50 Books like Consumed

Overdressed

by Elizabeth L. Cline • 2012

A $30 dress, a hidden ledger: poisoned rivers, poverty wages, 650,000 lost jobs.

3.82

7k+

🏭 Fast Fashion 🌿 Ethical Fashion 🛒 Consumer Culture 🔗 Supply Chain 👷 Labor Exploitation

Overdressed 98%

A $30 dress, a hidden ledger: poisoned rivers, poverty wages, 650,000 lost jobs.

by Elizabeth L. Cline 2012

3.82

7k+ ratings

🏭 Fast Fashion 🌿 Ethical Fashion 🛒 Consumer Culture 🔗 Supply Chain 👷 Labor Exploitation

Fashionopolis

by Dana Thomas • 2019

Real cost of a $2 shirt: factory collapses, poisoned water, and the race to build something cleaner.

3.88

4k+

👕 Fast Fashion 🌿 Sustainable Fashion 🔄 Circular Economy 🧵 Garment Workers 🧠 Conscious Consumerism

Fashionopolis 97%

Real cost of a $2 shirt: factory collapses, poisoned water, and the race to build something cleaner.

by Dana Thomas 2019

3.88

4k+ ratings

👕 Fast Fashion 🌿 Sustainable Fashion 🔄 Circular Economy 🧵 Garment Workers 🧠 Conscious Consumerism

Clothing Poverty

by Andrew Brooks • 2015

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

3.75

173

👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Clothing Poverty 96%

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

by Andrew Brooks 2015

3.75

173 ratings

👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Fibershed

by Rebecca Burgess • 2019

Your closet is an emissions machine. A 150-mile wardrobe turns it into a carbon sink.

4.07

421

🧵 Sustainable Fashion 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🏘️ Local Economies 🔗 Textile Supply Chains 🌍 Carbon Sequestration

Fibershed 95%

Your closet is an emissions machine. A 150-mile wardrobe turns it into a carbon sink.

by Rebecca Burgess 2019

4.07

421 ratings

🧵 Sustainable Fashion 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🏘️ Local Economies 🔗 Textile Supply Chains 🌍 Carbon Sequestration

To Dye For

by Alden Wicker • 2023

Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.

4.26

1k+

🧪 Toxic Textiles 👗 Fast Fashion 🧬 Endocrine Disruptors ☣️ Chemical Exposure 🏭 Supply Chain Ethics

To Dye For 95%

Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.

by Alden Wicker 2023

4.26

1k+ ratings

🧪 Toxic Textiles 👗 Fast Fashion 🧬 Endocrine Disruptors ☣️ Chemical Exposure 🏭 Supply Chain Ethics

Deluxe

by Dana Thomas • 2007

How family ateliers became global machines, and why your handbag now funds drug cartels.

3.89

4k+

👗 Fashion Industry 💎 Luxury Brands 🛍️ Consumer Culture 🌐 Globalization Critique 🏭 Labor Exploitation

Deluxe 94%

How family ateliers became global machines, and why your handbag now funds drug cartels.

by Dana Thomas 2007

3.89

4k+ ratings

👗 Fashion Industry 💎 Luxury Brands 🛍️ Consumer Culture 🌐 Globalization Critique 🏭 Labor Exploitation

Fashion Brands

by Mark Tungate • 2005

Clothes are secondary. The brand is the product, sold long before you enter the store.

3.90

267

👗 Fashion Branding 🛍️ Consumer Desire 📈 Fashion Trends 🏬 Retail Experience 🌟 Celebrity Culture

Fashion Brands 94%

Clothes are secondary. The brand is the product, sold long before you enter the store.

by Mark Tungate 2005

3.90

267 ratings

👗 Fashion Branding 🛍️ Consumer Desire 📈 Fashion Trends 🏬 Retail Experience 🌟 Celebrity Culture

The End of Fashion

by Teri Agins • 1999

How Gap, Armani, and LVMH dismantled fashion's old order and gave consumers the crown.

3.87

1k+

💼 Luxury Conglomerates 🏷️ Fashion Branding 📰 Fashion Journalism 🌍 Global Fashion ⚡ Fast Fashion

The End of Fashion 93%

How Gap, Armani, and LVMH dismantled fashion's old order and gave consumers the crown.

by Teri Agins 1999

3.87

1k+ ratings

💼 Luxury Conglomerates 🏷️ Fashion Branding 📰 Fashion Journalism 🌍 Global Fashion ⚡ Fast Fashion

The Story of Stuff

by Annie Leonard • 2010

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

4.08

4k+

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Story of Stuff 93%

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

by Annie Leonard 2010

4.08

4k+ ratings

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

No Logo

by Naomi Klein • 2000

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

3.89

33k+

🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

No Logo 93%

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

by Naomi Klein 2000

3.89

33k+ ratings

🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

The Waste-Free World

by Ron Gonen • 2021

Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.

