Connect with others to address the climate crisis in ways that are meaningful to you, from poetry and music to science and practical action.
Upcoming events
Social: Library Day at the New Farm with Live Music & Book Giveaways - July 6, 11 a.m., The New Farm, 10 Cargo Way.
The New Farm will be jumping with live music from Bay Beats bands, book giveaways, art and crafts, goats and chickens.
Panel: Local and Indigenous Land Practice - July 7, 4 p.m., Main Library, Koret, Lower Level
Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu and SF Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck facilitate a panel discussion of indigenous land practices.
Workshop: Electrify Your Home - July 10, 6 p.m., Main Library, Koret, Lower Level
Learn how to electrify your home affordably with SF Environment and Rewiring America. Induction stove demo.
Film: The Ants & the Grasshopper (2021) - July 11, 12 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
Anita Chitaya, a farmer in Malawi, travels to America to meet with farmers, activists, climate skeptics, and legislators.
World Literature Book Club Discusses J. G. Ballard's The Drowned World - July 11, 6 p.m., Virtual Library
We discuss J. G. Ballard's novel about a future in which global warming and rising seas render the earth uninhabitable.
Performance: Polar Resoundings by eco-composer Cheryl E. Leonard - July 13, 3 p.m., Golden Gate Valley Branch Library
Artic and Antarctic field recordings intertwine with sounds played live on penguin bones, rocks, shells, driftwood and kelp.
Film: One Word (2020) and Q&A with Christina Gerhardt - July 14, 1 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
A vivid and highly charged documentary about the impacts of climate change in the Marshall Islands.
Presentation: The Secret Life of Fog - July 17, 6:30 p.m., Main Library, Stegner Environmental Center, 5th Floor
Join scientist Alicia Torregrosa for an evening of foggy storytelling.
Film: The Reluctant Radical + Q&A with Ken Ward - July 18, 12 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
An intimate portrait of climate activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and the fossil fuel industry.
Performance: Poets read from Dear Human at the Edge of Time - July 21, 1 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
Writers published in Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change read from their works.
Performance: Poetry from Oceania and Turtle Island - July 23, 5:30 p.m., Virtual Library
Tongan poet Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu hosts a poetry reading featuring poets young and old from Oceania and Turtle Island.
Film: One Word (2020) - July 24, 2 p.m., Chinatown/Him Mark Lai Branch Library
A vivid and highly charged documentary about the impacts of climate change in the Marshall Islands.
Film: Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire - July 25, 12 p.m., Main Library, Koret, Lower Level
Narrated by actor David Oyelowo, Elemental takes viewers on a journey with the nation's experts to better understand fire.
Author: Christina Gerhardt, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean - July 25, 6 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
Gerhardt speaks on her book, which includes essays, maps, art and poetry showing island nations in a warming world.
Workshop: Finding your place in the climate justice movement - July 28, 1 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
This workshop addresses how you can get involved, starting from wherever you are. The only way forward is together.
Performance: Deep Ecology and Deep Listening with the Left Coast Ensemble - July 31, 6 p.m., Main Library, Latino Room, Lower Level
This live performance explores works by Californian composers whose music is connected to the earth and to the climate.