SPL: Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson presents 'Climate Wayfinding'

Thu Apr 16 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-07:00

Seattle Public Library - Central Library | Seattle

Third Place Books
Publisher/HostThird Place Books
SPL: Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson presents 'Climate Wayfinding'
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Visionary climate leader Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson offers a compassionate and empowering guide to navigating a changing world.
About this Event

Third Place Books and the Seattle Public Library present a conversation with Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson (head of The All We Can Save Project, co-editor of All We Can Save). Her new book, , offers a compassionate and empowering guide for navigating through ache to action, doubt to possibility. Whether we’re steeped in climate or newly curious, we can look inward with care, outward with curiosity, and forward with courage to shape our unique contributions.

Join Dr. Wilkinson for a dynamic book experience, immersing in the wisdom of Climate Wayfinding and the beauty of poetry, art, and song. Amid kindred community, we remember that each of us is a node of possibility for healing the climate crisis—whoever we are and whatever we’ve got to give.

Book signing to follow.

Venue: Seattle Public Library (Central Branch), Microsoft Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104
Time: 7pm (Doors open 6:30pm)
Please note: parking is limited. We encourage attendees to carpool or arrive by public transit.

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About Climate Wayfinding. . .

When maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain, how do we find our way? Visionary climate leader Katharine K. Wilkinson offers a compassionate and empowering guide to navigating from ache to action, doubt to possibility.
“There’s an enormous amount of learning from many years of climate work condensed into this invaluable book—wisdom about what to do, how to do it, and in what spirit. It will be so much help to so many!” —Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun
Through transformational programs and books, including the national bestseller All We Can Save, Wilkinson has inspired hundreds of thousands of climate journeys. In Climate Wayfinding, she shares a proven process for looking inward with care, outward with curiosity, and forward with courage. Ultimately, readers chart a course toward playing their unique part in our collective healing.
With her singular blend of warmth and rigor, Wilkinson lights the way through stirring personal essays, interwoven with the wisdom of other climate leaders and the beauty of poetry, art, and song. A book to sit with and savor, Climate Wayfinding also invites engagement with journaling prompts, practical exercises, and guides for conversation.
Whether steeped in climate or newly curious, readers will discover something grounding and generative in these pages. The terrain ahead is calling—and we have everything we need to find our way.


Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson is a human on Earth. As a writer, teacher, and creator, she has inspired hundreds of thousands of climate journeys through transformational projects that shift our cultural narratives about what’s possible and nurture engagement in renewing our world. Her publications include the bestselling anthology All We Can Save, the podcast A Matter of Degrees, and the New York Times bestseller Drawdown. Dr. Wilkinson co-founded and leads The All We Can Project, where she shaped the much-beloved programs All We Can Save Circles and Climate Wayfinding. She holds a DPhil in geography and environment from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and a BA in religion from Sewanee: The University of the South. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of fifteen "women who will save the world.” She lives with her loves in Atlanta, Georgia, and finds her deepest joy on a mountain or a horse.


About Third Place Books

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.

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Seattle Public Library - Central Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, United States

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