50 Books like Under a White Sky

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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193

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

Now or Never 96%

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

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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3k+

🌍 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

3.94

3k+ ratings

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

Earth in Human Hands

by David Grinspoon • 2016

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

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311

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity 👽 Astrobiology 🌡️ Geoengineering

Earth in Human Hands 95%

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

by David Grinspoon 2016

4.19

311 ratings

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity 👽 Astrobiology 🌡️ Geoengineering

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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7k+

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

Not the End of the World 95%

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

by Hannah Ritchie 2024

4.22

7k+ ratings

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

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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126

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

Our Angry Earth 95%

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

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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44k+

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

The World Without Us 95%

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

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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6k+

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

Apocalypse Never 95%

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

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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1k+

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

Nomad Century 95%

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

by Gaia Vince 2022

3.84

1k+ ratings

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

Climate Change

by Joseph Romm • 2015

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

4.22

694

🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

Climate Change 95%

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

by Joseph Romm 2015

4.22

694 ratings

🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

The Next Species

by Michael Tennesen • 2015

Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.

3.71

310

🦴 Mass Extinctions 🌍 Anthropocene 🦜 Biodiversity Loss 🧬 Human Evolution 🔮 Future Evolution

The Next Species 95%

Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.

by Michael Tennesen 2015

3.71

310 ratings

🦴 Mass Extinctions 🌍 Anthropocene 🦜 Biodiversity Loss 🧬 Human Evolution 🔮 Future Evolution

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

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

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2k+

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

Falter 95%

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

by Bill McKibben 2019

4.00

2k+ ratings

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

The Sixth Extinction

by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2014

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

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🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History ⏳ Deep Time 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Sixth Extinction 95%

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014

4.15

80k+ ratings

🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History ⏳ Deep Time 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Resilience Thinking

by Brian Walker • 2006

Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.

3.87

362

🌿 Ecosystem Management 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚖️ Regime Shifts 🔄 Adaptive Management 🏗️ Resilience Theory

Resilience Thinking 94%

Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.

by Brian Walker 2006

3.87

362 ratings

🌿 Ecosystem Management 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚖️ Regime Shifts 🔄 Adaptive Management 🏗️ Resilience Theory

Timefulness

by Marcia Bjornerud • 2018

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

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2k+

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

Timefulness 94%

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

by Marcia Bjornerud 2018

4.07

2k+ ratings

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

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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7k+

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

The Future We Choose 94%

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

Megafire

by Michael Kodas • 2017

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

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254

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

Megafire 94%

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

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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142

🏞️ 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 94%

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

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 94%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

The Hidden Life of Trees

by Peter Wohlleben • 2015

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

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90k+

🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

The Hidden Life of Trees 94%

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

by Peter Wohlleben 2015

4.06

90k+ ratings

🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

Our Choice

by Al Gore • 2008

The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.

3.99

864

🌍 Climate Crisis ☀️ Renewable Energy 💡 Energy Efficiency 💰 Carbon Pricing ⚡ Energy Transition

Our Choice 94%

The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.

by Al Gore 2008

3.99

864 ratings

🌍 Climate Crisis ☀️ Renewable Energy 💡 Energy Efficiency 💰 Carbon Pricing ⚡ Energy Transition

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 94%

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

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 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 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 94%

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

The Future of Life

by Edward O. Wilson • 2002

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

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3k+

🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

The Future of Life 94%

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

by Edward O. Wilson 2002

4.14

3k+ ratings

🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

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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3k+

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

False Alarm 94%

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

by Bjørn Lomborg 2020

4.16

3k+ ratings

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

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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1k+

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

Oil and Honey 94%

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

The Sacred Balance

by David Suzuki • 1997

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

4.14

2k+

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

The Sacred Balance 94%

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

by David Suzuki 1997

4.14

2k+ ratings

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

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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492

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

The Legacy 94%

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

by David Suzuki 2010

4.21

492 ratings

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

Rewilding the Sea

by Charles Clover • 2022

Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.

4.23

492

🐠 Marine Conservation 🌊 Marine Ecology 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🐋 Rewilding 💠 Blue Carbon

Rewilding the Sea 94%

Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.

by Charles Clover 2022

4.23

492 ratings

🐠 Marine Conservation 🌊 Marine Ecology 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🐋 Rewilding 💠 Blue Carbon

The Uninhabitable Earth

by David Wallace-Wells • 2019

Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.

3.99

30k+

🧪 Climate Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios 🏃 Climate Migration 🌪️ Extreme Weather 🌽 Food And Water Security

The Uninhabitable Earth 93%

Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.

by David Wallace-Wells 2019

3.99

30k+ ratings

🧪 Climate Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios 🏃 Climate Migration 🌪️ Extreme Weather 🌽 Food And Water Security

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.

4.02

106

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

Getting to Green 93%

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

Back to Earth

by Nicole Stott • 2021

From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.

