In this episode, Kineo and Sofia discuss the importance of reading and sharing knowledge in our communities. They discuss ten books that have informed each of their personal climate and social justice activism. If you are interested in reading any of these books, here are more details: 

1. Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy 

2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

3. Nuclear Nuevo México: Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos

4. Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice

5. Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

6. 1001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World

7. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

8. Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger

9. The Militarization of Indian Country

10. Environmental Justice in New Mexico

Join us next week for a bonus episode where Kineo, Sopia, and Zeph discuss The Hunger Games series and how that franchise fuels them to continue the revolution!

Also, please sign the Petition to Deny LANL’s Request to Release Radioactive Tritium into the Air: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-deny-lanls-request-to-release-radioactive-tritium-into-the-air

Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA) is a project of Earth Care International. Learn more about YUCCA at www.yuccanm.org. Contact us at YUCCA@earthcarenm.org

This episode was recorded by Kineo Memmer and Sofia Jenkins-Nieto and edited by Kineo Memmer.