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 pm, Main Library
World Literature Book Club Discusses George R Stewart's Fire - July 3, 6 pm, zoom
Launch Party at the New Farm - July 5, 11 am - 4pm, The New Farm, 10 Cargo Way, The New Farm will be buzzing with live music, art and crafts, book giveaways, goats and chickens and the Bookmobile!
Presentation: Grief & Hope in a Burning World: Strategies for Climate Resilience - July 9, 5:30 pm, zoom
Thursdays @ Noon Film (Title TBA) - July 10, 12 pm, Main Library
Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates Colossus: Water - July 10, 6 pm, Main Library
Performance: Melt the North Pole by Wobbly - July 12, 3 pm, Golden Gate Valley Branch
Performance: Eco-composer Cheryl Leonard on Thin Ice - July 13, 1 pm, Main Library, From Antarctic icebergs to Europe’s largest glacier to frozen lakes in Yosemite National Park, voices of melting ice are showcased in a musical performance by Cheryl E. Leonard.
Workshop: Finding Your Place in the Climate Justice Movement - July 13, 3:30 pm, Main Library, Learn how you can get involved, starting from wherever you are, and how important it is that you do so. The way forward is together.
Thursdays @ Noon Film (Title TBA) - July 17, 12 pm, Main Library
Performance: California Fire & Water Poetry - July 17, 6 pm, Main Library. With poets Molly Fisk and Kim Shuck.
Workshop: Digital Tools for Climate Action - July 19, 10am, Main Library
Film: Pacific Mission + Q&A with Pacific Odyssey - July 20, 1:30 pm, Main Library, A team sets out to clean one of the most polluted islands on Earth—Henderson Island—deep in the Pacific Ocean.
Presentation: The Fraud of Plastic Recycling - July 20, 4 pm, Main Library, Big Oil companies know that plastic recycling is not a viable solution for the plastic waste crisis, but they continue to mislead the public. Learn more about Big Oil’s tactics and efforts to hold these corporations accountable.
Film: Elemental - Reimagine Wildfire - July 23, 1pm, Chinatown Branch, With voices of firefighters, climate experts, Indigenous people and fire survivors, this film asks us to reimagine our relationship with wildfire as we prepare for an increasingly hotter future.
Presentation: Waterfront Resilience with the Port of San Francisco - July 23, 5 pm, Main Library
Thursdays @ Noon Film: The Power of Big Oil + Q&A with Chelsea Linsley - July 24, 12 pm, Main Library, An examination of the fossil fuel industry's history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change.
Presentation: Climate Change Fuels the Insurance Crisis. Who Pays? - July 24, 6 pm, Main Library, As climate disasters intensify, insurers are raising premiums, reducing coverage, and pulling out of high-risk areas, leaving homeowners and communities financially vulnerable. Learn about ways to confront this growing crisis and make polluters pay.
Presentation: Humanity in the Anthropocene - July 27, 4 pm, Main Library, What does the Anthropocene indicate about the nature of our humanity? How is it an opportunity to rethink the humanistic tradition?
Thursdays @ Noon Film (Title TBA) - July 31, 12 pm, Main Library
Performance: The Jingwei Bird: Music & Poetry - July 31, 6 pm, Main Library, The Jingwei Bird explores the complexity of climate change and our relationship to the planet through multi-disciplinary performances with Del Sol Quartet and San Francisco poet laureate Genny Lim.
