Author Talk - Things You Can Do: How to Fight Climate Change and Reduce Waste, with Author Eduardo Garcia and Illustrator Sara Meadows
Join us for an author talk with award-winning climate journalist Eduardo Garcia to discuss his new book Things You Can Do. This timely book offers a deeply researched and user-friendly guide to the things we can do every day to fight climate change.
He will be in discussion with Sara Boccaccini Meadows the painter and illustrator of the book’s 350 explanatory illustrations. A panel will follow with editor Maria Whelan and Lasarati Vitoux, owner of the local sustainability store, Maison Jar.
Based on his popular New York Times column One Thing You Can Do, this fully illustrated book proposes simple solutions for an overwhelming problem. No lectures here—just accessible and inspiring ideas to slash emissions and waste in our daily lives. In each chapter, Garcia digs into the issue, explaining how everyday choices lead to carbon emissions, then delivers a wealth “Things You Can Do” to make a positive impact.
This is an outdoor event and registration is required.
The event will be on Zoom. If you would like to attend virtually you may register here. You will receive a Zoom link 2 hours before the event.
Eduardo Garcia has written news stories and features from more than a dozen countries in his more than fifteen years as a journalist. A native of Spain, Eduardo cut his teeth working as a Reuters correspondent in Guatemala, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, and Ecuador before moving to New York City in 2014. He has written about the carbon footprint, renewable energy, sustainable food production, and electric vehicles for The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, and Treehugger, among others. Eduardo strives to lead a sustainable lifestyle and believes in using words to empower people.
Sara Boccaccini Meadows is a print designer and illustrator living in Brooklyn, New York, originally from the rolling hills of the Peak District, England. She splits her time between working as a textile designer, illustrator, and artist, using watercolor and gouache to create quirky illustrations. Sara has long been a supporter of climate action and women’s rights and is dedicated to using her art to make a difference.
