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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.
4.34
724
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert 96%
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
Designing Regenerative Food Systems
by Marina O'Connell • 2022
Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
3.75
4
🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🌱 Regenerative Farming🏡 Permaculture🌍 Agroecology🌳 Agroforestry
Designing Regenerative Food Systems Summary
Designing Regenerative Food Systems 95%
Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
by Marina O'Connell 2022
3.75
4 ratings
🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🌱 Regenerative Farming🏡 Permaculture🌍 Agroecology🌳 Agroforestry
Restoration Agriculture
by Mark Shepard • 2013
Twice corn's calories at one-third the cost: building a farm that restores the land.
4.30
1k+
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Agroforestry💧 Keyline Design🐄 Holistic Grazing🌱 Plant Breeding
Restoration Agriculture Summary
Restoration Agriculture 95%
Twice corn's calories at one-third the cost: building a farm that restores the land.
by Mark Shepard 2013
4.30
1k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Agroforestry💧 Keyline Design🐄 Holistic Grazing🌱 Plant Breeding
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 95%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
The Third Plate
by Dan Barber • 2014
Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.
4.28
7k+
🚜 Food Systems🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Biology🐝 Biodiversity👨‍🍳 Activist Chefs
The Third Plate Summary
The Third Plate 95%
Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.
by Dan Barber 2014
4.28
7k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Biology🐝 Biodiversity👨‍🍳 Activist Chefs
Dirt to Soil
by Gabe Brown • 2018
After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.
4.46
2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Health🐄 Holistic Grazing🏞️ Ecosystem Restoration💰 Farm Profitability
Dirt to Soil Summary
Dirt to Soil 95%
After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.
by Gabe Brown 2018
4.46
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Health🐄 Holistic Grazing🏞️ Ecosystem Restoration💰 Farm Profitability
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks • 2020
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
4.42
8k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health📖 Agrarian Memoir🍽️ Food Systems Critique
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song 95%
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
by James Rebanks 2020
4.42
8k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health📖 Agrarian Memoir🍽️ Food Systems Critique
Small is Beautiful
by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973
The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.
4.09
7k+
🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning📏 Limits To Growth⚖️ Ethical Economics
Small is Beautiful Summary
Small is Beautiful 95%
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
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan • 2006
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
4.19
211k+
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 95%
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
by Michael Pollan 2006
4.19
211k+ ratings
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
You Can Farm
by Joel Salatin • 1998
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
4.31
2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms🐔 Pastured Livestock
You Can Farm Summary
You Can Farm 95%
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
by Joel Salatin 1998
4.31
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms🐔 Pastured Livestock
Doughnut Economics
by Kate Raworth • 2017
GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.
4.16
16k+
🌍 Ecological Economics📉 Post-Growth Economics🌎 Planetary Boundaries🔄 Systems Thinking🧠 Behavioral Economics
Doughnut Economics Summary
Doughnut Economics 94%
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
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 Summary
Soil Not Oil 94%
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
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope 94%
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
40 Chances
by Howard G. Buffett • 2013
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
3.83
843
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
40 Chances Summary
40 Chances 94%
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
by Howard G. Buffett 2013
3.83
843 ratings
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
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 Summary
Fibershed 94%
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
The Profitable Hobby Farm
by Sarah Beth Aubrey • 2010
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
3.71
157
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture📋 Farm Marketing🤝 Cooperative Models
The Profitable Hobby Farm Summary
The Profitable Hobby Farm 94%
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
by Sarah Beth Aubrey 2010
3.71
157 ratings
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture📋 Farm Marketing🤝 Cooperative Models
Food Politics
by Robert Paarlberg • 2010
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
3.49
340
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics 94%
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
by Robert Paarlberg 2010
3.49
340 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Drawdown
by Paul Hawken • 2017
100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.
4.40
4k+
🌍 Climate Reversal💰 Environmental Economics🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🍃 Carbon Sequestration🔄 Circular Economy
Drawdown Summary
Drawdown 94%
100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.
by Paul Hawken 2017
4.40
4k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Reversal💰 Environmental Economics🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🍃 Carbon Sequestration🔄 Circular Economy
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
4k+
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 94%
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Eating Tomorrow
by Timothy A. Wise • 2019
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
3.78
78
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty🏞️ Land Grabbing🌱 Agro-Ecology
Eating Tomorrow Summary
Eating Tomorrow 94%
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
by Timothy A. Wise 2019
3.78
78 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty🏞️ Land Grabbing🌱 Agro-Ecology
Green Swans
by John Elkington • 2020
Sustainability was about doing less harm. The next economy restores more than it takes.
