In June 2015 as I prepared to attend the Climate Reality Leaders Training in Toronto, I found some resources to help me prepare.

I love this first book to help me understand and refute climate deniers’ arguments. The title is misleading, because I don’t think you will really change some people’s minds by arguing with facts, but it is really helpful to clear up misconceptions.

Darling, Seth B., and Douglas L. Sisterson. How to Change Minds about Our Changing Climate: Let Science Do the Talking the next Time Someone Tries to Tell You … : The Climate Isn’t Changing : Global Warming Is Actually a Good Thing : Climate Change Is Natural, Not Man-made : … and Other Argumen. Print.

The second book is a really colorful resource summarizing the latest findings of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC represents the worldwide consensus of scientific findings related to climate change. On the cover it’s described as the Visual Guide to the Findings of the IPCC, and it really is that, with lots of colorful photos, graphs, maps, and charts .

Mann, Michael E. Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2015. Print.

The third book I haven’t started reading yet, but I got to philosophically process how I feel about our environmental challenges, and how to be hopeful and resourceful. It says on the cover “The Question: In a time of environmental crisis, how can we live right now?” The responses are from an amazing array of writers, including Alice Walker, Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappe, Howard Zinn, Michael Pollan, and many others.

Keogh, Martin J. Hope beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World : An Anthology. Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic, 2010. Print.

This PDF is an amazing resource on how to communicate about climate change, called “Connecting on Climate: A Guide to Effective Climate Change Communication”

Click to access ecoAmerica-CRED-2014-Connecting-on-Climate.pdf