환경

우리 행성의 건강은 접시 위의 음식부터 우리가 숨 쉬는 공기, 그리고 지구를 함께 공유하는 수많은 종에 이르기까지 인간 존재의 모든 측면을 형성합니다. 이 중요한 책들은 자연 세계의 미묘한 균형을 탐구하며, 의식적인 식사, 쓰레기 감소, 그리고 한정된 자원에 대한 인류의 영향을 이해하는 등 보다 지속 가능한 삶을 위한 실용적인 지혜를 제공합니다.

환경 도서 요약

Traces

저자: Patricia Wiltshire • 2019

Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.

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🔬 Forensic Science 🌿 Forensic Ecology 🔍 Trace Evidence 🗺️ Environmental Profiling 🌻 Palynology

Traces

Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.

저자: Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 페이지

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3,000+ 개의 평점

🔬 Forensic Science 🌿 Forensic Ecology 🔍 Trace Evidence 🗺️ Environmental Profiling 🌻 Palynology

Gardening When It Counts

저자: Steve Solomon • 2006

Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.

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🔨 Subsistence Gardening 🌱 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Fertility 🌾 Seed Saving 💧 Water Conservation

Gardening When It Counts

Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.

저자: Steve Solomon 2006 360 페이지

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🔨 Subsistence Gardening 🌱 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Fertility 🌾 Seed Saving 💧 Water Conservation

What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

저자: John Brockman • 2014

Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.

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🧨 Existential Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Perception 🕸️ Complex Systems 🏛️ Institutional Failure

What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.

저자: John Brockman 2014 478 페이지

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🧨 Existential Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Perception 🕸️ Complex Systems 🏛️ Institutional Failure

The Big Burn

저자: Timothy Egan • 2009

Congress tried to kill the Forest Service; a 3.2-million-acre fire saved it instead.

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🗳️ Progressive Era 🌲 Conservation Movement 🔥 Wildfire History 🏞️ Public Lands 🌿 Fire Ecology

The Big Burn

Congress tried to kill the Forest Service; a 3.2-million-acre fire saved it instead.

저자: Timothy Egan 2009 349 페이지

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🗳️ Progressive Era 🌲 Conservation Movement 🔥 Wildfire History 🏞️ Public Lands 🌿 Fire Ecology

Science for Life

저자: Brian Clegg • 2015

Cut through diet myths, brain-training scams, and bad advice with one tool: the scientific method.

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111

🌱 Evidence-Based Living 🥗 Diet Myths 🔍 Everyday Skepticism 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📚 Learning Science

Science for Life

Cut through diet myths, brain-training scams, and bad advice with one tool: the scientific method.

저자: Brian Clegg 2015 400 페이지

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🌱 Evidence-Based Living 🥗 Diet Myths 🔍 Everyday Skepticism 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📚 Learning Science

Listening to Whales

저자: Alexandra Morton • 2002

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

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

Listening to Whales

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

저자: Alexandra Morton 2002 320 페이지

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

The Developing Genome

저자: David S. Moore • 2015

Beyond DNA: how your experiences, diet, and stress leave lasting marks on your genome.

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🧬 Epigenetics ⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧪 Gene Regulation 🧠 Brain Plasticity 👶 Early Life Stress

The Developing Genome

Beyond DNA: how your experiences, diet, and stress leave lasting marks on your genome.

저자: David S. Moore 2015 320 페이지

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🧬 Epigenetics ⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧪 Gene Regulation 🧠 Brain Plasticity 👶 Early Life Stress

Tide of War

저자: David R Petriello • 2018

Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.

3.39

🌦️ Weather And Warfare 🌫️ Battlefield Conditions 📊 Historical Climatology 🗺️ Military Geography 🌍 Environmental History

Tide of War

Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.

저자: David R Petriello 2018 209 페이지

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🌦️ Weather And Warfare 🌫️ Battlefield Conditions 📊 Historical Climatology 🗺️ Military Geography 🌍 Environmental History

Twilight of American Sanity

저자: Allen Frances • 2016

Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.

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287

🧠 Political Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌍 Climate Denial 🌱 Sustainability

Twilight of American Sanity

Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.

저자: Allen Frances 2016 336 페이지

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🧠 Political Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌍 Climate Denial 🌱 Sustainability

The Nature Fix

저자: Florence Williams • 2017

Thirty minutes in a park lifts your mood. Three days in wilderness rewires your brain.

