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Sustainability

Our planet's future unfolds through groundbreaking solutions for living better with less, rethinking business, and reimagining our relationship with Earth's resources. These transformative books explore the innovations, economics, and everyday changes that can help create a world that works for both people and nature.

Sustainability Book Summaries

Movement Matters
by Katy Bowman • 2016
Movement is biology, not exercise. The true cost of outsourcing it reaches beyond your body.
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500+
🧬 Evolutionary Health🪑 Sedentary Culture🌍 Ecological Living🏋️ Functional Movement🌿 Nature Connection
Movement Matters Summary
Movement Matters
Movement is biology, not exercise. The true cost of outsourcing it reaches beyond your body.
by Katy Bowman 2016 248 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Health🪑 Sedentary Culture🌍 Ecological Living🏋️ Functional Movement🌿 Nature Connection
Fibershed
by Rebecca Burgess • 2019
Your closet is an emissions machine. A 150-mile wardrobe turns it into a carbon sink.
4.07
421
🧵 Sustainable Fashion🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Economies🔗 Textile Supply Chains🌍 Carbon Sequestration
Fibershed Summary
Fibershed
Your closet is an emissions machine. A 150-mile wardrobe turns it into a carbon sink.
by Rebecca Burgess 2019 288 pages
4.07
421 ratings
🧵 Sustainable Fashion🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Economies🔗 Textile Supply Chains🌍 Carbon Sequestration
2052
by Jørgen Randers • 2012
A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.
3.95
355
🧠 Systems Thinking📉 Limits To Growth🔮 Scenario Planning⚡ Energy Transition👶 Demographic Decline
2052 Summary
2052
A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.
by Jørgen Randers 2012 416 pages
3.95
355 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking📉 Limits To Growth🔮 Scenario Planning⚡ Energy Transition👶 Demographic Decline
Environmental Economics
by Stephen Smith • 2011
Why unregulated markets destroy the environment, and how the same market logic can save it.
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🏛️ Environmental Economics📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis💨 Emissions Trading💰 Carbon Pricing🌳 Environmental Valuation
Environmental Economics Summary
Environmental Economics
Why unregulated markets destroy the environment, and how the same market logic can save it.
by Stephen Smith 2011 136 pages
3.61
239 ratings
🏛️ Environmental Economics📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis💨 Emissions Trading💰 Carbon Pricing🌳 Environmental Valuation
Clean Mama's Guide to a Healthy Home
by Becky Rapinchuk • 2019
Four pantry ingredients replace every toxic cleaner. A room-by-room roadmap for the swap.
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500+
🧹 Green Cleaning🌿 Non-Toxic Living🧪 DIY Cleaning Recipes💨 Indoor Air Quality🏠 Room-By-Room Detox
Clean Mama's Guide to a Healthy Home Summary
Clean Mama's Guide to a Healthy Home
Four pantry ingredients replace every toxic cleaner. A room-by-room roadmap for the swap.
by Becky Rapinchuk 2019 223 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
🧹 Green Cleaning🌿 Non-Toxic Living🧪 DIY Cleaning Recipes💨 Indoor Air Quality🏠 Room-By-Room Detox
The Ministry for the Future
by Kim Stanley Robinson • 2020
A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.
3.86
44k+
🌅 Solarpunk🌏 Near-Future Earth✊ Eco-Resistance🌳 Rewilding🌡️ Geoengineering
The Ministry for the Future Summary
The Ministry for the Future
A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.
by Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 563 pages
3.86
44k+ ratings
🌅 Solarpunk🌏 Near-Future Earth✊ Eco-Resistance🌳 Rewilding🌡️ Geoengineering
Healthy Buildings
by Joseph G. Allen • 2020
You spend 72 years indoors. The air you breathe there has a balance sheet.
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170
🍃 Indoor Air Quality🧱 Building Science🏢 Workplace Design🧠 Environmental Psychology☣️ Environmental Toxins
Healthy Buildings Summary
Healthy Buildings
You spend 72 years indoors. The air you breathe there has a balance sheet.
by Joseph G. Allen 2020 304 pages
3.91
170 ratings
🍃 Indoor Air Quality🧱 Building Science🏢 Workplace Design🧠 Environmental Psychology☣️ Environmental Toxins
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky • 2012
Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.
