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Environment Book Summaries

Pipe Dreams
by Chelsea Wald • 2021
The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
4.04
427
Science
History
Technology
Pipe Dreams Summary
Pipe Dreams
The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
by Chelsea Wald 2021 295 pages
4.04
427 ratings
Science
History
Technology
The Ministry for the Future
by Kim Stanley Robinson • 2020
3.86
44k+
Science Fiction
Climate Change
Environment
The Ministry for the Future Summary
The Ministry for the Future
by Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 563 pages
3.86
44k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Climate Change
Environment
365 Ways To Change the World
by Michael Norton • 2005
How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time
3.92
123
Environment
Reference
Inspirational
365 Ways To Change the World Summary
365 Ways To Change the World
How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time
by Michael Norton 2005 402 pages
3.92
123 ratings
Environment
Reference
Inspirational
The Secret Network of Nature
by Peter Wohlleben • 2017
The Delicate Balance of All Living Things
4.05
7k+
Nature
Science
Environment
The Secret Network of Nature Summary
The Secret Network of Nature
The Delicate Balance of All Living Things
by Peter Wohlleben 2017
4.05
7k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
The Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Foods
4.31
2k+
Food
Science
History
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest
The Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Foods
by Dan Saladino 2021
4.31
2k+ ratings
Food
Science
History
Cloudburst
by Wilbur Smith • 2020
3.67
1k+
Adventure
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Cloudburst Summary
Cloudburst
by Wilbur Smith 2020 320 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Adventure
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Oil and Honey
by Bill McKibben • 2013
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
3.90
1k+
Environment
Memoir
Politics
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Environment
Memoir
Politics
Energy and Civilization
by Vaclav Smil • 2017
A History
4.09
4k+
History
Science
Economics
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization
A History
by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
History
Science
Economics
Ravenous
by Henry Dimbleby • 2023
How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
4.35
1k+
Food
Health
Science
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous
How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
by Henry Dimbleby 2023 332 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
Where the Water Goes
by David Owen • 2017
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
3.93
3k+
Science
Environment
Nature
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Population 10 Billion
by Danny Dorling • 2013
3.40
186
Geography
Science
Politics
Population 10 Billion Summary
Population 10 Billion
by Danny Dorling 2013 448 pages
3.40
186 ratings
Geography
Science
Politics
The Permaculture Garden
by Graham Bell • 1994
3.88
103
Gardening
Environment
How To
The Permaculture Garden Summary
The Permaculture Garden
by Graham Bell 1994 174 pages
3.88
103 ratings
Gardening
Environment
How To
Wild Comfort
by Kathleen Dean Moore • 2010
The Solace of Nature
4.12
500+
Nature
Memoir
Essays
Wild Comfort Summary
Wild Comfort
The Solace of Nature
by Kathleen Dean Moore 2010 208 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Essays
Listening to Whales
by Alexandra Morton • 2002
What the Orcas Have Taught Us
4.51
1k+
Animals
Science
Nature
Listening to Whales Summary
Listening to Whales
What the Orcas Have Taught Us
by Alexandra Morton 2002 320 pages
4.51
1k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
Shark Life
by Peter Benchley • 2002
True Stories About Sharks & the Sea
4.01
500+
Animals
Science
Nature
Shark Life Summary
Shark Life
True Stories About Sharks & the Sea
by Peter Benchley 2002 208 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
Cows Save the Planet
by Judith D. Schwartz • 2013
And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth
4.09
423
Environment
Science
Sustainability
Cows Save the Planet Summary
Cows Save the Planet
And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth
by Judith D. Schwartz 2013 240 pages
4.09
423 ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
The Waste-Free World
by Ron Gonen • 2021
How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
4.11
174
Sustainability
Environment
Economics
The Waste-Free World Summary
The Waste-Free World
How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
by Ron Gonen 2021 288 pages
4.11
174 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Economics
Pandora's Seed
by Spencer Wells • 2010
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
3.76
1k+
Science
History
Anthropology
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
by Wes Jackson • 2022
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
3.56
198
Environment
Climate Change
Science
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
by Wes Jackson 2022 184 pages
3.56
198 ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
No. More. Plastic.
by Martin Dorey • 2018
What you can do to make a different
3.99
1k+
Environment
Sustainability
Science
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic.
