Climate Bites

Join fellow Central Chapter members for Climate Bites, a monthly reading and discussion group focused on key climate issues. On the fourth Monday of each month, starting in May, the group will meet virtually from 7:30-8:30 to discuss the selected topic of vital interest related to the climate. We will gather to discuss, learn, and process these complex topics together. Participants are encouraged to share short topical readings of various mediums--academic studies, journalism, creative responses such as essays, stories, and poetry--for discussion in an open and supportive setting. Climate Bites will allow for collaborative visioning around key climate issues and how we might engage these topics at a local, regional, or national level.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqf-morz8oEtd5x69XN3Ql2D9tMgpVEHDE 

The proposed readings:
It's Impossible to Breathe Trees (https://www.orionmagazine-digital.com/orionmagazine/summer_2019/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1500567#articleId1500567)
Tree planting has the potential to increase carbon sequestration capacity of forests in the United States ( https://www.pnas.org/content/117/40/24649.full )
Intact Forests in the United States: Proforestation Mitigates Climate Change and Serves the Greatest Good (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QL5IdUMoTkZDgOIsVy4Lrpxr9Ihspdtw/view?usp=sharing)
Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.629198/full#B106)
Optional additional readings:
Climate Change Threatens Our Forests (https://www.startribune.com/climate-change-threatens-minnesotas-forests/600042780/)
Introduction to Finding the Mother Tree
Tree planting has the potential to increase carbon sequestration capacity of forests in the United States (https://www.pnas.org/content/117/40/24649.full)
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals from forest land, woodlands, and urban trees in the United States, 1990-2018 (https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/59852)

We invite you to participate in this open conversation. We look forward to connecting and learning together! 
For more information, please email kylethom@gmail.com

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.