iowa Chapman and The Last Dog (Gen-Z Media)
I’m relistening to a bunch of Gen-Z Media podcasts right now because I binged through literally all of them and now I only get around 90 minutes of new podcasts each week, which isn’t enough. I really wanna relisten to this movie-length audio drama about a girl and a dog in a climate-change-ruined world.
And that’s that! This post was a bit lengthy, but whatevs. See ya Monday!
The Society To Stop Climate Change 
That’s a great tbr, tbw and tbl Naomi! 🤍
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Thanks Diya!
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Thanks so much for these recommendations. I’ll probably be watching at least one of the Netflix shows/movies. Also have a great summer vacation!
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Of course! Thank you for reading, and same to you!
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ahhh all of these actually look amazing?!! hope you love them and have a great summer vacation!!
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Yeah I’m super excited to read theeem! Thanks, you too!
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oooh I hope you enjoy these – they all look so good!! I definitely need to get to some of these haha!!! Loved this post💖
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Thanks so much! I hope you do!
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