What you can do to make a different
by Martin Dorey 2018 160 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Science
Junkyard Planet
by Adam Minter • 2013
Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
3.91
1k+
Environment
Business
Economics
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet
Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
by Adam Minter 2013 304 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Environment
Business
Economics
Net Zero
by Dieter Helm • 2020
How We Stop Causing Climate Change
3.84
270
Climate Change
Environment
Sustainability
Net Zero Summary
Net Zero
How We Stop Causing Climate Change
by Dieter Helm 2020 329 pages
3.84
270 ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Sustainability
The Big Burn
by Timothy Egan • 2009
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
4.14
18k+
History
American History
Nature
The Big Burn Summary
The Big Burn
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
by Timothy Egan 2009 349 pages
4.14
18k+ ratings
History
American History
Nature
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
by David J.C. MacKay • 2008
4.41
1k+
Science
Sustainability
Environment
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air Summary
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
by David J.C. MacKay 2008 384 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Science
Sustainability
Environment
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
A Journey through Carbon Country
4.04
168
Food
Environment
Gardening
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope
A Journey through Carbon Country
by Courtney White 2014 244 pages
4.04
168 ratings
Food
Environment
Gardening
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference
by Rebecca Huntley • 2020
3.89
368
Climate Change
Environment
Sustainability
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference Summary
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference
by Rebecca Huntley 2020 227 pages
3.89
368 ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Sustainability
The Zero-Waste Lifestyle
by Amy Korst • 2012
Live Well by Throwing Away Less
3.61
500+
Environment
Sustainability
Self Help
The Zero-Waste Lifestyle Summary
The Zero-Waste Lifestyle
Live Well by Throwing Away Less
by Amy Korst 2012 272 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Self Help
Megafire
by Michael Kodas • 2017
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
4.01
254
Science
Nature
Climate Change
Megafire Summary
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
by Michael Kodas 2017 384 pages
4.01
254 ratings
Science
Nature
Climate Change
The Economics of Enough
by Diane Coyle • 2011
How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters
3.43
116
Economics
Politics
Environment
The Economics of Enough Summary
The Economics of Enough
How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters
by Diane Coyle 2011 336 pages
3.43
116 ratings
Economics
Politics
Environment
This Land Is Our Land
by Ken Ilgunas • 2018
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
4.01
330
Nature
Travel
History
This Land Is Our Land Summary
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
by Ken Ilgunas 2018 288 pages
4.01
330 ratings
Nature
Travel
History
The Good Bee
by Alison Benjamin • 2019
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
4.17
323
Science
Nature
Natural History
The Good Bee Summary
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
by Alison Benjamin 2019 193 pages
4.17
323 ratings
Science
Nature
Natural History
The End of Oil
by Paul Roberts • 2004
On the Edge of a Perilous New World
3.74
1k+
Politics
Science
Environment
The End of Oil Summary
The End of Oil
On the Edge of a Perilous New World
by Paul Roberts 2004 368 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Politics
Science
Environment
The Chemical Age
by Frank von Hippel • 2020
How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
4.17
184
Science
History
Environment
The Chemical Age Summary
The Chemical Age
How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
by Frank von Hippel 2020 368 pages
4.17
184 ratings
Science
History
Environment
Rethinking Capitalism
by Michael Jacobs • 2016
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
4.01
121
Economics
Politics
Business
Rethinking Capitalism Summary
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
by Michael Jacobs 2016 224 pages
4.01
121 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Green Budget Guide
by Nancy Birtwhistle • 2024
101 Planet and Money Saving Tips, Ideas and Recipes
4.23
274
Environment
Reference
Finance
The Green Budget Guide Summary
The Green Budget Guide
101 Planet and Money Saving Tips, Ideas and Recipes
by Nancy Birtwhistle 2024 336 pages
4.23
274 ratings
Environment
Reference
Finance
Now or Never
by Tim Flannery • 2009
Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future
3.49
193
Science
Environment
Politics
Now or Never Summary
Now or Never
Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future
by Tim Flannery 2009 176 pages
3.49
193 ratings
Science
Environment
Politics
The Green Collar Economy
by Van Jones • 2008
How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
3.70
500+
Economics
Environment
Sustainability
The Green Collar Economy Summary
The Green Collar Economy
How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
by Van Jones 2008 256 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Economics
Environment
Sustainability
Rewilding the Sea
by Charles Clover • 2022
4.23
492
Nature
Science
Environment
Rewilding the Sea Summary
Rewilding the Sea
by Charles Clover 2022 261 pages
4.23
492 ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
Or How to Catch a Mole
4.16
1k+
Nature
Memoir
Animals
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature
Or How to Catch a Mole
by Marc Hamer 2019 243 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Animals
BOOM
by Tony Horwitz • 2014
Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline
3.89
500+
Travel
Environment
Politics
BOOM Summary
BOOM
Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline
by Tony Horwitz 2014 116 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Travel
Environment
Politics
Earth in Human Hands
by David Grinspoon • 2016
Shaping Our Planet's Future
4.19
311
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Earth in Human Hands Summary
Earth in Human Hands
Shaping Our Planet's Future
by David Grinspoon 2016 545 pages
4.19
311 ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Serviceberry
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2024
Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
4.27
69k+
Nature
Science
Indigenous
The Serviceberry Summary
The Serviceberry
Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024 112 pages
4.27
69k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Indigenous
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012
Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security
4.34
500+
Gardening
Agriculture
Food
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012 219 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
Gardening
Agriculture
Food
Trespassing Across America
by Ken Ilgunas • 2016
One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland
3.82
2k+
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Trespassing Across America Summary
Trespassing Across America
One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland
by Ken Ilgunas 2016 288 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Moby-Duck
by Donovan Hohn • 2011
The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
3.31
3k+
Science
Travel
Environment
Moby-Duck Summary
Moby-Duck
The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
by Donovan Hohn 2011 416 pages
3.31
3k+ ratings
Science
Travel
Environment
Confronting Collapse
by Michael C. Ruppert • 2009
The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World
3.83
313
Economics
Politics
Peak Oil
Confronting Collapse Summary
Confronting Collapse
The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World
by Michael C. Ruppert 2009 264 pages
3.83
313 ratings
Economics
Politics
Peak Oil
The Next Species
by Michael Tennesen • 2015
The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man
3.71
310
Science
Evolution
Biology
The Next Species Summary
The Next Species
The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man
by Michael Tennesen 2015 336 pages
3.71
310 ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Landfill
by Tim Dee • 2018
3.67
152
Birds
Nature
Environment
Landfill Summary
Landfill
by Tim Dee 2018 239 pages
3.67
152 ratings
Birds
Nature
Environment
The Third Plate
by Dan Barber • 2014
Field Notes on the Future of Food
4.28
7k+
Food
Cooking
Science
The Third Plate Summary
The Third Plate
Field Notes on the Future of Food
by Dan Barber 2014 496 pages
4.28
7k+ ratings
Food
Cooking
Science
Getting to Green
by Frederic C. Rich • 2016
Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution
4.02
106
Politics
Environment
Science
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green
Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution
by Frederic C. Rich 2016 368 pages
4.02
106 ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
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