Turners Reading Group
Diving into sustainability topics through reading and discussion!
What is the Sustain DuPage Turners Reading Group?
Several Organizers and Core Volunteers have facilitated our reading group in different ways over the years. It is the heart of our Knowledge Share Focus Area. We are a low-pressure reading group that reads a book at one or more meetings, then meets at our Garden or at local libraries to discuss the chosen topic. Come even if you didn’t read the book!
Past Turners Book Titles and Topics
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau - Bill McKibben - January to May 2018
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer - October 2018
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate - Naomi Klein - November 2018
The Life and Death of the Great Lakes - Dan Egan - January 2019
Animal Vegetable Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver - February 2019
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn - March 2019
Silent Spring - Rachel Carson - April 2019
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities - Will Allen and Charles Wilson - May 2019
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things - William McDonough and Michael Braungart - September 2019
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health - David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé - October 2019
A Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopold - November 2019
Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture - Gabe Brown - December 2019
Earthly Pleasures, Tales from a Biologist’s Garden - Roger Swain - January 2020
Gods of the Morning, A Bird's Eye View of a Changing World - John Lister-Kaye - February 2020
A Natural History of the Senses - Diane Ackerman - March 2020
The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times - Carol Deppe - April 2020
All We Can Save - Editors Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Keeble Wilkinson - February- Oct 2021
Local: The New Face of Food and Farming in America - Douglas Gayeton - February 2022
Local Medicinal Plants and Herbs - March 2022
Preparing Local Vegetables & Kitchen Tips - April 2022
The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food - Janisse Ray - May 2022
Birding to Change the World: A Memoir - Trish O'Kane - 2025
Saving us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World - Katharine Hayhoe - August 2025
Living without Plastic - Brigette Allen & Christine Wong - September 2025
Life on a Little-Known Planet - Elizabeth Kolbert - Jan 22 2026
Diary of a Young Naturalist - Dara McAnulty - Feb 26, 2026