PORT TOWNSEND — A video interview with Naomi Klein, the author of the book featured in this month’s Community Read, will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday in a prelude to a live Skype appearance by Klein later this month.
On Saturday, the Great Old Broads for Wilderness will present the interview with Klein, a Canadian author who wrote This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, in the Port Townsend Library Learning Center at 1256 Lawrence St.
The interview will be followed with a discussion on how participants can advocate to make public lands part of the solution to climate change.
On March 22, participants can meet the author virtually during a live Skype presentation and question-and-answer period from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Port Townsend High School, 1500 Van Ness St.
Klein’s 466-page book, which examines the question of whether climate change can be reversed without a shift from capitalism, is this year’s selection for the monthlong Community Read program, sponsored by the Port Townsend Library.
In Community Read programs, everyone in Port Townsend and the rest of East Jefferson County is invited to read the book and participate in discussions and activities.
Klein, 45, is a journalist, syndicated columnist and author of The New York Times and international best-seller The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
Her first book, No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, was also an international best-seller.
Klein is a contributing editor for Harper’s Magazine, a reporter for Rolling Stone and writes a syndicated column for The Nation and The Guardian.
She is a member of the board of directors of 350.org, a global climate change movement; a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute; and a former Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics.
Community Read activities began the first week of this month and will continue through March 31.
“Radical Change: A Juried Art Show” is on display at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., all month.
A discussion on the first 187 pages of the book is planned from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.
Discussions of the last part of the book will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. March 19 at the Quimper Grange or from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 22 at the Jefferson County Library.
Panel discussion
At 7 p.m. Thursday, a panel discussion is planned in the Carnegie Reading Room at the library. It will focus on climate activities in Jefferson County.
From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. March 19, the Port Townsend Science Center will host Ocean Commotion Family Action Day.
At 7 p.m. March 24, will be a discussion of tribal treaty rights and environmental protection with Scott Chitwood, natural resources director of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe at the library learning center.
At 1:45 p.m. March 25, will be a Port Townsend High School Salon, “Climate Solutions: The Path to a Clean Energy Future,” in the school’s auditorium.
At 7 p.m. March 31, Bob Bindschadler, retired NASA glaciologist, will discuss the Taming Bigfoot competition in the Carnegie Reading Room.
For more information on the Community Read program or to inquire about where to get a copy of This Changes Everything, phone the library at 360-385-3181 or see www.ptpubliclibrary.org.
