50 Books like How to Think Seriously About the Planet

Getting to Green

by Frederic C. Rich • 2016

No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.

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🌿 Environmental Policy 🇺🇸 American Conservation 🪓 Political Polarization 🌡️ Climate Change Politics 🛡️ Stewardship Ethics

Getting to Green 95%

No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.

by Frederic C. Rich 2016

4.02

106 ratings

🌿 Environmental Policy 🇺🇸 American Conservation 🪓 Political Polarization 🌡️ Climate Change Politics 🛡️ Stewardship Ethics

The Legacy

by David Suzuki • 2010

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

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🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

The Legacy 95%

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

by David Suzuki 2010

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492 ratings

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

The End of Nature

by Bill McKibben • 1989

Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.

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🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy 🌿 Deep Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🏭 Greenhouse Effect 🐾 Biodiversity Loss

The End of Nature 95%

Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.

by Bill McKibben 1989

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3k+ ratings

🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy 🌿 Deep Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🏭 Greenhouse Effect 🐾 Biodiversity Loss

The Good Ancestor

by Roman Krznaric • 2020

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

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⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

The Good Ancestor 94%

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

by Roman Krznaric 2020

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⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

Apocalypse Never

by Michael Shellenberger • 2020

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

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🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

Apocalypse Never 94%

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

by Michael Shellenberger 2020

4.16

6k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

An Inconvenient Apocalypse

by Wes Jackson • 2022

Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.

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📉 Limits To Growth 🛠️ Techno-Skepticism 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 💥 Collapsology

An Inconvenient Apocalypse 94%

Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.

by Wes Jackson 2022

3.56

198 ratings

📉 Limits To Growth 🛠️ Techno-Skepticism 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 💥 Collapsology

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

by Alex Epstein • 2014

Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.

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⚡ Energy Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate 🔧 Techno-Optimism 🔍 Eco-Skepticism 🏛️ Objectivist Philosophy

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 94%

Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.

by Alex Epstein 2014

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2k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate 🔧 Techno-Optimism 🔍 Eco-Skepticism 🏛️ Objectivist Philosophy

Not the End of the World

by Hannah Ritchie • 2024

The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.

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🌍 Environmental Optimism 💡 Climate Solutions 🎯 Effective Environmentalism 🌾 Agricultural Innovation ⚡ Renewable Energy

Not the End of the World 93%

The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.

by Hannah Ritchie 2024

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7k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Optimism 💡 Climate Solutions 🎯 Effective Environmentalism 🌾 Agricultural Innovation ⚡ Renewable Energy

The Serviceberry

by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2024

Nature's economy is a gift economy. An ecologist shows how it works, and why markets can't.

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🧙🏽 Indigenous Wisdom 🎁 Gift Economies 🧠 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📊 Ecological Economics 🤝 Commons Stewardship

The Serviceberry 93%

Nature's economy is a gift economy. An ecologist shows how it works, and why markets can't.

by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024

4.27

70k+ ratings

🧙🏽 Indigenous Wisdom 🎁 Gift Economies 🧠 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📊 Ecological Economics 🤝 Commons Stewardship

The Story of Stuff

by Annie Leonard • 2010

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

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📉 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

The Sacred Balance

by David Suzuki • 1997

You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.

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🏔️ Deep Ecology 🌿 Sacred Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🤝 Human-Nature Connection 🌍 Earth Systems

The Sacred Balance 93%

You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.

by David Suzuki 1997

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2k+ ratings

🏔️ Deep Ecology 🌿 Sacred Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🤝 Human-Nature Connection 🌍 Earth Systems

Our Angry Earth

by Isaac Asimov • 1991

Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.

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🌍 Environmental Crises 🌡️ Climate Science 🏭 Pollution 🌳 Habitat Loss ☀️ Renewable Energy

Our Angry Earth 93%

Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.

by Isaac Asimov 1991

3.71

126 ratings

🌍 Environmental Crises 🌡️ Climate Science 🏭 Pollution 🌳 Habitat Loss ☀️ Renewable Energy

Voluntary Simplicity

by Duane Elgin • 1981

Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.