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🌿 Nature Therapy 🌲 Forest Bathing 🧠 Attention Restoration 🐦 Biophilia 🏙️ Urban Greening

The Nature Fix

Thirty minutes in a park lifts your mood. Three days in wilderness rewires your brain.

저자: Florence Williams 2017 304 페이지

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14,000+ 개의 평점

🌿 Nature Therapy 🌲 Forest Bathing 🧠 Attention Restoration 🐦 Biophilia 🏙️ Urban Greening

Ravenous

저자: Henry Dimbleby • 2023

The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.

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🏭 Food Systems 🧃 Ultra-Processed Food 🔬 Nutrition Science 🏥 Public Health Crisis ⚖️ Food Inequality

Ravenous

The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.

저자: Henry Dimbleby 2023 332 페이지

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🏭 Food Systems 🧃 Ultra-Processed Food 🔬 Nutrition Science 🏥 Public Health Crisis ⚖️ Food Inequality

Where the Water Goes

저자: David Owen • 2017

The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.

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🏜️ American West 💧 Water Scarcity ⚖️ Water Rights 🚿 Irrigation 🌡️ Climate Adaptation

Where the Water Goes

The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.

저자: David Owen 2017 288 페이지

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🏜️ American West 💧 Water Scarcity ⚖️ Water Rights 🚿 Irrigation 🌡️ Climate Adaptation

Cows Save the Planet

저자: 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

Cows aren't the climate villains you think: managed right, they're the restoration tool we need.

저자: Judith D. Schwartz 2013 240 페이지

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🧱 Soil Health 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🌍 Carbon Sequestration 💧 Water Cycles 🦠 Soil Biodiversity

The Future of Everything

저자: David Orrell • 2006

Weather, markets, pandemics: the science of why forecasts fail, and what to build instead.

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117

🔮 Forecasting 🕸️ Complexity Science ⚠️ Limits Of Prediction 🔗 Systems Thinking 📉 Economic Forecasting

The Future of Everything

Weather, markets, pandemics: the science of why forecasts fail, and what to build instead.

저자: David Orrell 2006 464 페이지

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🔮 Forecasting 🕸️ Complexity Science ⚠️ Limits Of Prediction 🔗 Systems Thinking 📉 Economic Forecasting

The Waste-Free World

저자: Ron Gonen • 2021

Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.

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🔄 Circular Economy ♻️ Sustainable Business 🎭 Greenwashing 🕰️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Right To Repair

The Waste-Free World

Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.

저자: Ron Gonen 2021 288 페이지

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🔄 Circular Economy ♻️ Sustainable Business 🎭 Greenwashing 🕰️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Right To Repair

In a Sunburned Country

저자: Bill Bryson • 2000

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

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🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife 🐇 Invasive Species ⛓️ Convict Legacy

In a Sunburned Country

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

저자: Bill Bryson 2000 335 페이지

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🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife 🐇 Invasive Species ⛓️ Convict Legacy

No. More. Plastic.

저자: Martin Dorey • 2018

Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.

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🧴 Plastic Pollution ♻️ Zero Waste Living ✊ Everyday Activism 🛒 Ethical Consumerism 🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle

No. More. Plastic.

Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.

저자: Martin Dorey 2018 160 페이지

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🧴 Plastic Pollution ♻️ Zero Waste Living ✊ Everyday Activism 🛒 Ethical Consumerism 🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle

The Lion in the Living Room

저자: Abigail Tucker • 2016

Cats tamed themselves, charm us with baby-like features, kill billions, and now rule the Internet.

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🐱 Cat Evolution 🐄 Animal Domestication 🐍 Invasive Species 🧫 Parasite Manipulation 🏙️ Urban Ecology

The Lion in the Living Room

Cats tamed themselves, charm us with baby-like features, kill billions, and now rule the Internet.

저자: Abigail Tucker 2016 243 페이지

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🐱 Cat Evolution 🐄 Animal Domestication 🐍 Invasive Species 🧫 Parasite Manipulation 🏙️ Urban Ecology

Wild Comfort

저자: Kathleen Dean Moore • 2010

The natural world holds no cure for grief, only a rhythm vast enough to carry it.

