Environment
Our planet's health shapes every aspect of human existence, from the food on our plates to the air we breathe and the countless species we share Earth with. These vital books explore the delicate balance of our natural world and offer practical wisdom for living more sustainably, whether through mindful eating, waste reduction, or understanding humanity's impact on our finite resources.
Environment Book Summaries
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
Food
Science
Health
The Story of Stuff
How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Healthβand a Vision for Change
Environment
Sustainability
Science
Abundance
Politics
Economics
Technology
Silent Spring
Science
Environment
Nature
Staying with the Trouble
Making Kin in the Chthulucene
Philosophy
Feminism
Theory
Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Science
Indigenous
Book Club
Less Is More
How Degrowth Will Save the World
Economics
Politics
Environment
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Economics
Business
Politics
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things β Stories from Science and Observation
Nature
Science
Environment
The Overstory
Nature
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Sacred Nature
Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Nature
Religion
Spirituality
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously
Self Help
Finance
Money
The Songs of Trees
Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
Nature
Science
Environment
Dirt to Soil
One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture
Agriculture
Gardening
Science
The Fate of Rome
Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
History
Ancient History
Science
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
Science
Nature
Environment
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
Food
Agriculture
Politics
The Light Eaters
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Science
Nature
Biology
Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Fashion
Sustainability
Environment
Flight Behavior
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Environment
The War Below
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
Economics
Science
Politics
Cradle to Cradle
Remaking the Way We Make Things
Sustainability
Environment
Design
Net Positive
How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
Business
Sustainability
Environment
An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Science
Nature
Animals
The Climate Book
The Facts and the Solutions
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Fashionopolis
The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
Fashion
Environment
Sustainability
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
Science
Politics
History
Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
History
Science
Anthropology
Blue Mind
The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do
Science
Psychology
Nature
Who Owns England?
How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
Politics
History
Environment
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Designing Regenerative Cultures
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
Laudato Si'
On the Care of Our Common Home
Theology
Catholic
Spirituality
Slow Down
The Degrowth Manifesto
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Food Politics
What Everyone Needs to Know
Food
Politics
Agriculture
The Back of the Turtle
Indigenous
Canada
Book Club
Soil Not Oil
Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
Feminism or Death
Feminism
Politics
France
How Forests Think
Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
Anthropology
Philosophy
Nature
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Why Vegan?
Philosophy
Vegan
Food
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Green Swans
The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
Sustainability
Economics
Business
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture
Creating an Edible Ecosystem
Gardening
Food
How To
The Joyful Vegan
How to Stay Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy, and Eggs
Vegan
Animals
Health
Ishmael
An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Philosophy
Spirituality
Classics
Food Matters
A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
Food
Cookbooks
Health
