Resources
It’s our mission to connect you to all things climate. We’ve curated this list of resources, readings, and community support so that we can find what we need to sustain our struggle for a just future.
Our most precious resource is our community – and you’re part of it. If you find this list of resources handy, please consider supporting us with a coffee.
We’re always on the hunt for more resources, whether mutual aid groups, venues, good books, things to watch, and quotes from the people who inspire you. Please help us build this library for everyone’s benefit:
Mutual aid is the backbone of community support: when an emergency like COVID struck our city, it was mutual aid groups that worked tirelessly to keep our neighbors safe, to ensure they were fed, had access to medicine.
We strongly encourage everyone to get involved with their local mutual aid organization so that our communities remain safe and strong.
Find your local organization at: https://mutualaid.nyc
Search by borough:
- Mutual Aid NYC: A grassroots mutual aid network that connects neighbors with each other to provide essential resources and support.
- Barrio Fridge: A network of community refrigerators that provide free food and beverages to anyone in need.
- Crown Heights Mutual Aid: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides food, clothing, and essential supplies to people in need.
- Food Not Bombs NYC: A non-profit organization that provides free vegan meals to the public.
- New York City Action Medical: A group of volunteer medical professionals who provide medical care to people in need.
- Bed-Stuy Strong: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood. They have built a series of community initiatives, from food and PPE provision, to voting and vaccine access, to political education reading groups and support for incarcerated neighbors.
- Red Hook Mutual Aid: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the Red Hook neighborhood.
- South Brooklyn Mutual Aid: A group of volunteers who provide mutual aid and other services to people in South Brooklyn.
- Gowanus Mutual Aid: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in Gowanus, Park Slope, and South Slope.
- Flatbush United Mutual Aid: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the Flatbush neighborhood.
- South Bronx Mutual Aid: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the South Bronx neighborhood.
- Community Fridges in the Bronx: Community refrigerators that provide free food and beverages to anyone in need.
- Mutual Aid Mott Haven Community Group: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the Mott Haven neighborhood.
- Astoria Food Pantry: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the Astoria neighborhood.
- Sunnyside & Woodside Mutual Aid: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the Sunnyside and Woodside neighborhoods.
- Mutual Aid Long Island City Neighborhood Group: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the Long Island City neighborhood.
- Mutual Aid Staten Island: A community-based mutual aid organization that provides support to people in the Staten Island neighborhood.
Affecting change requires more than knowledge of the problem – it requires action.
We at Climate Cafe promote and encourage direct action within our communities to remind our leaders and our neighbors that we are a large, powerful community that is charting the way forward. Please consider volunteering or joining any of our partner organizations at their events:
Extinction Rebellion NYC
Website · Action Network · Events
Planet Over Profit
Website · TikTok · Instagram · Twitter
New York Communities for Change
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Action Network
New York Renews
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Action Network
Sunrise Movement NYC
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Action Network
Food & Water Watch
DSA Ecosocialists
Website · Action Network · Events
TREEage
Fridays for Future
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Climate Defiance
Website · TikTok · Instagram · Twitter
Indivisible Brooklyn
Rise and Resist
Third Act
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Climate Families NYC
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Sane Energy Project
March for Science NYC
Earth Day Initiative
350 NYC
350 Brooklyn
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Uprose
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Make the Road New York
New York City Environmental Justice Advocates
Climate Justice Alliance
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Climate Organizing Hub
Earthworks
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Indigenous Environmental Network
Oil & Gas Action Network
Oil Change International
Labor 4 Sustainability
Citizen Action of New York
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
New York Clean Power
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Bronx River Alliance
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
People’s Climate Movement NYC
Climate Defenders
Our institutions are under attack by anti-democratic forces, and we have a right to be alarmed. But we also have the right to vote. Democracy doesn’t begin or end at the ballot box, but voting is still an effective way to enact good climate policies – by electing the people who will fight for us.
Find out more about our upcoming elections: https://www.vote.nyc/
Dealing with the enormity of the climate crisis requires mental and emotional endurance, but there are experts who can help.
We at Climate Cafe promote and encourage direct action within our communities to remind our leaders and our neighbors that we are a large, powerful community that is charting the way forward. Please consider volunteering or joining any of our partner organizations at their events:
Climate is heating up the planet but also the economy – and the repercussions of this shift could be up to you. If you’re looking for careers in sustainable jobs and climate startups, we have some lists that might help:
A big part of Climate Cafe is coffee – for some of us that’s most of the point! We have some cool resources if you’re looking to find sustainable coffee shops and business in your area, as well as where to source some sustainable coffee and regenerative alternative milk.
- Eco Rate: Find Refill Stores & Eco-Friendly Cafes
- Panther Coffee: A Specialty Coffee Company. Roaster, Retailer, and Wholesaler
- WhatIF Foods: A planet-based food company founded on regenerative principles
- Maison Jar: Refillery & Grocery Store offering quality food, personal care, and home essentials all without unnecessary packaging.
Effective climate action starts with meaningful conversations. Check out these resources to talk about climate with your friends and family.
- FrameWorks Institute: What’s in a Frame
- Lighter Footprints: Build Your Confidence Practicing Climate Conversations
- Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: Identifying Climate Messages That Work
- Skeptical Science: explaining climate change science and rebutting global warming misinformation
- National Park Service Toolkit: Framing and Communication Guides
- ecoAmerica: Messages to Motivate Americans
- Climate Town Knowledge Hub: Chock full of online resources and initiatives
- Crowdsourcing Sustainability: Learning from each other about reducing emissions
- 596 Acres: How to find and take over vacant lots
- NYCommons: A map of public spaces in NYC for gathering
- Climate Farm School: 4-week program for getting your hands dirty
- Happy Cow: Easy tool for finding vegan food near you
- Cup Zero: Reusable cups for events
- Deliver Zero: Reusable takeout and delivery containers
- Okapi Reusables: Reusable cup service for everyday life
- Freecycle: Nonprofit movement of people giving and getting free stuff
- Buy Nothing Project: Nurturing the gift economy and mobilizing community resources
- Freegan: Sharing resources and reducing consumption for everyday living
- Chasing Ice
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Merchants of Doubt
- Gasland
- Gasland Part II
- Ice on Fire
- Kiss the Ground
- I Am Greta
- Forest Man
- The Corporation
- Chasing Coral
- Burning
- How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
- Bidder 70
- The Island President
- Paris to Pittsburgh
- Climate Change: The Facts
- Time to Choose
- The True Cost
- Dear Future Children
- Tomorrow
- Be Wild – Normality is Radical
- The Green Lie
- This Changes Everything
- David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
- Behemoth
- The Hottest August
- Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
- Youth v Gov
- The Age of Consequences
- The Human Element
- Thank You for the Rain
- The Condor & The Eagle
- Disobedience
- The Magnitude of All Things
- Climate Refugees
- Drilled: investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
- Inherited: climate storytelling podcast by, for, and about young people
- Outrage + Optimism: face the climate crisis head on and understand that we can solve this
- Stories from Home: Moving the Just Transition, by the Climate Justice Alliance
- Heated: A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis
- The Gigaton: A newsletter of careers with highest carbon impact
- Distilled: Deeply researched stories about climate change
- The Crucial Years: Working on winning the climate fight
- Sustainability by Numbers: Using data and research to understand what really makes a difference
- Inside Climate News: Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonpartisan reporting on the biggest crisis facing our planet.
- Eco Watch: a long-time leader in environmental news.