April is a time to celebrate the Earth, including the lands, waters, plants, animals and communities that give us life. In honor of Earth Month, here are five books and seven film recommendations to help us appreciate and learn more about the planet we call home.

The Utah Symposium in Science and Literature will present a special event in partnership with the National Book Foundation – an evening with mycologist Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, author of Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature. Kaishian will be in conversation with Katharine Coles, distinguished professor of English and co-director of the symposium, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 7:00 pm in the Aline Wilmot Skaggs Building 210 at the University of Utah. The event is free and open to the public.

U of U historian W. Paul Reeve was named one of the 2026-2027 Presidential Societal Impact Scholars. In just the past five years, Reeve has instigated several ground-breaking public history databases hosted at the Marriott Library’s digital exhibits site. His work has included extraordinary outreach, bridge-building and communal healing in uncovering the history of Black Mormons among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.