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🌿 Voluntary Simplicity 🛑 Anti-Consumerism 🏘️ Intentional Communities 📉 Limits To Growth 🌲 Deep Ecology

Voluntary Simplicity 93%

Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.

by Duane Elgin 1981

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2k+ ratings

🌿 Voluntary Simplicity 🛑 Anti-Consumerism 🏘️ Intentional Communities 📉 Limits To Growth 🌲 Deep Ecology

Sowing Seeds in the Desert

by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012

Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.

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🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture 🌳 Permaculture Philosophy 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture 🧘 Nature Spirituality

Sowing Seeds in the Desert 93%

Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.

by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012

4.34

724 ratings

🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture 🌳 Permaculture Philosophy 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture 🧘 Nature Spirituality

Oil and Honey

by Bill McKibben • 2013

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

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

Oil and Honey 93%

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

by Bill McKibben 2013

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1k+ ratings

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

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política

by Bruno Latour • 2017

Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.

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🌍 Political Ecology 🌡️ Climate Politics 🧠 Continental Philosophy 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌿 Environmental Philosophy

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política Summary

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política 93%

Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.

by Bruno Latour 2017

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2k+ ratings

🌍 Political Ecology 🌡️ Climate Politics 🧠 Continental Philosophy 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌿 Environmental Philosophy

Now or Never

by Tim Flannery • 2009

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene 🌱 Carbon Sequestration 🌊 Ocean Acidification

Now or Never 93%

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

by Tim Flannery 2009

3.49

193 ratings

🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene 🌱 Carbon Sequestration 🌊 Ocean Acidification

Blessed Unrest

by Paul Hawken • 2007

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

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

Blessed Unrest 93%

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

Seeing Like a State

by James C. Scott • 1998

Why grand state plans fail: the same simplifications that make society governable make it fragile.

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🏛️ Political Theory 🏗️ State Planning 🌱 Local Knowledge 🚧 Development Critique 🌿 Ecological Thinking

Seeing Like a State 93%

Why grand state plans fail: the same simplifications that make society governable make it fragile.

by James C. Scott 1998

4.21

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Theory 🏗️ State Planning 🌱 Local Knowledge 🚧 Development Critique 🌿 Ecological Thinking

The Future We Choose

by Christiana Figueres • 2020

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

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

The Future We Choose 93%

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

by Christiana Figueres 2020

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7k+ ratings

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

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

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🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Falter 93%

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

by Bill McKibben 2019

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2k+ ratings

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Small is Beautiful

by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

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🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

Small is Beautiful 93%

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973

4.09

7k+ ratings

🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

Sacred Nature

by Karen Armstrong • 2022

Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.

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🌍 Comparative Religion 🌿 Environmental Philosophy 🙏 Spiritual Ecology ✝️ Ecotheology 🔮 Perennial Philosophy

Sacred Nature 93%

Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.

by Karen Armstrong 2022

3.67

2k+ ratings

🌍 Comparative Religion 🌿 Environmental Philosophy 🙏 Spiritual Ecology ✝️ Ecotheology 🔮 Perennial Philosophy

Plan B 3.0

by Lester R. Brown • 2008

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Plan B 3.0 93%

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

by Lester R. Brown 2008

3.93

531 ratings

🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

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📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌍 Environmental Philosophy

Braiding Sweetgrass 93%

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013

4.51

177k+ ratings

📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌍 Environmental Philosophy

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age

by Dipesh Chakrabarty • 2021

All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.

