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The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff
How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Healthβ€”and a Vision for Change
by Annie Leonard 2010 352 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Science
Less Is More Summary
Less Is More
How Degrowth Will Save the World
by Jason Hickel 2020 336 pages
4.50
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Environment
Let My People Go Surfing Summary
Let My People Go Surfing
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
by Yvon Chouinard 2006 272 pages
4.18
29k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Doughnut Economics Summary
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
by Kate Raworth 2017 320 pages
4.16
15k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
by Hannah Ritchie 2024 311 pages
4.23
7k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Overdressed Summary
Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
by Elizabeth L. Cline 2012 244 pages
3.82
6k+ ratings
Fashion
Sustainability
Environment
Cradle to Cradle Summary
Cradle to Cradle
by Michael Braungart 2002 208 pages
4.09
12k+ ratings
Sustainability
Design
Environment
Net Positive Summary
Net Positive
How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
by Andrew S. Winston 2021 446 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Business
Sustainability
Environment
Fashionopolis Summary
Fashionopolis
The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
by Dana Thomas 2019 320 pages
3.88
3k+ ratings
Fashion
Environment
Sustainability
Deep Purpose Summary
Deep Purpose
The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies
by Ranjay Gulati 2022 304 pages
3.92
233 ratings
Business
Leadership
Sustainability
The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book
The Facts and the Solutions
by Greta Thunberg 2022 464 pages
4.41
3k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016 288 pages
4.24
223 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
Small is Beautiful Summary
Small is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973 305 pages
4.09
7k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres 2020 210 pages
4.05
6k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Green Swans Summary
Green Swans
The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
by John Elkington 2020 323 pages
3.78
349 ratings
Sustainability
Business
Economics
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben 1989 241 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Environment
Science
Nature
The Day the World Stops Shopping Summary
The Day the World Stops Shopping
How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
by J.B. MacKinnon 2021 336 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Environment
Economics
Science
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Summary
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
by Bill Gates 2021 288 pages
4.11
51k+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Consumed Summary
Consumed
On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change
by Aja Barber 2021 288 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
Environment
Social Justice
Politics
Design for a Better World Summary
Design for a Better World
Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered
by Donald A. Norman 2023 376 pages
3.61
198 ratings
Design
Sustainability
Environment
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
The Circular Economy Handbook Summary
The Circular Economy Handbook
Realizing the Circular Advantage
by Peter Lacy 2019 504 pages
3.55
49 ratings
Sustainability
Economics
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 318 pages
4.04
317 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
Mission Economy Summary
Mission Economy
A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
by Mariana Mazzucato 2020 272 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Age of Sustainable Development Summary
The Age of Sustainable Development
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015 544 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Economics
Sustainability
Politics
Plastic Summary
Plastic
A Toxic Love Story – An Engaging Analysis of Cultural Dependency and the Resulting Environmental Crisis
by Susan Freinkel 2011 336 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
History
Voluntary Simplicity Summary
Voluntary Simplicity
Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
by Duane Elgin 1981 240 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Sustainability
Leading from the Emerging Future Summary
Leading from the Emerging Future
From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies
by C. Otto Scharmer 2013 304 pages
4.28
471 ratings
Leadership
Business
Economics
Speed & Scale Summary
Speed & Scale
An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
by John Doerr 2021 448 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Sustainability
Science
Climate Change
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. the Climate
by Naomi Klein 2014 577 pages
4.16
27k+ ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
The Upcycle Summary
The Upcycle
Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance
by William McDonough 2013 257 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Design
The Regenerative Business Summary
The Regenerative Business
Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes
by Carol Sanford 2017 207 pages
4.08
145 ratings
Business
Sustainability
Leadership
Clothing Poverty Summary
Clothing Poverty
The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes
by Andrew Brooks 2015 296 pages
3.75
173 ratings
Fashion
Economics
Sustainability
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy
An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future
by David Suzuki 2010 128 pages
4.21
491 ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
To Dye For Summary
To Dye For
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back
by Alden Wicker 2023 303 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Fashion
Science
Health
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
No Impact Man Summary
No Impact Man
by Colin Beavan 2009 288 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
Environment
Memoir
Sustainability
Resilience Thinking Summary
Resilience Thinking
Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World
by Brian Walker 2006 192 pages
3.87
362 ratings
Science
Sustainability
Ecology
Revolutionary Power Summary
Revolutionary Power
An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition
by Shalanda Baker 2021 224 pages
4.17
190 ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Social Justice
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide Summary
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide
Everything You Need to Know to Make Small Changes That Make a Big Difference
by Jen Gale 2020 379 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Self Help
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
The Green New Deal Summary
The Green New Deal
Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
by Jeremy Rifkin 2019 304 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Environment
Climate Justice Summary
Climate Justice
Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
by Mary Robinson 2018 176 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
Falter Summary
Falter
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
by Bill McKibben 2019 291 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Soil Will Save Us Summary
The Soil Will Save Us
How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
by Kristin Ohlson 2014 242 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Food
Generation Dread Summary
Generation Dread
Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis
by Britt Wray 2022 295 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
The Purpose Economy, How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community is Changing the World Summary
The Purpose Economy, How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community is Changing the World
by Aaron Hurst 2013 288 pages
3.76
418 ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World
by Paul Hawken 2007 352 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
The Great Transition Summary
The Great Transition
Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
by Lester R. Brown 2014 194 pages
3.66
201 ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Drawdown Summary
Drawdown
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
by Paul Hawken 2017 240 pages
4.40
4k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
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