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1k+
🌱 Post-Growth Economics🛒 Anti-Consumerism⚖️ Economic Ethics⏳ Work-Time Reduction💰 Basic Income Debate
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 218 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
🌱 Post-Growth Economics🛒 Anti-Consumerism⚖️ Economic Ethics⏳ Work-Time Reduction💰 Basic Income Debate
Taming the Sun
by Varun Sivaram • 2018
More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.
4.07
500+
☀️ Solar Energy🔄 Clean Energy Transition🏛️ Energy Policy🔮 Energy Futures⚡ Grid Modernization
Taming the Sun Summary
Taming the Sun
More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.
by Varun Sivaram 2018 371 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
☀️ Solar Energy🔄 Clean Energy Transition🏛️ Energy Policy🔮 Energy Futures⚡ Grid Modernization
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
by John Kay • 2009
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
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🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009 241 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
The Joy of Missing Out
by Svend Brinkmann • 2017
Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.
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1k+
🛑 Self-Restraint📉 Hedonic Adaptation🏛️ Modern Stoicism🔍 Existentialism⚖️ Virtue Ethics
The Joy of Missing Out Summary
The Joy of Missing Out
Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.
by Svend Brinkmann 2017 128 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
🛑 Self-Restraint📉 Hedonic Adaptation🏛️ Modern Stoicism🔍 Existentialism⚖️ Virtue Ethics
Energy and Civilization
by Vaclav Smil • 2017
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
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4k+
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🛢️ Fossil Fuels🌍 Big History
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🛢️ Fossil Fuels🌍 Big History
Project Animal Farm
by Sonia Faruqi • 2015
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
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405
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating🌱 Sustainable Agriculture💊 Antibiotic Resistance
Project Animal Farm Summary
Project Animal Farm
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
by Sonia Faruqi 2015 336 pages
4.21
405 ratings
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating🌱 Sustainable Agriculture💊 Antibiotic Resistance
The Lost Super Foods
by Claude Davis • 2021
Stock a year of food on $5 a week with preservation methods older than refrigeration.
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🫙 Food Preservation🚨 Emergency Preparedness🏡 Self-Sufficiency🥘 Traditional Cooking🪓 Survival Skills
The Lost Super Foods Summary
The Lost Super Foods
Stock a year of food on $5 a week with preservation methods older than refrigeration.
by Claude Davis 2021 270 pages
4.27
107 ratings
🫙 Food Preservation🚨 Emergency Preparedness🏡 Self-Sufficiency🥘 Traditional Cooking🪓 Survival Skills
Urban Gardening
by Will Cook • 2012
Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.
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180
🏙️ Urban Gardening🪴 Container Gardening📏 Small Space Growing🌻 Beginner Gardening🌱 Seed Starting
Urban Gardening Summary
Urban Gardening
Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.
by Will Cook 2012 110 pages
3.49
180 ratings
🏙️ Urban Gardening🪴 Container Gardening📏 Small Space Growing🌻 Beginner Gardening🌱 Seed Starting
Curbing Traffic
by Melissa Bruntlett • 2021
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
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500+
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency🚶 Walkable Cities🌳 Public Space
Curbing Traffic Summary
Curbing Traffic
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
by Melissa Bruntlett 2021 240 pages
4.38
500+ ratings
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency🚶 Walkable Cities🌳 Public Space
Zero Waste Home
by Bea Johnson • 2013
A five-step hierarchy that stops waste at the source and cuts household costs by 40%.
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7k+
🚯 Zero Waste Living🏡 Sustainable Home🪴 Minimalism✨ Voluntary Simplicity🛒 Conscious Consumerism
Zero Waste Home Summary
Zero Waste Home
A five-step hierarchy that stops waste at the source and cuts household costs by 40%.
by Bea Johnson 2013 304 pages
3.75
7k+ ratings
🚯 Zero Waste Living🏡 Sustainable Home🪴 Minimalism✨ Voluntary Simplicity🛒 Conscious Consumerism
The Kind Diet
by Alicia Silverstone • 2009
Three phases to a plant-based life: shed weight, gain energy, and shrink your carbon footprint.