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🏞️ Anthropocene Theory ⏳ Deep Time ⚖️ Climate Justice 📜 Historiography 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age 93%

All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.

by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021

3.68

142 ratings

🏞️ Anthropocene Theory ⏳ Deep Time ⚖️ Climate Justice 📜 Historiography 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

Liberty and Tyranny

by Mark R. Levin • 2004

The Constitution was not repealed, it was reinterpreted: the conservative case for reversal.

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🏛️ American Conservatism 📜 Originalism ⚖️ Natural Law Theory 🔗 Limited Government 💸 Welfare State Critique

Liberty and Tyranny 93%

The Constitution was not repealed, it was reinterpreted: the conservative case for reversal.

by Mark R. Levin 2004

4.17

8k+ ratings

🏛️ American Conservatism 📜 Originalism ⚖️ Natural Law Theory 🔗 Limited Government 💸 Welfare State Critique

Ecological Intelligence

by Ian McCallum • 2005

The environmental crisis is a crisis of self: we cannot save what we refuse to see as part of us.

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🌿 Deep Ecology 🧠 Ecopsychology 🌑 Shadow Work 🤔 Environmental Philosophy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics

Ecological Intelligence 93%

The environmental crisis is a crisis of self: we cannot save what we refuse to see as part of us.

by Ian McCallum 2005

4.08

109 ratings

🌿 Deep Ecology 🧠 Ecopsychology 🌑 Shadow Work 🤔 Environmental Philosophy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics

The Green New Deal

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2019

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

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💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Green New Deal 93%

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

by Jeremy Rifkin 2019

3.68

812 ratings

💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

This Changes Everything

by Naomi Klein • 2014

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

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

This Changes Everything 93%

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

Drawdown

by Paul Hawken • 2017

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

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🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

Drawdown 93%

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

by Paul Hawken 2017

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4k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

How the World Really Works

by Vaclav Smil • 2022

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

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⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

How the World Really Works 93%

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

by Vaclav Smil 2022

3.94

14k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

False Alarm

by Bjørn Lomborg • 2020

Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.

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🏛️ Climate Policy 📊 Environmental Economics ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🔋 Green Energy Innovation 🛡️ Adaptation Strategies

False Alarm 93%

Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.

by Bjørn Lomborg 2020

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🏛️ Climate Policy 📊 Environmental Economics ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🔋 Green Energy Innovation 🛡️ Adaptation Strategies

Becoming Animal

by David Abram • 2010

Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.

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🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🪨 Animism 🌀 Phenomenology 🐺 More-Than-Human World 🌲 Deep Ecology

Becoming Animal 93%

Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.

by David Abram 2010

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2k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🪨 Animism 🌀 Phenomenology 🐺 More-Than-Human World 🌲 Deep Ecology

Planet on Fire

by Mathew Lawrence • 2021

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

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

Planet on Fire 93%

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

Defeating Big Government Socialism

by Newt Gingrich • 2022

Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.

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🗣️ Conservative Polemics 📈 Free Market Advocacy 🚫 Anti-Socialism 🏛️ Limited Government 📋 Bureaucratic Bloat

Defeating Big Government Socialism Summary

Defeating Big Government Socialism 93%

Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.

by Newt Gingrich 2022

4.19

288 ratings

🗣️ Conservative Polemics 📈 Free Market Advocacy 🚫 Anti-Socialism 🏛️ Limited Government 📋 Bureaucratic Bloat

Nomad Century

by Gaia Vince • 2022

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

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🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

Nomad Century 93%

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

by Gaia Vince 2022

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1k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

Active Hope

by Joanna Macy • 2012

Despair for the world is a sign of sanity. A practice for turning that pain into action.

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🏔️ Deep Ecology 🌍 Climate Grief 🌿 Ecospirituality 💪 Activist Resilience 🧘 Engaged Buddhism

Active Hope 93%

Despair for the world is a sign of sanity. A practice for turning that pain into action.

by Joanna Macy 2012

4.10

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Deep Ecology 🌍 Climate Grief 🌿 Ecospirituality 💪 Activist Resilience 🧘 Engaged Buddhism

Designing Regenerative Cultures

by Daniel Christian Wahl • 2016

Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.

