50 Books like What the Bears Know

What the Animals Taught Me

by Stephanie Marohn • 2012

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

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155

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

What the Animals Taught Me 94%

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

by Stephanie Marohn 2012

3.75

155 ratings

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

Raising Hare

by Chloe Dalton • 2025

She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.

4.28

43k+

🏥 Wildlife Rescue 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌳 English Countryside 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🌿 Rewilding

Raising Hare 94%

She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.

by Chloe Dalton 2025

4.28

43k+ ratings

🏥 Wildlife Rescue 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌳 English Countryside 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🌿 Rewilding

Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking

by Tom Brown Jr. • 1999

Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.

4.10

335

🐾 Animal Tracking 🏕️ Wilderness Skills 👣 Track Interpretation 👁️ Nature Awareness 🪶 Indigenous Wisdom

Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking Summary

Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking 94%

Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.

by Tom Brown Jr. 1999

4.10

335 ratings

🐾 Animal Tracking 🏕️ Wilderness Skills 👣 Track Interpretation 👁️ Nature Awareness 🪶 Indigenous Wisdom

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

by Jim Corbett • 1944

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

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6k+

🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

Man-Eaters of Kumaon 94%

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

by Jim Corbett 1944

4.31

6k+ ratings

🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

A Primate's Memoir

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

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9k+

🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

A Primate's Memoir 94%

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001

4.39

9k+ ratings

🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

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 93%

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

Listening to Whales

by Alexandra Morton • 2002

A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.

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1k+

🐋 Marine Biology 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🐋 Orca Societies ⛓️ Anti-Captivity ✊ Environmental Advocacy

Listening to Whales 93%

A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.

by Alexandra Morton 2002

4.51

1k+ ratings

🐋 Marine Biology 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🐋 Orca Societies ⛓️ Anti-Captivity ✊ Environmental Advocacy

The Soul of All Living Creatures

by Vint Virga • 2013

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

3.55

666

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary

The Soul of All Living Creatures 93%

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

by Vint Virga 2013

3.55

666 ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Wisdom of Wilderness

by Gerald G. May • 2006

Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.

4.18

344

🏔️ Nature Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Ecopsychology 🏕️ Wilderness Memoir 💚 Healing Through Nature

The Wisdom of Wilderness 93%

Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.

by Gerald G. May 2006

4.18

344 ratings

🏔️ Nature Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Ecopsychology 🏕️ Wilderness Memoir 💚 Healing Through Nature

Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013

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

4.51

177k+

📜 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

Rooted

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt • 2021

A field guide to living on a troubled earth, where science, wildness, and spirit converge.

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5k+

🌿 Nature Writing 🌱 Ecological Spirituality 🌎 Environmental Philosophy 🌲 Forest Bathing 🐦 Animal Consciousness

Rooted 93%

A field guide to living on a troubled earth, where science, wildness, and spirit converge.

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt 2021

4.00

5k+ ratings

🌿 Nature Writing 🌱 Ecological Spirituality 🌎 Environmental Philosophy 🌲 Forest Bathing 🐦 Animal Consciousness

Providence

by Daniel Quinn • 1994

A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.

3.70

1k+

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🌍 Ecological Philosophy 🔮 Animism 🏛️ Civilization Critique 🌱 Ecological Belonging

Providence 93%

A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.

by Daniel Quinn 1994

3.70

1k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🌍 Ecological Philosophy 🔮 Animism 🏛️ Civilization Critique 🌱 Ecological Belonging

The Way of the Hermit

by Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

The Way of the Hermit 93%

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

by Ken Smith 2023

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

Two Dogs and a Parrot

by Joan D. Chittister • 2015

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

4.15

155

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

Two Dogs and a Parrot 92%

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

by Joan D. Chittister 2015

4.15

155 ratings

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

Beyond Words

by Carl Safina • 2015

Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.

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5k+

🧠 Animal Consciousness 💔 Animal Emotion 🐘 Animal Societies 🗣️ Animal Communication 🔬 Cognitive Ethology

Beyond Words 92%

Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.

by Carl Safina 2015

4.41

5k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Consciousness 💔 Animal Emotion 🐘 Animal Societies 🗣️ Animal Communication 🔬 Cognitive Ethology

Shark Life

by Peter Benchley • 2002

Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.

4.01

845

🐠 Marine Biology 🌊 Ocean Conservation 🎲 Risk Perception 🦈 Apex Predators 🛟 Ocean Safety

Shark Life 92%

Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.

by Peter Benchley 2002

4.01

845 ratings

🐠 Marine Biology 🌊 Ocean Conservation 🎲 Risk Perception 🦈 Apex Predators 🛟 Ocean Safety

Eight Master Lessons of Nature

by Gary Ferguson • 2019

The trees, wolves, and elephants already solved your biggest problems. Eight lessons they can teach.