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9k+
🥗 Plant-Based Diets📖 Vegan Cookbooks🥕 Whole Food Cooking🍚 Macrobiotic Principles🧘 Mindful Eating
The Kind Diet Summary
The Kind Diet
Three phases to a plant-based life: shed weight, gain energy, and shrink your carbon footprint.
by Alicia Silverstone 2009 322 pages
3.83
9k+ ratings
🥗 Plant-Based Diets📖 Vegan Cookbooks🥕 Whole Food Cooking🍚 Macrobiotic Principles🧘 Mindful Eating
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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🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution🌳 Habitat Loss☀️ Renewable Energy
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
by Isaac Asimov 1991 465 pages
3.71
126 ratings
🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution🌳 Habitat Loss☀️ Renewable Energy
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
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2k+
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
by Dan Saladino 2021
4.31
2k+ ratings
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
The Practical Permaculture Project
by Sophie McKay • 2022
Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.
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🌀 Permaculture🥕 Organic Gardening🌱 Soil Health💧 Water Management🌻 Companion Planting
The Practical Permaculture Project Summary
The Practical Permaculture Project
Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.
by Sophie McKay 2022 159 pages
4.29
138 ratings
🌀 Permaculture🥕 Organic Gardening🌱 Soil Health💧 Water Management🌻 Companion Planting
Pipe Dreams
by Chelsea Wald • 2021
The flush toilet wastes water, pollutes rivers, and fails billions. Meet the people reinventing it.
4.04
427
🚽 Sanitation💩 Human Waste♻️ Resource Recovery🔄 Circular Economies⚖️ Environmental Justice
Pipe Dreams Summary
Pipe Dreams
The flush toilet wastes water, pollutes rivers, and fails billions. Meet the people reinventing it.
by Chelsea Wald 2021 295 pages
4.04
427 ratings
🚽 Sanitation💩 Human Waste♻️ Resource Recovery🔄 Circular Economies⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Self-Sufficiency Garden
by Huw Richards • 2024
365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.
4.28
323
🌱 Self-Sufficiency🥕 Vegetable Gardening📅 Year-Round Gardening🏡 Small Space Gardening⬆️ Vertical Gardening
The Self-Sufficiency Garden Summary
The Self-Sufficiency Garden
365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.
by Huw Richards 2024 224 pages
4.28
323 ratings
🌱 Self-Sufficiency🥕 Vegetable Gardening📅 Year-Round Gardening🏡 Small Space Gardening⬆️ Vertical Gardening
365 Ways To Change the World
by Michael Norton • 2005
An almanac of 365 everyday actions that shift corporations, communities, and cultures.
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🧶 Micro-Activism💳 Ethical Consumerism🌿 Green Living📅 Daily Action Guides🤝 Volunteerism
365 Ways To Change the World Summary
365 Ways To Change the World
An almanac of 365 everyday actions that shift corporations, communities, and cultures.
by Michael Norton 2005 402 pages
3.92
123 ratings
🧶 Micro-Activism💳 Ethical Consumerism🌿 Green Living📅 Daily Action Guides🤝 Volunteerism
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
500+
🌍 Climate Crisis☀️ Renewable Energy💡 Energy Efficiency💰 Carbon Pricing⚡ Energy Transition
Our Choice Summary
Our Choice
The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.
by Al Gore 2008 416 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
🌍 Climate Crisis☀️ Renewable Energy💡 Energy Efficiency💰 Carbon Pricing⚡ Energy Transition
The Herbalist's Way
by Nancy Phillips • 2005
Become a community herbalist: befriend the plants, craft the medicine, and heal yourself first.
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🪴 Herbal Medicine🌿 Plant Spirituality🌀 Holistic Healing🍄 Wildcrafting🌍 Sustainable Living
The Herbalist's Way Summary
The Herbalist's Way
Become a community herbalist: befriend the plants, craft the medicine, and heal yourself first.
by Nancy Phillips 2005 352 pages
4.37
183 ratings
🪴 Herbal Medicine🌿 Plant Spirituality🌀 Holistic Healing🍄 Wildcrafting🌍 Sustainable Living
Oil and Honey
by Bill McKibben • 2013
While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.
3.90
1k+
🌍 Climate Activism📝 Environmental Memoir✊ Grassroots Organizing💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Activism📝 Environmental Memoir✊ Grassroots Organizing💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Main Street Vegan
by Victoria Moran • 2012
No-judgment veganism: handling dinner parties, protein myths, and a leather-shoe habit for good.
