BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:DC Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:DC Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e1016338-2d97-4ea1-a79a-430a10efa795 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260731T114016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T193000 SUMMARY:Ecology Book Club: Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara LOCATION:Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library\nCleveland Park Neighborhood Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cleveland Park Neighborhoo d Library;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library:ge o:38.9338614,-77.0579754 GEO:38.9338614;-77.0579754 DESCRIPTION:This adult book club discusses books on human ecology\, sustai nable living\, environmental justice and post-fossil fuel futures. Books c an be nonfiction\, fiction or poetry..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/even t/16526661 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This month we will be discussing \;Cobalt Red: How the Blood of t he Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara.

An u nflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo& rsquo\;s cobalt mining operationâ€•and the moral implications that af fect us all.

"Cobalt Red \;is the searing\, first -ever exposé\; of the immense toll taken on the people and environme nt of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining\, as told thro ugh the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and resea rcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document t he testimonies of the people living\, working\, and dying for cobalt. To u ncover the truth about brutal mining practices\, Kara investigated militia -controlled mining areas\, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt f rom toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants\, and gathered shocking testi monies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt.< /em>

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Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rec hargeable battery made today\, the batteries that power our smartphones\, tablets\, laptops\, and electric vehicles. Roughly 75 percent of the world &rsquo\;s supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo\, often by peasants and c hildren in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot co nduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and enviro nmental catastrophe in the Congo. In this stark and crucial book\, Kara ar gues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congoâ€•bec ause we are all implicated."
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A \;Pulitzer Prize f inalist for General Nonfiction\, \;New York Times \;and \;Publ ishers Weekly \;bestseller\, shortlisted for the \;Financial Times \;Best Business Book of the Year Award.
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Email \; rachel.white@dc.gov:
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For help finding a copy of \;C obalt Red. \;You can also ask for a copy at the front desk of Cle veland Park Library &mdash\; limited extra copies are available for book c lub participants until they run out. (This is the best way to obtain a cop y in time to read it beforehand.)
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Regis tration is optional but encouraged for new participants.
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If you wo uld like to request an accommodation\, please contact dcplaccess@dc.gov at least one week prior to the program.
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