nature book club
Get together, expand your knowledge of the natural world, meet other folks, and have a good time!
Nature Book Club meets monthly, is free, and open to all.
Nature Book Club meets monthly, is free, and open to all.
Nature Book Club is a great way to keep up on your nature learning, meet new people, read new books, and participate in discussion about the ways nature writing shapes our experiences and relationship to the natural world.
New folks are always welcome to join!
Nature Book Club meets the fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Online, contact us for the meeting link
NOTE: NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2024 WILL BE COMBINED INTO ONE MEETING ON DEC 4
New folks are always welcome to join!
Nature Book Club meets the fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Online, contact us for the meeting link
NOTE: NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2024 WILL BE COMBINED INTO ONE MEETING ON DEC 4
Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 22, 6:00-7:30pm.
The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop
by Tristan Gooley In The Secret World of Weather, bestselling author Tristan Gooley turns his gaze up to the sky, bringing his signature brand of close observation and eye-opening deduction to the fascinating world of weather. Every cloud, every change in temperature, every raindrop, every sunbeam, every breeze reveals something about our weather―if you know what to look for. Before you know it, you’ll be able to forecast impending storms, sunny days, and everything in between, all without needing to consult your smartphone. But The Secret World of Weather goes far beyond mere weather prediction, changing the very way we think about weather itself. Weather is not something that blankets an area; rather, it changes constantly as you walk through woods or turn down a street. By carefully observing the subtle interplay of wind, cloud, fog, temperature, rain and many other phenomena, we not only form a deeper understanding of weather patterns, but also unlock secrets about our environment. Weather forms our landscape, and landscape forms our weather. Everything we see in the sky reflects where we are. When we learn to read weather’s signs, Gooley shows us, the weather becomes our map, revealing to us how it has made our towns, cities, woods, and hills what they are. You’ll never see your surroundings the same way again. |
Upcoming selections:
January: American Snakes by Sean Graham
February: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
March: Netting the Sun: A Personal Geography of the Oregon Desert by Melvin Adams
April: What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of our Underwater Cousins by Jonathan Balcomb
May: The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop by Tristan Gooley
June: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant
July: Rough Magic: At Home on the Columbia Slough by Nancy Henry
August: Spell of the Sensuous by David Abrams
September: The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
October: Eat Poop Die: How Animals Make our World by Joe Roman
November: NO MEETING
December 4: NOTE MEETING DATE CHANGE! Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping The Future of our Planet by Ben Goldfarb
January 2025: Oregon Geology by Elizabeth Orr
January: American Snakes by Sean Graham
February: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
March: Netting the Sun: A Personal Geography of the Oregon Desert by Melvin Adams
April: What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of our Underwater Cousins by Jonathan Balcomb
May: The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop by Tristan Gooley
June: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant
July: Rough Magic: At Home on the Columbia Slough by Nancy Henry
August: Spell of the Sensuous by David Abrams
September: The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
October: Eat Poop Die: How Animals Make our World by Joe Roman
November: NO MEETING
December 4: NOTE MEETING DATE CHANGE! Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping The Future of our Planet by Ben Goldfarb
January 2025: Oregon Geology by Elizabeth Orr
Also check out our Tracking Club!