4.09
1k+
🥦 Plant-Based Diet🐛 Gradual Transition🧑‍🍳 New Vegans🐾 Animal Advocacy💪 Nutrition Myths
Main Street Vegan Summary
Main Street Vegan
No-judgment veganism: handling dinner parties, protein myths, and a leather-shoe habit for good.
by Victoria Moran 2012 382 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
🥦 Plant-Based Diet🐛 Gradual Transition🧑‍🍳 New Vegans🐾 Animal Advocacy💪 Nutrition Myths
How Infrastructure Works
by Deb Chachra • 2023
The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.
3.64
500+
🏗️ Infrastructure Design🧩 Systems Thinking🕸️ Network Effects⚡ Energy Transition⚖️ Environmental Justice
How Infrastructure Works Summary
How Infrastructure Works
The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.
by Deb Chachra 2023 320 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
🏗️ Infrastructure Design🧩 Systems Thinking🕸️ Network Effects⚡ Energy Transition⚖️ Environmental Justice
Population 10 Billion
by Danny Dorling • 2013
We may never reach 10 billion people. The real threat is inequality, not numbers.
3.40
186
🌍 Human Geography📊 Demography🏙️ Urban Planning👶 Fertility Decline💰 Consumption Inequality
Population 10 Billion Summary
Population 10 Billion
We may never reach 10 billion people. The real threat is inequality, not numbers.
by Danny Dorling 2013 448 pages
3.40
186 ratings
🌍 Human Geography📊 Demography🏙️ Urban Planning👶 Fertility Decline💰 Consumption Inequality
The Permaculture Garden
by Graham Bell • 1994
A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.
3.88
103
🌀 Permaculture🌳 Forest Gardening🪱 Soil Health💧 Water Conservation🥬 Perennial Vegetables
The Permaculture Garden Summary
The Permaculture Garden
A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.
by Graham Bell 1994 174 pages
3.88
103 ratings
🌀 Permaculture🌳 Forest Gardening🪱 Soil Health💧 Water Conservation🥬 Perennial Vegetables
House Love
by Patric Richardson • 2023
A cleaning method built on gratitude and vinegar, turning chores into an act of self-care.
3.62
500+
🧹 Home Organization🧼 Housekeeping Guide🛋️ Interior Styling🌿 Eco-Friendly Home🧘 Mindful Domesticity
House Love Summary
House Love
A cleaning method built on gratitude and vinegar, turning chores into an act of self-care.
by Patric Richardson 2023 216 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
🧹 Home Organization🧼 Housekeeping Guide🛋️ Interior Styling🌿 Eco-Friendly Home🧘 Mindful Domesticity
Gardening When It Counts
by Steve Solomon • 2006
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
4.05
500+
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
by Steve Solomon 2006 360 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
Ravenous
by Henry Dimbleby • 2023
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
4.35
1k+
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
by Henry Dimbleby 2023 332 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
The Finnish Way
by Katja Pantzar • 2018
The Nordic recipe for resilience starts in near-freezing water and ends with a simpler life.
3.71
4k+
🏔️ Nordic Lifestyle📖 Cultural Memoir♻️ Sustainable Living🧊 Cold Water Immersion🌳 Forest Bathing
The Finnish Way Summary
The Finnish Way
The Nordic recipe for resilience starts in near-freezing water and ends with a simpler life.
by Katja Pantzar 2018 272 pages
3.71
4k+ ratings
🏔️ Nordic Lifestyle📖 Cultural Memoir♻️ Sustainable Living🧊 Cold Water Immersion🌳 Forest Bathing
Cows Save the Planet
by Judith D. Schwartz • 2013
Cows aren't the climate villains you think: managed right, they're the restoration tool we need.
4.09
423
🧱 Soil Health🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Carbon Sequestration💧 Water Cycles🦠 Soil Biodiversity
Cows Save the Planet Summary
Cows Save the Planet
Cows aren't the climate villains you think: managed right, they're the restoration tool we need.
by Judith D. Schwartz 2013 240 pages
4.09
423 ratings
🧱 Soil Health🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Carbon Sequestration💧 Water Cycles🦠 Soil Biodiversity
The Waste-Free World
by Ron Gonen • 2021
Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.
