April 22, 2022 is Earth Day 2022.
This year’s theme is Invest in our Planet, which means
“We need to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably). It’s going to take all of us. All in. Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. A partnership for the planet.“
Durham Tech is incorporating green goals within its 2021-2026 Strategic Plan – Pathways to Institutional Excellence by prioritizing the creation of green and sustainable campuses, minimizing the College’s carbon footprint, and engaging in campus beautification efforts that culturally reflect Durham and Orange counties’ communities.
Keep reading to find out how you can learn more to do more to invest in our planet and our future.
Want to increase your climate literacy or learn more about sustainable practices in your day-to-day life? Check out ebooks and audiobooks available through our Dogwood Digital Collection (available for download using your Durham Tech username and password like you would use for Sakai or Self-Service) or in our various on-campus collections.
The Phail Wynn Collection–located upstairs in the Main Campus Library–collects books around climate and the environment (amongst other topics).
Available at the Main Campus (QC 903.2 .U6 A45 2020) and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library 
Available at the Main Campus in the Wynn Collection (GE 196 .C34 2021) 
Available at Main Campus in the Wynn Collection (GF 196 .M36 2020) 
Available as an ebook through Dogwood Digital Library 
Available at the Main Campus in the Wynn Collection (QH 45.2 A88 2020) and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library 
Available at the Main Campus in the Wynn Collection (HF 5482 .M495 2019)
Want to learn more about the history of Earth Day itself?
Check out Earth Days: Seeds of a Revolution, a PBS American Experience documentary that “traces the origins of the modern environmental movement through the eyes of nine Americans who propelled the movement from its beginnings in the 1950s to its moment of triumph in 1970 with the original Earth Day and to its status as a major political force in America” [description taken from documentary description].
Our Films on Demand database also has streaming videos about the natural world, globalization, recycling, climate change, and many other Earth Day-related topics (and more for all your non-Earth Day needs).
Log in off campus using your Durham Tech username and password (same as for Sakai or Self-Service).
More of a podcast person?
The Durham Tech Library highly recommends How to Save a Planet, co-hosted by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. It’s an incredible podcast that touches on many of the same things the book does. Every episode ends with a small action you can take after learning about various topics relating to climate change.
We also recommend A Matter of Degrees, co-hosted by Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson as they tell stories about the powerful forces behind climate change — and the tools we have to fix it. It’s billed as a podcast “for the climate curious people who know climate change is a problem, but are trying to figure out how to tackle it.”
Another podcast to check out is Brown Girl Green, hosted by Kristy Drutman, “a Filipina American climate activist who interviews diverse, boundary-pushing leaders and advocates redefining what it means to be an ‘environmentalist’ in the 21st century.”
Happy Earth Day! Let’s make change!