Connect with others to address the climate crisis in ways that are meaningful to you, from poetry and music to science and practical action.
2025 preliminary schedule, subject to updates.
Thursdays @ Noon Film (Title TBA) - July 3, 12 p.m., Main Library, Koret, Lower Level
World Literature Book Club Discusses George R Stewart's Fire - July 3, 6 p.m., Virtual Library
We discuss Fire, a novel about a raging forest fire in the Sierra Nevada by the acclaimed California novelist and historian George R. Stewart.
Launch Party at the New Farm - July 5, 11 a.m., The New Farm, 10 Cargo Way.
The New Farm will be buzzing with live music, art and crafts, book giveaways, and of course, goats and chickens. Plus, the Bookmobile will be there!
Presentation: Jennifer Atkinson on Climate Grief - July 9, 5:30 p.m., Virtual Library
Thursdays @ Noon Film (Title TBA) - July 10, 12 p.m., Main Library, Koret, Lower Level
Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates Colossus: Water - July 10, 6 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck invites poets and special guests to read from their new anthology, Colossus: Water, at SFPL’s monthly poetry reading.
Performance: Eco-composer Cheryl Leonard on Thin Ice - July 13, 1 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
Rooted in her personal explorations and informed by scientific research, Leonard’s music shares sonic wonders and stories of change from Earth’s icy realms.
Workshop: Finding Your Place in the Climate Justice Movement - July 13, 3:30 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
This workshop will address how you can get involved, starting from wherever you are, and how important it is that you do so. The only way forward is together.
Thursdays @ Noon Film (Title TBA) - July 17, 12 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
Performance: California Fire & Water Poetry - July 17, 6 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
Poets Molly Fisk and Kim Shuck invite you to hear poems from varied perspectives about wildfire, flooding and related catastrophes in California.
Presentation: Chelsea Linsley on Plastics - July 20, 4 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
Presentation: Waterfront Resilience with the Port of San Francisco - July 23, 5 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
Climate Film: The Power of Big Oil + Q&A with Chelsea Linsley - July 24, 12 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
Presentation: Climate Change & Insurance Crisis - July 24, 6 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
Presentation: Humanity in the Anthropocene - July 27, 4 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
What does the Anthropocene indicate about the nature of our humanity? How is it an opportunity to rethink radically the humanistic tradition and the humanities?
Performance: Del Sol String Quartet Performs Jingwei Bird - July 31, 6 p.m., Main Library, Latinx Room, Lower Level