3.78
349
🌱 Regenerative Capitalism🔄 Systems Thinking🧩 Wicked Problems📈 Exponential Technology📊 Triple Bottom Line
Green Swans Summary
Green Swans 93%
Sustainability was about doing less harm. The next economy restores more than it takes.
by John Elkington 2020
3.78
349 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Capitalism🔄 Systems Thinking🧩 Wicked Problems📈 Exponential Technology📊 Triple Bottom Line
Less Is More
by Jason Hickel • 2020
Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.
4.50
9k+
🍂 Degrowth Movement🌍 Ecological Economics📉 Beyond GDP🛑 Green Growth Critique⚖️ Climate Justice
Less Is More Summary
Less Is More 93%
Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.
by Jason Hickel 2020
4.50
9k+ ratings
🍂 Degrowth Movement🌍 Ecological Economics📉 Beyond GDP🛑 Green Growth Critique⚖️ Climate Justice
The Soil Will Save Us
by Kristin Ohlson • 2014
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all forests combined. We can rebuild it.
4.14
1k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Ecology🌍 Carbon Farming🚜 No-Till Farming🐄 Managed Grazing
The Soil Will Save Us Summary
The Soil Will Save Us 93%
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all forests combined. We can rebuild it.
by Kristin Ohlson 2014
4.14
1k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Ecology🌍 Carbon Farming🚜 No-Till Farming🐄 Managed Grazing
Beyond Money
by Anitra Nelson • 2022
Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.
2.96
24
🏛️ Postcapitalism📉 Degrowth🤝 Commoning🪙 Money Critique🗳️ Direct Democracy
Beyond Money Summary
Beyond Money 93%
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
The Economics of Enough
by Diane Coyle • 2011
Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.
3.43
116
🏛️ Political Economy🌿 Environmental Economics📈 Sustainable Growth📊 Beyond Gdp⚖️ Economic Inequality
The Economics of Enough Summary
The Economics of Enough 93%
Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.
by Diane Coyle 2011
3.43
116 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🌿 Environmental Economics📈 Sustainable Growth📊 Beyond Gdp⚖️ Economic Inequality
Cows Save the Planet
by Judith D. Schwartz • 2013
Cows aren't the climate villains you think: managed right, they're the restoration tool we need.
4.09
423
🧱 Soil Health🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Carbon Sequestration💧 Water Cycles🦠 Soil Biodiversity
Cows Save the Planet Summary
Cows Save the Planet 93%
Cows aren't the climate villains you think: managed right, they're the restoration tool we need.
by Judith D. Schwartz 2013
4.09
423 ratings
🧱 Soil Health🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Carbon Sequestration💧 Water Cycles🦠 Soil Biodiversity
Sacred Economics
by Charles Eisenstein • 2011
Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.
4.21
2k+
🏛 Heterodox Economics🎁 Gift Economies🌳 Commons And Enclosures⏳ Post-Growth Economics🕊 Spiritual Ecology
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics 93%
Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.
by Charles Eisenstein 2011
4.21
2k+ ratings
🏛 Heterodox Economics🎁 Gift Economies🌳 Commons And Enclosures⏳ Post-Growth Economics🕊 Spiritual Ecology
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl • 2016
Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.
4.24
223
🔄 Regenerative Design🌍 Ecological Economics🧠 Systems Thinking🦎 Biomimicry🌳 Deep Ecology
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
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
Food Fix
by Mark Hyman • 2020
Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.
4.07
3k+
🌐 Food Systems🏛️ Food Policy🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌿 Regenerative Farming💰 True Cost Of Food
Food Fix Summary
Food Fix 93%
Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.
by Mark Hyman 2020
4.07
3k+ ratings
🌐 Food Systems🏛️ Food Policy🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌿 Regenerative Farming💰 True Cost Of Food
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
by Wes Jackson • 2022
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
3.56
198
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics🌿 Deep Ecology💥 Collapsology
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse 93%
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 Organic Farmer's Business Handbook
by Richard Wiswall • 2009
The business manual organic farmers actually need: plan for profit, track costs, and pay yourself.
4.08
157
🥕 Organic Farming Business🚜 Small Farm Management💰 Farm Finance📋 Farm Business Planning🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook Summary
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook 93%
The business manual organic farmers actually need: plan for profit, track costs, and pay yourself.
by Richard Wiswall 2009
4.08
157 ratings
🥕 Organic Farming Business🚜 Small Farm Management💰 Farm Finance📋 Farm Business Planning🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky • 2012
Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.
3.56
2k+
🌱 Post-Growth Economics🛒 Anti-Consumerism⚖️ Economic Ethics⏳ Work-Time Reduction💰 Basic Income Debate
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 93%
Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.
by Robert Skidelsky 2012
3.56
2k+ ratings
🌱 Post-Growth Economics🛒 Anti-Consumerism⚖️ Economic Ethics⏳ Work-Time Reduction💰 Basic Income Debate
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
4.31
3k+
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest 93%
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
by Dan Saladino 2021
4.31
3k+ ratings
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
Confronting Collapse
by Michael C. Ruppert • 2009
Cheap oil made modern life possible. It is peaking, and nothing can fully replace it.