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🔄 Regenerative Design 🌍 Ecological Economics 🧠 Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🌳 Deep Ecology

Designing Regenerative Cultures 93%

Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.

by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016

4.24

223 ratings

🔄 Regenerative Design 🌍 Ecological Economics 🧠 Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🌳 Deep Ecology

The Green Collar Economy

by Van Jones • 2008

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

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

The Green Collar Economy 92%

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

No. More. Plastic.

by Martin Dorey • 2018

Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.

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🧴 Plastic Pollution ♻️ Zero Waste Living ✊ Everyday Activism 🛒 Ethical Consumerism 🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle

No. More. Plastic. 92%

Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.

by Martin Dorey 2018

3.99

2k+ ratings

🧴 Plastic Pollution ♻️ Zero Waste Living ✊ Everyday Activism 🛒 Ethical Consumerism 🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle

Doughnut Economics

by Kate Raworth • 2017

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

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🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Doughnut Economics 92%

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

by Kate Raworth 2017

4.16

16k+ ratings

🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development

by Edward Saja Sanneh • 2018

Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.

4.00

🧠 Systems Thinking 🌍 Sustainable Development 📋 Environmental Policy ⚡ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Security

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Summary

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development 92%

Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.

by Edward Saja Sanneh 2018

4.00

2 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 🌍 Sustainable Development 📋 Environmental Policy ⚡ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Security

2052

by Jørgen Randers • 2012

A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.

3.95

355

🧠 Systems Thinking 📉 Limits To Growth 🔮 Scenario Planning ⚡ Energy Transition 👶 Demographic Decline

2052 92%

A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.

by Jørgen Randers 2012

3.95

355 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 📉 Limits To Growth 🔮 Scenario Planning ⚡ Energy Transition 👶 Demographic Decline

The Spell of the Sensuous

by David Abram • 1996

The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.

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🌀 Phenomenology 🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🦊 Animism 👁️ Embodied Perception 🌿 Deep Ecology

The Spell of the Sensuous 92%

The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.

by David Abram 1996

4.17

5k+ ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🦊 Animism 👁️ Embodied Perception 🌿 Deep Ecology

The Good-Enough Life

by Avram Alpert • 2022

Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.

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🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism 🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy 🌿 Degrowth Economics 🧬 Human Nature Debate

The Good-Enough Life 92%

Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.

by Avram Alpert 2022

3.39

390 ratings

🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism 🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy 🌿 Degrowth Economics 🧬 Human Nature Debate

The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman • 2007

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

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🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution ☢️ Nuclear Legacy 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay

The World Without Us 92%

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

by Alan Weisman 2007

3.81

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution ☢️ Nuclear Legacy 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay

Megafire

by Michael Kodas • 2017

A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.

4.01

254

🔥 Wildfire 🏕️ Forest Ecology 🌪️ Climate Disasters 📋 Environmental Policy 🌲 Land Management

Megafire 92%

A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.

by Michael Kodas 2017

4.01

254 ratings

🔥 Wildfire 🏕️ Forest Ecology 🌪️ Climate Disasters 📋 Environmental Policy 🌲 Land Management

Ideas Have Consequences

by Richard M. Weaver • 1948

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

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Ideas Have Consequences 92%

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

by Richard M. Weaver 1948

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🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

The Conservative Heart

by Arthur C. Brooks • 2015

Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.

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🏛️ American Conservatism 😊 Happiness Economics 🔨 Meaningful Work 🏚️ Poverty And Culture 🗣️ Political Persuasion

The Conservative Heart 92%

Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.

by Arthur C. Brooks 2015

4.11

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🏛️ American Conservatism 😊 Happiness Economics 🔨 Meaningful Work 🏚️ Poverty And Culture 🗣️ Political Persuasion

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