Join Eco Book Club hosted by Teaneck Creek Conservancy and Teaneck Public Library! Eco Book Club is a wonderful gathering of folks who share a love of nature and care for the earth. All are welcome to join in the friendly conversation at our monthly meetings or read along at home.
Meeting Schedule and RSVP
Eco Book Club meets monthly on Monday evenings at 7pm.
Meetings are held at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy at 20 Puffin Way in Teaneck while Teaneck Library is under renovation. There is also a virtual option for those who cannot attend in-person. RSVP to receive the link.
Monday, March 31 – The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holten – RSVP
Monday, April 28 – The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall & Douglas Abrams – RSVP
Monday, May 19 – Title TBD
Monday, June 30 – Title TBD
Current Book and Borrowing Info
Eco Book Club is currently reading The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holten for the March Book Discussion.
Inspired by forests, trees, leaves, roots, and seeds, The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape invites readers to discover an unexpected and imaginative language to better read and write the natural world around us and reclaim our relationship with it. In this gorgeously illustrated and deeply thoughtful collection, Katie Holten gifts readers her tree alphabet and uses it to masterfully translate and illuminate beloved lost and new original writing in praise of the natural world. With an introduction from Ross Gay, and featuring writings from over fifty contributors, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Ada Limón, Robert Macfarlane, Zadie Smith, Radiohead, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, James Gleick, Elizabeth Kolbert, Plato, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, Holten illustrates each selection with an abiding love and reverence for the magic of trees. She guides readers on a journey from “primeval atoms” and cave paintings to the death of a 3,500 year-old cypress tree, from Tree Clocks in Mongolia and forest fragments in the Amazon to the language of fossil poetry, unearthing a new way to see the natural beauty all around us and an urgent reminder of what could happen if we allow it to slip away. The Language of Trees considers our relationship with literature and landscape, resulting in an astonishing fusion of storytelling and art and a deeply beautiful celebration of trees through the ages. (Provided by publisher.)
BCCLS library card holders can borrow the eBook via Overdrive.
If you would like to borrow a physical/print copy of the book you can request it from your home library at bccls.org or stop by New Milford Public Library during regular hours (Monday-Wednesday 10am-8pm, Thursday 10am-6pm, Friday 12-5pm, Saturday 10am-2pm, Sunday 1-5pm). Have your BCCLS library card ready and let the front desk assistant know that you are picking up the Eco Book Club title.
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Past Eco Book Club Selections
View our full list of past titles and many potential future titles here.