3.83
313
⛽ Peak Oil🪨 Resource Depletion💹 Energy Economics🌱 Ecological Economics⚡ Energy Transition
Confronting Collapse Summary
Confronting Collapse 93%
Cheap oil made modern life possible. It is peaking, and nothing can fully replace it.
by Michael C. Ruppert 2009
3.83
313 ratings
⛽ Peak Oil🪨 Resource Depletion💹 Energy Economics🌱 Ecological Economics⚡ Energy Transition
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver • 2007
One family, one year, one rule: nothing to eat from beyond a hundred miles.
4.05
113k+
🥕 Locavore Movement🍂 Seasonal Cooking📖 Food Memoirs🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏡 Home Gardening
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle 93%
One family, one year, one rule: nothing to eat from beyond a hundred miles.
by Barbara Kingsolver 2007
4.05
113k+ ratings
🥕 Locavore Movement🍂 Seasonal Cooking📖 Food Memoirs🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏡 Home Gardening
Paint Your Town Red
by Matthew Brown • 2021
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
3.71
173
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red 93%
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
by Matthew Brown 2021
3.71
173 ratings
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
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 Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich 93%
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 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 93%
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
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 Summary
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
Plan B 3.0
by Lester R. Brown • 2008
Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.
3.93
531
🌍 Planetary Boundaries⚡ Energy Transition📋 Climate Policy♻️ Circular Economy🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Plan B 3.0 Summary
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
Gardening When It Counts
by Steve Solomon • 2006
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
4.05
982
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts 93%
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
by Steve Solomon 2006
4.05
982 ratings
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
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 Summary
A World of Three Zeros 93%
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
Optimal Illusions
by Coco Krumme • 2023
Optimization promised perfection. It delivered fragile systems and hollowed communities.
3.00
238
🏭 Efficiency Critique🔗 Systems Thinking🐌 Slow Living🏡 Localism🤖 Humane Technology
Optimal Illusions Summary
Optimal Illusions 93%
Optimization promised perfection. It delivered fragile systems and hollowed communities.
by Coco Krumme 2023
3.00
238 ratings
🏭 Efficiency Critique🔗 Systems Thinking🐌 Slow Living🏡 Localism🤖 Humane Technology
Meet the Frugalwoods
by Elizabeth Willard Thames • 2018
An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.
3.74
7k+
🏦 Financial Independence💰 Frugal Living🔥 Fire Movement🌱 Homesteading🔨 Diy Lifestyle
Meet the Frugalwoods Summary
Meet the Frugalwoods 93%
An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.
by Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018
3.74
7k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Independence💰 Frugal Living🔥 Fire Movement🌱 Homesteading🔨 Diy Lifestyle
Animal, Vegetable, Junk
by Mark Bittman • 2021
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
3.90
4k+
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture🍔 Junk Food Engineering🏥 Public Health Crisis
Animal, Vegetable, Junk Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Junk 93%
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
by Mark Bittman 2021
3.90
4k+ ratings
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture🍔 Junk Food Engineering🏥 Public Health Crisis
Soil and Sacrament
by Fred Bahnson • 2013
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
4.17
264
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality🤝 Interfaith Ecology🌍 Creation Care
Soil and Sacrament Summary
Soil and Sacrament 92%
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
by Fred Bahnson 2013
4.17
264 ratings
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality🤝 Interfaith Ecology🌍 Creation Care
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 Summary
Slow Down 92%
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
We Are the Weather
by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2019
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
3.69
17k+
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🐄 Animal Agriculture
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather 92%
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019
3.69
17k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🐄 Animal Agriculture
Voluntary Simplicity
by Duane Elgin • 1981
Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.
3.62
2k+
🌿 Voluntary Simplicity🛑 Anti-Consumerism🏘️ Intentional Communities📉 Limits To Growth🌲 Deep Ecology
Voluntary Simplicity Summary
Voluntary Simplicity 92%
Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.
by Duane Elgin 1981
3.62
2k+ ratings
🌿 Voluntary Simplicity🛑 Anti-Consumerism🏘️ Intentional Communities📉 Limits To Growth🌲 Deep Ecology
Should We Eat Meat?
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
3.52
644
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet🍽️ Food Systems🥬 Meat Alternatives
Should We Eat Meat? Summary
Should We Eat Meat? 92%
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
by Vaclav Smil 2013
3.52
644 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet🍽️ Food Systems🥬 Meat Alternatives
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