# OpenJS Book Club Group to discuss 'How to do Nothing' and 'Braiding Sweetgrass'
**URL:** https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/openjs-book-club-group-to-discuss-how-to-do-nothing-and-braiding-sweetgrass/829
**Category:** 📚 Reading Group
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**Created:** [August 16, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/openjs-book-club-group-to-discuss-how-to-do-nothing-and-braiding-sweetgrass/829 "2021-08-16T15:21:23Z")
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### Author:  [@jorydotcom](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jorydotcom)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/openjs-book-club-group-to-discuss-how-to-do-nothing-and-braiding-sweetgrass/829/1 "2021-08-16T15:21:23Z")
Hello! The OpenJS community is having a book club discussion this Thursday, Aug. 19 @ 3 p.m. ET ([click here to see it in your local time](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OpenJS+Foundation+Book+Club&iso=20210819T15&p1=%3A&ah=1)). We’d be glad to have you!
[Link to Calendar Event](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NXBzbnAwMGwwbDBub2VxbWNyNXRwZHE1NHUgbGludXhmb3VuZGF0aW9uLm9yZ19mdW9wNHVmdjc2NmY5YXZjNTE3dWpzNGkwZ0Bn&tmsrc=linuxfoundation.org_fuop4ufv766f9avc517ujs4i0g%40group.calendar.google.com)
**About the Books**
[How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600671/how-to-do-nothing-by-jenny-odell/) - a book about intentions and focus, with an emphasis on the local and the present. An extension of Jenny’s popular [Eyeo Festival talk](https://vimeo.com/232544904).
[Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass) - a book about sustainability in ecology with surprising and well-suited lessons for tech and open source.
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### Author:  [@jorydotcom](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jorydotcom)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/openjs-book-club-group-to-discuss-how-to-do-nothing-and-braiding-sweetgrass/829/2 "2021-08-18T19:50:37Z")
Quick Update: We’ve rescheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 7 at the same time due to an unforeseen issue. Calendar and link above has been updated!
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### Author:  [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/openjs-book-club-group-to-discuss-how-to-do-nothing-and-braiding-sweetgrass/829/3 "2021-08-19T15:06:35Z")
Love these! Are you discussing both of these books at the same time?
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### Author:  [@jorydotcom](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jorydotcom)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/openjs-book-club-group-to-discuss-how-to-do-nothing-and-braiding-sweetgrass/829/4 "2021-08-19T15:24:02Z")
Yep! How to Do Nothing references Braiding Sweetgrass extensively, there are definitely shared themes! So, why not both? as I like to say.