Join WEAN's Book Club: WEAN Reads

The Whidbey Environmental Action Network will be hosting a quarterly book club beginning December 3, 2024 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, with a discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Registration has closed for this session, but if you would like to join please reach out directly to Amanda Bullis at engage@whidbeyenvironment.org.


Upcoming WEAN Reads book club discussions:


Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future Of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb

March 4, 2025 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm via Zoom


The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan

June 3, 2025 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm via Zoom

Register Here


We will be discussing the whole text during a 90-minute Zoom meeting. Questions to ponder will be sent to those who RVSP to attend. Book club discussions will be facilitated by WEAN board member Linda LaMar.

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