4.11

174

🔄 Circular Economy ♻️ Sustainable Business 🎭 Greenwashing 🕰️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Right To Repair

The Waste-Free World 93%

Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.

by Ron Gonen 2021

4.11

174 ratings

🔄 Circular Economy ♻️ Sustainable Business 🎭 Greenwashing 🕰️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Right To Repair

The Divide

by Jason Hickel • 2017

Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.

4.62

4k+

🌍 Global Inequality ⛓️ Neocolonialism 🏛️ Dependency Theory 💸 Aid Critique 🏴 Tax Justice

The Divide 92%

Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.

by Jason Hickel 2017

4.62

4k+ ratings

🌍 Global Inequality ⛓️ Neocolonialism 🏛️ Dependency Theory 💸 Aid Critique 🏴 Tax Justice

The Day the World Stops Shopping

by J.B. MacKinnon • 2021

Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.

4.13

5k+

🧃 Consumer Culture 📉 Environmental Economics 🛒 Overconsumption 📊 Degrowth 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity

The Day the World Stops Shopping Summary

The Day the World Stops Shopping 92%

Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.

by J.B. MacKinnon 2021

4.13

5k+ ratings

🧃 Consumer Culture 📉 Environmental Economics 🛒 Overconsumption 📊 Degrowth 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity

This Changes Everything

by Naomi Klein • 2014

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

4.16

28k+

🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

This Changes Everything 92%

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

by Naomi Klein 2014

4.16

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

by Pietra Rivoli • 2005

A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.

3.69

3k+

🌐 Trade Politics 📦 Commodity Studies 🧵 Textile Industry 🚢 Supply Chain Narratives 🌿 Cotton Economics

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy 92%

A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.

by Pietra Rivoli 2005

3.69

3k+ ratings

🌐 Trade Politics 📦 Commodity Studies 🧵 Textile Industry 🚢 Supply Chain Narratives 🌿 Cotton Economics

Get Rich or Lie Trying

by Symeon Brown • 2022

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

3.85

922

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Get Rich or Lie Trying 92%

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

by Symeon Brown 2022

3.85

922 ratings

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

The Rare Metals War

by Guillame Pitron • 2018

Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.

4.04

1k+

⚡ Energy Transition ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🔗 Supply Chains ⚖️ Environmental Justice ⚔️ Resource Wars

The Rare Metals War 92%

Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.

by Guillame Pitron 2018

4.04

1k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Transition ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🔗 Supply Chains ⚖️ Environmental Justice ⚔️ Resource Wars

Culture Jam

by Kalle Lasn • 1999

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

3.63

2k+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

Culture Jam 92%

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

by Kalle Lasn 1999

3.63

2k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

No Is Not Enough

by Naomi Klein • 2017

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

4.10

11k+

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

No Is Not Enough 92%

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

by Naomi Klein 2017

4.10

11k+ ratings

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

Climate Justice

by Mary Robinson • 2018

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

4.06

3k+

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Climate Justice 92%

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

by Mary Robinson 2018

4.06

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

The Green Collar Economy

by Van Jones • 2008

Climate change and inequality are twin crises, and they share a solution.

3.70

868

🌿 Green Politics ✊ Environmental Justice 🔄 Sustainable Economy ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🏛️ Public Investment

The Green Collar Economy 91%

Climate change and inequality are twin crises, and they share a solution.

by Van Jones 2008

3.70

868 ratings

🌿 Green Politics ✊ Environmental Justice 🔄 Sustainable Economy ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🏛️ Public Investment

The Climate Book

by Greta Thunberg • 2022

Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.

4.41

3k+

⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition ✊ Climate Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 🚫 Climate Denialism

The Climate Book 91%

Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.

by Greta Thunberg 2022

4.41

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition ✊ Climate Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 🚫 Climate Denialism

Oil and Honey

by Bill McKibben • 2013

While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.

3.90

1k+

🌍 Climate Activism 📝 Environmental Memoir ✊ Grassroots Organizing 💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Oil and Honey 91%

While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.

by Bill McKibben 2013

3.90

1k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Activism 📝 Environmental Memoir ✊ Grassroots Organizing 💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Making It in America

by Rachel Slade • 2024

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

3.63

323

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Making It in America 91%

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

by Rachel Slade 2024

3.63

323 ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Soil Not Oil

by Vandana Shiva • 2008

Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.

4.08

535

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🌾 Food Sovereignty 🌱 Organic Farming 🌿 Seed Saving

Soil Not Oil 91%

Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.

by Vandana Shiva 2008

4.08

535 ratings

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🌾 Food Sovereignty 🌱 Organic Farming 🌿 Seed Saving

The Wal-Mart Effect

by Charles Fishman • 2006

200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.

