New books for the fall season

This 20th anniversary edition of Judaism and Global Survival discusses the challenges facing humanity and the Jewish teachings related to these challenges, in order to galvanize Jews to help repair the world (tikkun olam), as required by Jewish law. It argues that we don’t need to discover new values and approaches to address current global threats. What is needed is a rediscovery and application of basic Jewish teachings and mandates, such as to pursue peace and justice, to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to act as co-workers with God in protecting and preserving the world.

From the smallest dragonfly to the largest walrus, all animals deserve to live out their lives naturally. They need help from us, and this book offers gentle, do-able ways to inspire a child to feel empowered, through whimsical verses. The human impact on our beautiful planet has been a destructive one that affects all life. The Be Kind Alphabet is a lead with your heart and mind book, filled with engaging drawings and poems to encourage your budding animal activist.

In this eye-opening and compelling work, psychologist Melanie Joy reveals the common denominator driving all forms of injustice. The mentality that drives us to oppress humans is the same mentality that drives us to abuse nonhumans and the environment, as well as those in our own groups working for justice. How to End Injustice Everywhere offers a fascinating examination of the psychology and structure of unjust systems and behaviors. It also offers practical tools to help raise awareness of these systems and dynamics, reduce infighting, and build more resilient and impactful justice movements. 

Climate Grief is not an ailment we have to heal from but a call to change the trajectory of our shared future. The universality and urgency of climate change leads to a depth of grief we are not prepared to cope with, and a grief that is still largely unknown and ignored. Climate change and climate grief are inseparable, and coping with the emotional fallout of the climate crisis is our first step toward dealing with the crisis itself, and to building resilience. From looking inward at our own grief, and emerging with the motivation needed to make lifestyle changes and inspire others, the reader is invited to create a plan for building personal and planetary resilience going forward.

Pickle: Can One Little Pig Weather the Storm? is a fun and engaging new picture book. It tells the story of a pig born into a factory farm where he is raised to become bacon. Pickle, like all of his companions, is raised in crowded and dirty warehouses. There, everyone is treated without compassion for their feelings or personal comfort. But a hurricane changes his chances for a better life. This book takes you on this journey that is sure to delight children of all ages.

Cultivated Meat to Secure our Future is an essay collection that presents the latest research and opinions regarding cultivated meat and its potential for solving our current planetary crises. Contributors include:

• Isha Datar, of New Harvest
• Chase Purdy, author of Billion Dollar Burger
• Hanna Tuomisto, one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of environmental sustainability assessment of cell-cultured food production technologies.

Also included is a thought-provoking foreword by Ira van Eelen. She is the daughter of Willem van Eelen, cofounder and CEO of KindEarth.Tech, and cofounder of RESPECTfarms.

We once met a dog that changed the world. His name was Brooklyn. Brooklyn Goes Home is the story of the rise and fall of commercial greyhound racing in the United States. It gives an account of how our small non-profit emerged from to make an impact. It is also a remembrance of three glorious years spent with a magical dog. We hope that readers will find inspiration in this chronicle. Perhaps even discover new paths to making positive change in the world. This is one of our new books we are most excited for!

The United States is undergoing an ethical revolution involving the industrial treatment of farm animals. The Farm Animal Movement, a new book by Jeff Thomas, tells stories from midwestern slaughterhouses to great American institutions. Thomas’ new book seeks readers who want to end factory farming. From activists to lawyers, from philanthropists to politicians. It provides data and insights from people who are worried about what they see as the world’s most pressing problem.