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1k+

🍃 Nature Writing 🔬 Biomimicry 🌍 Deep Ecology 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌿 Biophilia

Eight Master Lessons of Nature 92%

The trees, wolves, and elephants already solved your biggest problems. Eight lessons they can teach.

by Gary Ferguson 2019

4.12

1k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing 🔬 Biomimicry 🌍 Deep Ecology 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌿 Biophilia

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.

4.08

109

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

Ecological Intelligence 92%

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 Wisdom of Wolves

by Elli H. Radinger • 2017

Forget alpha leaders. The real secrets to family and leadership are running wild in wolf country.

4.13

2k+

🐺 Wolf Behavior 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🐾 Pack Dynamics 👥 Shared Leadership 🗣️ Animal Communication

The Wisdom of Wolves 92%

Forget alpha leaders. The real secrets to family and leadership are running wild in wolf country.

by Elli H. Radinger 2017

4.13

2k+ ratings

🐺 Wolf Behavior 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🐾 Pack Dynamics 👥 Shared Leadership 🗣️ Animal Communication

A Year of Living Simply

by Kate Humble • 2024

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

3.71

2k+

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

A Year of Living Simply 92%

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

by Kate Humble 2024

3.71

2k+ ratings

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

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 92%

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

Last Chance to See

by Douglas Adams • 1990

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

4.32

26k+

🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🏝️ Island Ecology 💀 Extinction Narratives

Last Chance to See 92%

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

by Douglas Adams 1990

4.32

26k+ ratings

🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🏝️ Island Ecology 💀 Extinction Narratives

Life Lessons From the Amazon

by Pip Stewart • 2021

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

4.08

194

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Life Lessons From the Amazon 92%

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

by Pip Stewart 2021

4.08

194 ratings

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Phosphorescence

by Julia Baird • 2020

What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.

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12k+

✨ Everyday Awe 🌿 Nature Connection 🔍 Attention Practice 🤝 Deep Friendships 💗 Self-Compassion

Phosphorescence 92%

What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.

by Julia Baird 2020

3.77

12k+ ratings

✨ Everyday Awe 🌿 Nature Connection 🔍 Attention Practice 🤝 Deep Friendships 💗 Self-Compassion

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.

4.27

70k+

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

The Serviceberry 92%

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

Wild Rescues

by Kevin Grange • 2021

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

4.20

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Wild Rescues 91%

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

by Kevin Grange 2021

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Sastun

by Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

678

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

Sastun 91%

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

by Rosita Arvigo 1994

4.38

678 ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

Peacebunny Island

by Caleb Smith • 2021

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

4.13

208

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship ✝️ Christian Memoir 🐇 Animal Rescue

Peacebunny Island 91%

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

by Caleb Smith 2021

4.13

208 ratings

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship ✝️ Christian Memoir 🐇 Animal Rescue

Coming Back to Life

by Joanna Macy • 1998

Apathy is more dangerous than apocalypse. The pain we avoid contains the power to act.

4.28

552

🧭 Deep Ecology 🧠 Ecopsychology ☸️ Buddhist Ecology 🌍 Climate Grief 💔 Collective Trauma

Coming Back to Life 91%

Apathy is more dangerous than apocalypse. The pain we avoid contains the power to act.

by Joanna Macy 1998

4.28

552 ratings

🧭 Deep Ecology 🧠 Ecopsychology ☸️ Buddhist Ecology 🌍 Climate Grief 💔 Collective Trauma

Animal Madness

by Laurel Braitman • 2014

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

3.85

1k+

🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Animal Madness 91%

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

by Laurel Braitman 2014

3.85

1k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs

by Tristan Gooley • 2014

Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.

3.77

5k+

🧭 Outdoor Navigation ☁️ Weather Prediction 🐾 Animal Tracking 🔍 Nature Observation 🌿 Plant Clues

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs 91%

Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.

by Tristan Gooley 2014

3.77

5k+ ratings

🧭 Outdoor Navigation ☁️ Weather Prediction 🐾 Animal Tracking 🔍 Nature Observation 🌿 Plant Clues

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 91%

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 Emotional Lives of Animals

by Marc Bekoff • 2007

Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.

4.05

2k+

🐒 Animal Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐘 Animal Sentience 🐄 Animal Welfare

The Emotional Lives of Animals 91%

Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.

by Marc Bekoff 2007

4.05

2k+ ratings

🐒 Animal Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐘 Animal Sentience 🐄 Animal Welfare

Landfill

by Tim Dee • 2018

Gulls eat our trash, nest on our roofs, and carry our poisons. They are our truest mirror.