3.84

4k+

🏬 Big-Box Retail 🔗 Supply Chain 💼 Corporate Power 🛒 Consumer Ethics 👷 Labor Exploitation

The Wal-Mart Effect 91%

200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.

by Charles Fishman 2006

3.84

4k+ ratings

🏬 Big-Box Retail 🔗 Supply Chain 💼 Corporate Power 🛒 Consumer Ethics 👷 Labor Exploitation

Consequences of Capitalism

by Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

4.33

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 91%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Let My People Go Surfing

by Yvon Chouinard • 2006

He built a billion-dollar outdoor brand that tells customers to buy less and lets employees surf.

4.18

29k+

🌱 Sustainable Business 🤝 Conscious Capitalism 👥 Workplace Culture 🛠️ Craftsmanship 🛑 Anti-Consumerism

Let My People Go Surfing 91%

He built a billion-dollar outdoor brand that tells customers to buy less and lets employees surf.

by Yvon Chouinard 2006

4.18

29k+ ratings

🌱 Sustainable Business 🤝 Conscious Capitalism 👥 Workplace Culture 🛠️ Craftsmanship 🛑 Anti-Consumerism

Planet on Fire

by Mathew Lawrence • 2021

Your carbon footprint is a distraction. The climate fight is about who owns the economy.

3.68

173

🏛️ Environmental Politics 💰 Political Economy 🌿 Green New Deal 🔄 Just Transition ⚖️ Climate Justice

Planet on Fire 91%

Your carbon footprint is a distraction. The climate fight is about who owns the economy.

by Mathew Lawrence 2021

3.68

173 ratings

🏛️ Environmental Politics 💰 Political Economy 🌿 Green New Deal 🔄 Just Transition ⚖️ Climate Justice

Blessed Unrest

by Paul Hawken • 2007

A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.

3.94

2k+

🌍 Environmental Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Grassroots Movements 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 🔄 Systems Thinking

Blessed Unrest 91%

A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.

by Paul Hawken 2007

3.94

2k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Grassroots Movements 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 🔄 Systems Thinking

Silent Coup

by Claire Provost • 2023

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

4.31

277

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Silent Coup 91%

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

by Claire Provost 2023

4.31

277 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

4.02

149

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 91%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

4.02

149 ratings

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide

by Jen Gale • 2020

Practical sustainability for people who can't go zero-waste: room-by-room swaps that actually stick.

4.08

645

🏡 Sustainable Living 🛒 Conscious Consumerism 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥤 Plastic-Free Living 👕 Sustainable Fashion

The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide Summary

The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide 91%

Practical sustainability for people who can't go zero-waste: room-by-room swaps that actually stick.

by Jen Gale 2020

4.08

645 ratings

🏡 Sustainable Living 🛒 Conscious Consumerism 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥤 Plastic-Free Living 👕 Sustainable Fashion

Feminism for the 99%

by Cinzia Arruzza • 2019

Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.

4.01

8k+

✊ Anticapitalist Feminism 🧹 Social Reproduction 🩺 Crisis Of Care 💼 Liberal Feminism Critique 🌍 Anti-Imperialist Politics

Feminism for the 99% 91%

Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.

by Cinzia Arruzza 2019

4.01

8k+ ratings

✊ Anticapitalist Feminism 🧹 Social Reproduction 🩺 Crisis Of Care 💼 Liberal Feminism Critique 🌍 Anti-Imperialist Politics

A Planet to Win

by Kate Aronoff • 2019

What if fighting climate change meant universal housing, public power, and a four-day week?

4.07

686

📗 Green New Deal 🌍 Climate Justice 🌱 Ecosocialism 🌹 Democratic Socialism ⚡ Energy Transition

A Planet to Win 91%

What if fighting climate change meant universal housing, public power, and a four-day week?

by Kate Aronoff 2019

4.07

686 ratings

📗 Green New Deal 🌍 Climate Justice 🌱 Ecosocialism 🌹 Democratic Socialism ⚡ Energy Transition

A World of Three Zeros

by Muhammad Yunus • 2017

Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.

3.69

2k+

🏢 Social Entrepreneurship 💰 Microfinance ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🌍 Climate Economics 🏠 Poverty Alleviation

A World of Three Zeros 91%

Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.

by Muhammad Yunus 2017

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏢 Social Entrepreneurship 💰 Microfinance ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🌍 Climate Economics 🏠 Poverty Alleviation

Revolutionary Power

by Shalanda Baker • 2021

Clean energy could dismantle inequality or deepen it. The difference: who owns the panels.

4.17

190

🏛️ Energy Policy 🏭 Environmental Racism 🔋 Clean Energy Transition 🗳️ Energy Democracy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Revolutionary Power 91%

Clean energy could dismantle inequality or deepen it. The difference: who owns the panels.

by Shalanda Baker 2021

4.17

190 ratings

🏛️ Energy Policy 🏭 Environmental Racism 🔋 Clean Energy Transition 🗳️ Energy Democracy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Tomatoland

by Barry Estabrook • 2011

Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.

