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

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

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:

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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
Website · Twitter
DSA Ecosocialists
Website · Action Network · Events
TREEage
Website · Instagram · Twitter
Fridays for Future
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Climate Defiance
Website · TikTok · Instagram · Twitter
Indivisible Brooklyn
Website · Instagram · Events
Rise and Resist
Website · Instagram · Twitter
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
Website · Instagram · Twitter
March for Science NYC
Website · Instagram · Twitter
Earth Day Initiative
Website · Instagram · Twitter
350 NYC
Website · Twitter · Events
350 Brooklyn
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Uprose
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Make the Road New York
Website · Instagram · Twitter
New York City Environmental Justice Advocates
Website · Twitter
Climate Justice Alliance
Website · Instagram · Twitter · Events
Climate Organizing Hub
Website
Earthworks
Website · Twitter
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Website · Events
Indigenous Environmental Network
Website
Oil & Gas Action Network
Website · Instagram · Twitter
Oil Change International
Website · Twitter
Labor 4 Sustainability
Website · Instagram · Twitter
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
Website · Twitter · Events

Partner Orgs

Civic Engagement

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. Here are a few organizations that specialize in dealing with climate feelings:

Counseling and Professional Services

Careers

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.

Coffee & Food

Meaningful Climate Convos

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

Community Resources

Services

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
Mending Circle: free clothing repair service in Morningside Heights

Fiction

Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
Ministry of the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson
Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, short stories
The Overstory, Richard Powers

Non fiction

All We Can Save, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson
Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of the World, Daniel Sherrell
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer
How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Andreas Malm
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis, Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett-Carnac
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them, Dan Saladino

Selected Reading

Stuff to Watch

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

Podcasts

Newsletters

Heated: A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis
The Gigaton: A newsletter of careers with highest carbon impact