3.91

219

🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🌿 Ecological Memoir 🌎 The Overview Effect 🛡️ Environmental Stewardship ⚡ Climate Action

Back to Earth 93%

From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.

by Nicole Stott 2021

3.91

219 ratings

🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🌿 Ecological Memoir 🌎 The Overview Effect 🛡️ Environmental Stewardship ⚡ Climate Action

The Green New Deal

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2019

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

3.68

812

💚 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

Unsettled

by Steven E. Koonin • 2021

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

4.24

4k+

🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 📊 Data Literacy

Unsettled 93%

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

by Steven E. Koonin 2021

4.24

4k+ ratings

🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 📊 Data Literacy

Bad Ideas?

by Robert Winston • 2009

Writing, farming, and nuclear power share an uncomfortable secret: each was supposed to save us.

3.56

142

⚙️ History Of Technology 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Progress Studies ⚠️ Risk Assessment 🌍 Environmental Impacts

Bad Ideas? 93%

Writing, farming, and nuclear power share an uncomfortable secret: each was supposed to save us.

by Robert Winston 2009

3.56

142 ratings

⚙️ History Of Technology 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Progress Studies ⚠️ Risk Assessment 🌍 Environmental Impacts

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 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

Going Nuclear

by Tim Gregory • 2025

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

4.47

350

🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions 📜 Nuclear History 🌱 Ecomodernism

Going Nuclear 93%

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

by Tim Gregory 2025

4.47

350 ratings

🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions 📜 Nuclear History 🌱 Ecomodernism

Staying with the Trouble

by Donna J. Haraway • 2016

There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.

4.04

3k+

🐙 Multispecies Kinship 🌿 Ecological Entanglement ♀️ Feminist Theory 🐝 More-Than-Human Ethics 🔬 Science Studies

Staying with the Trouble 93%

There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.

by Donna J. Haraway 2016

4.04

3k+ ratings

🐙 Multispecies Kinship 🌿 Ecological Entanglement ♀️ Feminist Theory 🐝 More-Than-Human Ethics 🔬 Science Studies

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

by Bill Gates • 2021

Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.

4.11

51k+

🌍 Net Zero Transition ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🚀 Techno-Optimism 💰 Climate Economics 🌪️ Climate Adaptation

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster 93%

Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.

by Bill Gates 2021

4.11

51k+ ratings

🌍 Net Zero Transition ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🚀 Techno-Optimism 💰 Climate Economics 🌪️ Climate Adaptation

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política

by Bruno Latour • 2017

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

3.74

2k+

🌍 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

3.74

2k+ ratings

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

A Brief History of Earth

by Andrew H. Knoll • 2021

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

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🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics 💀 Mass Extinctions 🏭 Anthropocene

A Brief History of Earth 93%

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

by Andrew H. Knoll 2021

3.94

5k+ ratings

🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics 💀 Mass Extinctions 🏭 Anthropocene

Speed & Scale

by John Doerr • 2021

The climate fight in 10 objectives: which sectors to fix first, and what it costs.

4.19

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🌍 Climate Action 🎯 Net Zero Transition 🏭 Decarbonization 🌳 Carbon Removal 📜 Climate Policy

Speed & Scale 93%

The climate fight in 10 objectives: which sectors to fix first, and what it costs.

by John Doerr 2021

4.19

2k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Action 🎯 Net Zero Transition 🏭 Decarbonization 🌳 Carbon Removal 📜 Climate Policy

The Great Displacement

by Jake Bittle • 2023

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

4.28

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🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration 💧 Water Crisis 🚒 Disaster Recovery

The Great Displacement 93%

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

by Jake Bittle 2023

4.28

4k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration 💧 Water Crisis 🚒 Disaster Recovery

The Heat Will Kill You First

by Jeff Goodell • 2023

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

4.29

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🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

The Heat Will Kill You First 93%

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

by Jeff Goodell 2023

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

Caesar's Last Breath

by Sam Kean • 2017

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

4.25

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🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

Caesar's Last Breath 93%

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

by Sam Kean 2017

4.25

5k+ ratings

🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

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 93%

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

Net Zero

by Dieter Helm • 2020

Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.

3.84

270

🏷️ Carbon Pricing 📈 Market-Based Environmentalism 📦 Consumption Emissions 🌳 Natural Sequestration ⚡ Electricity Market Reform

Net Zero 93%

Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.

by Dieter Helm 2020

3.84

270 ratings

🏷️ Carbon Pricing 📈 Market-Based Environmentalism 📦 Consumption Emissions 🌳 Natural Sequestration ⚡ Electricity Market Reform

The Great Transition

by Lester R. Brown • 2014

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

3.66

201

⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

The Great Transition 93%

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

by Lester R. Brown 2014

3.66

201 ratings

⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

This Changes Everything

by Naomi Klein • 2014

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

4.16

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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

No. More. Plastic.

by Martin Dorey • 2018

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

3.99

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

by Martin Dorey 2018

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