4.11
174
🔄 Circular Economy♻️ Sustainable Business🎭 Greenwashing🕰️ Planned Obsolescence🔧 Right To Repair
The Waste-Free World Summary
The Waste-Free World
Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.
by Ron Gonen 2021 288 pages
4.11
174 ratings
🔄 Circular Economy♻️ Sustainable Business🎭 Greenwashing🕰️ Planned Obsolescence🔧 Right To Repair
No. More. Plastic.
by Martin Dorey • 2018
Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.
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1k+
🧴 Plastic Pollution♻️ Zero Waste Living✊ Everyday Activism🛒 Ethical Consumerism🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic.
Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.
by Martin Dorey 2018 160 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
🧴 Plastic Pollution♻️ Zero Waste Living✊ Everyday Activism🛒 Ethical Consumerism🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
by Wes Jackson • 2022
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
3.56
198
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics🌿 Deep Ecology💥 Collapsology
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
by Wes Jackson 2022 184 pages
3.56
198 ratings
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics🌿 Deep Ecology💥 Collapsology
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 Summary
Back to Earth
From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.
by Nicole Stott 2021 304 pages
3.91
219 ratings
🚀 Astronaut Memoirs🌿 Ecological Memoir🌎 The Overview Effect🛡️ Environmental Stewardship⚡ Climate Action
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 Summary
Soil and Sacrament
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
by Fred Bahnson 2013 288 pages
4.17
264 ratings
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality🤝 Interfaith Ecology🌍 Creation Care
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
by Bjørn Lomborg • 2006
Climate change or malaria? Economists priced both; the returns were not what anyone assumed.
3.38
156
🧮 Effective Altruism⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis🌍 International Development🏥 Global Health🌡️ Climate Economics
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place Summary
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
Climate change or malaria? Economists priced both; the returns were not what anyone assumed.
by Bjørn Lomborg 2006 206 pages
3.38
156 ratings
🧮 Effective Altruism⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis🌍 International Development🏥 Global Health🌡️ Climate Economics
Junkyard Planet
by Adam Minter • 2013
What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.
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1k+
♻️ Waste Management🚢 Global Waste Trade🔄 Circular Economy📊 Commodity Markets🔗 Global Supply Chains
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet
What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.
by Adam Minter 2013 304 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
♻️ Waste Management🚢 Global Waste Trade🔄 Circular Economy📊 Commodity Markets🔗 Global Supply Chains
Decline and Fall
by John Michael Greer • 2014
Empires are wealth pumps. America's runs on oil, nearly dry. The collapse cycle is inevitable.
4.29
156
🏛️ American Empire📉 Imperial Decline🔄 Cyclical History⛽ Peak Oil📊 Limits To Growth
Decline and Fall Summary
Decline and Fall
Empires are wealth pumps. America's runs on oil, nearly dry. The collapse cycle is inevitable.
by John Michael Greer 2014 304 pages
4.29
156 ratings
🏛️ American Empire📉 Imperial Decline🔄 Cyclical History⛽ Peak Oil📊 Limits To Growth
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014 244 pages
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Paint Your Town Red
by Matthew Brown • 2021
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
3.71
173
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
by Matthew Brown 2021 176 pages
3.71
173 ratings
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference
by Rebecca Huntley • 2020
Facts alone won't move anyone on climate. Here is what actually works, emotion by emotion.
3.89
368
📢 Climate Communication🧠 Environmental Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases😰 Eco-Anxiety🔄 Behavior Change
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
Facts alone won't move anyone on climate. Here is what actually works, emotion by emotion.
by Rebecca Huntley 2020 227 pages
3.89
368 ratings
📢 Climate Communication🧠 Environmental Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases😰 Eco-Anxiety🔄 Behavior Change
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
by David J.C. MacKay • 2008
Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.
4.41
1k+
🏛️ Energy Policy⚡ Energy Systems🌬️ Renewable Energy🔢 Quantitative Reasoning🌍 Decarbonization
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air Summary
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.
by David J.C. MacKay 2008 384 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Energy Policy⚡ Energy Systems🌬️ Renewable Energy🔢 Quantitative Reasoning🌍 Decarbonization
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 Summary
Net Zero
Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.
by Dieter Helm 2020 329 pages
3.84
270 ratings
🏷️ Carbon Pricing📈 Market-Based Environmentalism📦 Consumption Emissions🌳 Natural Sequestration⚡ Electricity Market Reform
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
3.85
1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
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