3.67

152

🦅 Avian Ecology 🦝 Urban Wildlife 🗑️ Discard Studies 🐗 Human-Animal Conflict 🧬 Taxonomy Debates

Landfill 91%

Gulls eat our trash, nest on our roofs, and carry our poisons. They are our truest mirror.

by Tim Dee 2018

3.67

152 ratings

🦅 Avian Ecology 🦝 Urban Wildlife 🗑️ Discard Studies 🐗 Human-Animal Conflict 🧬 Taxonomy Debates

Becoming Animal

by David Abram • 2010

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

4.18

2k+

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

Becoming Animal 91%

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

by David Abram 2010

4.18

2k+ ratings

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

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

4.29

3k+

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing 🕳️ Hidden Worlds ⛰️ Sacred Landscapes

The Secret Knowledge of Water 91%

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

by Craig Childs 2000

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing 🕳️ Hidden Worlds ⛰️ Sacred Landscapes

What the Chicken Knows

by Sy Montgomery • 2024

Chickens know faces, navigate by landmarks, and form bonds you'd never expect from a bird.

3.82

3k+

🐔 Single-Species Study 🧠 Avian Intelligence ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 🐓 Backyard Chickens 🥺 Animal Emotion

What the Chicken Knows 91%

Chickens know faces, navigate by landmarks, and form bonds you'd never expect from a bird.

by Sy Montgomery 2024

3.82

3k+ ratings

🐔 Single-Species Study 🧠 Avian Intelligence ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 🐓 Backyard Chickens 🥺 Animal Emotion

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

I Came Upon a Lighthouse

by Shantanu Naidu • 2021

A young man wrote Ratan Tata about saving stray dogs. The reply began an unlikely friendship.

4.44

3k+

🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👴 Mentorship 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏢 Corporate Leadership

I Came Upon a Lighthouse 91%

A young man wrote Ratan Tata about saving stray dogs. The reply began an unlikely friendship.

by Shantanu Naidu 2021

4.44

3k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👴 Mentorship 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏢 Corporate Leadership

Enchantment

by Katherine May • 2023

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

3.59

13k+

🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

Enchantment 91%

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

by Katherine May 2023

3.59

13k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

We Will Be Jaguars

by Nemonte Nenquimo • 2024

Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.

4.50

11k+

🪶 Indigenous Resistance 🛢️ Extractive Industries 🌳 Amazon Conservation 🧠 Ancestral Wisdom ⚖️ Land Rights

We Will Be Jaguars 91%

Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.

by Nemonte Nenquimo 2024

4.50

11k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Resistance 🛢️ Extractive Industries 🌳 Amazon Conservation 🧠 Ancestral Wisdom ⚖️ Land Rights

Home Grown

by Ben Hewitt • 2014

Two brothers learn to read by crafting bows and butchering hogs on their family's Vermont farm.

3.95

2k+

🧩 Unschooling 🌿 Nature Connection 🐢 Slow Parenting 🏡 Homesteading 🔨 Meaningful Work

Home Grown 91%

Two brothers learn to read by crafting bows and butchering hogs on their family's Vermont farm.

by Ben Hewitt 2014

3.95

2k+ ratings

🧩 Unschooling 🌿 Nature Connection 🐢 Slow Parenting 🏡 Homesteading 🔨 Meaningful Work

The Legacy

by David Suzuki • 2010

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

4.21

492

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

The Legacy 91%

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

Run, Spot, Run

by Jessica Pierce • 2016

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

3.81

236

🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 📚 Animal Studies ⚖️ Practical Ethics

Run, Spot, Run 91%

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

by Jessica Pierce 2016

3.81

236 ratings

🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 📚 Animal Studies ⚖️ Practical Ethics

The Songs of Trees

by David George Haskell • 2017

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

4.05

2k+

🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

The Songs of Trees 91%

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

by David George Haskell 2017

4.05

2k+ ratings

🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

Coming Into the Country

by John McPhee • 1977

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

4.21

8k+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life 🧭 Frontier Identity 🌿 Environmental Writing

Coming Into the Country 91%

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

by John McPhee 1977

4.21

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life 🧭 Frontier Identity 🌿 Environmental Writing

The Feast Nearby

by Robin Mather • 2011

Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.

3.79

2k+

🥬 Seasonal Eating 🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems 🍳 Culinary Memoir 💰 Frugal Living 🌿 Seasonal Living

The Feast Nearby 91%

Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.

by Robin Mather 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

🥬 Seasonal Eating 🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems 🍳 Culinary Memoir 💰 Frugal Living 🌿 Seasonal Living

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 91%

What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?

by Fred Bahnson 2013

4.17

264 ratings

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Birds Art Life Death

by Kyo Maclear • 2017

As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.

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🌿 Nature Writing 🖤 Grief Memoir 🐦 Birding Memoir 🏙️ Urban Nature 👁️ Attention Cultivation

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As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.

by Kyo Maclear 2017

4.00

4k+ ratings

🌿 Nature Writing 🖤 Grief Memoir 🐦 Birding Memoir 🏙️ Urban Nature 👁️ Attention Cultivation

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