Climate Justice Reading Group

CJU and Rabble Books bring together curious minds to read and listen to authors, poets, artists and creatives to advance our understanding and action for climate justice.

Download and share the flyer here. 

Register via the events page

Whether you like to read or listen, have an hour or every night before bed, there’s a level of commitment for everyone to get involved:

• Feast (a more involved such as a book or chapter to indulge in over a few days and keep you satiated between conversations)
• Taster (shorter pieces such as a video, podcast of short read to consume in one sitting for the curious but time pressed)
• Ambiance (a poem, song or visual to inspire and set the mood for an instant sense of the theme)

Aims:

• To share and discuss literature and other mediums including art, music and podcasts broadly related to intersectional and decolonial Climate Justice.
• To hold an inclusive and accessible space for people to have meaningful conversations that foster good relationships and inspire us to individual and collective action.
• To listen and learn in open minded, critical and respectful ways that challenge, comfort and nourish us.

Participants are encouraged to

• Join CJU and support Rabble books
• Be open minded and willing to re-examine their assumptions.
• Support, listen to and be curious with others.
• Learn about and reflect upon collective action for climate justice.

Culture * Norms will be reviewed and negotiated on an ongoing basis

• We respect that everyone has a different experience, story and journey
• This is a space of exploration, from where we are. We have no answers, but many experiences. Let's lead with the heart.
• We make sure every one has an equal chance to participate in a way that meets their needs.
• “It matters which stories story stories” (Donna Haraway) so we prioritise content from the those who offer something marginal, new, ancient, unusual, radical and creative rather than more of the same.
• We support local bookshops and borrow books from libraries. When we are done we donate or lend our books.

Proposed text list (subject to change with suggestions)