3.96

5k+

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ✊ Farmworker Justice ⛓️ Modern Slavery 🔗 Supply Chain Ethics 🏢 Corporate Accountability

Tomatoland 91%

Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.

by Barry Estabrook 2011

3.96

5k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ✊ Farmworker Justice ⛓️ Modern Slavery 🔗 Supply Chain Ethics 🏢 Corporate Accountability

How to Change Everything

by Naomi Klein • 2021

Fossil fuels made the crisis. Young people are making the solution. Here's the playbook.

3.89

922

🌍 Climate Justice 🤝 Collective Action ✊ Intersectional Environmentalism 📢 Young Activists 🌱 Green New Deal

How to Change Everything 91%

Fossil fuels made the crisis. Young people are making the solution. Here's the playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2021

3.89

922 ratings

🌍 Climate Justice 🤝 Collective Action ✊ Intersectional Environmentalism 📢 Young Activists 🌱 Green New Deal

The Age of Sustainable Development

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2015

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

4.21

856

🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

The Age of Sustainable Development Summary

The Age of Sustainable Development 91%

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015

4.21

856 ratings

🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

Against White Feminism

by Rafia Zakaria • 2021

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

4.30

5k+

🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🪞 White Feminism Critique 📚 Feminist Theory ⛓️ Colonialism And Gender 🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism

Against White Feminism 91%

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

by Rafia Zakaria 2021

4.30

5k+ ratings

🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🪞 White Feminism Critique 📚 Feminist Theory ⛓️ Colonialism And Gender 🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism

The Minimalist Vegan

by Michael Ofei • 2017

Decluttering your home and diet: why the same principles work for both, and where to start.

3.70

267

🥬 Plant-Based Living 🏠 Simple Living 🐾 Animal Ethics 🧹 Decluttering 🛒 Consumerism Critique

The Minimalist Vegan 91%

Decluttering your home and diet: why the same principles work for both, and where to start.

by Michael Ofei 2017

3.70

267 ratings

🥬 Plant-Based Living 🏠 Simple Living 🐾 Animal Ethics 🧹 Decluttering 🛒 Consumerism Critique

Bankrupting the Third World

by James Morcan • 2015

The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.

4.40

🛢️ Resource Extraction 💰 Aid Critique ⛏️ Conflict Minerals 🌍 Economic Colonialism 💸 Debt And Dependency

Bankrupting the Third World 91%

The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.

by James Morcan 2015

4.40

96 ratings

🛢️ Resource Extraction 💰 Aid Critique ⛏️ Conflict Minerals 🌍 Economic Colonialism 💸 Debt And Dependency

Kicking Away the Ladder

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

4.21

1k+

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Kicking Away the Ladder 91%

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2002

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Slow Down

by Kōhei Saitō • 2020

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

3.92

3k+

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Slow Down 91%

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

by Kōhei Saitō 2020

3.92

3k+ ratings

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

The Future We Choose

by Christiana Figueres • 2020

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

4.05

7k+

🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

The Future We Choose 91%

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

by Christiana Figueres 2020

4.05

7k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

The Lost Art of Dress

by Linda Przybyszewski • 2014

Before fast fashion, women educators taught America that art and thrift, not wealth, made style.

3.87

1k+

👗 Fashion History 🇺🇸 American Fashion 🏠 Home Economics 👔 Wardrobe Building 💰 Thrifty Fashion

The Lost Art of Dress 91%

Before fast fashion, women educators taught America that art and thrift, not wealth, made style.

by Linda Przybyszewski 2014

3.87

1k+ ratings

👗 Fashion History 🇺🇸 American Fashion 🏠 Home Economics 👔 Wardrobe Building 💰 Thrifty Fashion

Junkyard Planet

by Adam Minter • 2013

What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.

3.91

2k+

♻️ Waste Management 🚢 Global Waste Trade 🔄 Circular Economy 📊 Commodity Markets 🔗 Global Supply Chains

Junkyard Planet 91%

What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.

by Adam Minter 2013

3.91

2k+ ratings

♻️ Waste Management 🚢 Global Waste Trade 🔄 Circular Economy 📊 Commodity Markets 🔗 Global Supply Chains

Beyond Money

by Anitra Nelson • 2022

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

2.96

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Beyond Money 91%

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

by Anitra Nelson 2022

2.96

24 ratings

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Not Just a Pretty Face

by Stacy Malkan • 2007

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

3.96

511

💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing 🎀 Pinkwashing 📋 Corporate Accountability

Not Just a Pretty Face 91%

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

by Stacy Malkan 2007

3.96

511 ratings

💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing 🎀 Pinkwashing 📋 Corporate Accountability

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