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🖋️ Nature Writing 🌿 Environmental Essays 🍂 Grief And Nature 👁️ Mindful Observation 🔄 Cycles Of Life

Wild Comfort

The natural world holds no cure for grief, only a rhythm vast enough to carry it.

저자: Kathleen Dean Moore 2010 208 페이지

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🖋️ Nature Writing 🌿 Environmental Essays 🍂 Grief And Nature 👁️ Mindful Observation 🔄 Cycles Of Life

Shark Life

저자: Peter Benchley • 2002

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

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

Shark Life

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

저자: Peter Benchley 2002 208 페이지

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

Green Mars

저자: Kim Stanley Robinson • 1993

When Earth's ice caps drown civilization, Mars' hidden generation seizes its chance at freedom.

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🌱 Terraforming 🕯️ Hidden Resistance 🫂 Found Family 🔄 Generational Conflict 🏘️ Communal Living

Green Mars

When Earth's ice caps drown civilization, Mars' hidden generation seizes its chance at freedom.

저자: Kim Stanley Robinson 1993 624 페이지

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🌱 Terraforming 🕯️ Hidden Resistance 🫂 Found Family 🔄 Generational Conflict 🏘️ Communal Living

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

저자: Carlo Rovelli • 2018

A physicist finds echoes of black holes in Dante, free will, and the future of our planet.

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🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Essay Collections 🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes 🧠 Free Will Debate

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

A physicist finds echoes of black holes in Dante, free will, and the future of our planet.

저자: Carlo Rovelli 2018

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🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Essay Collections 🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes 🧠 Free Will Debate

An Inconvenient Apocalypse

저자: 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

Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.

저자: Wes Jackson 2022 184 페이지

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📉 Limits To Growth 🛠️ Techno-Skepticism 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 💥 Collapsology

Back to Earth

저자: 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

From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.

저자: Nicole Stott 2021 304 페이지

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🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🌿 Ecological Memoir 🌎 The Overview Effect 🛡️ Environmental Stewardship ⚡ Climate Action

Soil and Sacrament

저자: Fred Bahnson • 2013

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

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264

🛐 Faith And Farming 🌻 Community Gardens 🙏 Agrarian Spirituality 🤝 Interfaith Ecology 🌍 Creation Care

Soil and Sacrament

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

저자: Fred Bahnson 2013 288 페이지

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🛐 Faith And Farming 🌻 Community Gardens 🙏 Agrarian Spirituality 🤝 Interfaith Ecology 🌍 Creation Care

Eating for Beginners

저자: Melanie Rehak • 2010

A food writer butchered a lamb and worked a fishing boat. Her toddler still refused broccoli.

3.62

285

🌱 Farm To Table 🔪 Restaurant Kitchens 🌍 Sustainable Eating 🧀 Artisanal Food 🧒 Picky Eating

Eating for Beginners

A food writer butchered a lamb and worked a fishing boat. Her toddler still refused broccoli.

저자: Melanie Rehak 2010 275 페이지

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285 개의 평점

🌱 Farm To Table 🔪 Restaurant Kitchens 🌍 Sustainable Eating 🧀 Artisanal Food 🧒 Picky Eating

Junkyard Planet

저자: Adam Minter • 2013

What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.

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♻️ Waste Management 🚢 Global Waste Trade 🔄 Circular Economy 📊 Commodity Markets 🔗 Global Supply Chains

Junkyard Planet

What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.

저자: Adam Minter 2013 304 페이지

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♻️ Waste Management 🚢 Global Waste Trade 🔄 Circular Economy 📊 Commodity Markets 🔗 Global Supply Chains

Mosquito

저자: Andrew Spielman • 2001

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

3.89

436

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science 🌿 Natural History 🏛️ Public Health History

Mosquito

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

저자: Andrew Spielman 2001 256 페이지

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436 개의 평점

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science 🌿 Natural History 🏛️ Public Health History

Decline and Fall

저자: John Michael Greer • 2014

Empires are wealth pumps. America's runs on oil, nearly dry. The collapse cycle is inevitable.

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156

🏛️ American Empire 📉 Imperial Decline 🔄 Cyclical History ⛽ Peak Oil 📊 Limits To Growth

Decline and Fall

Empires are wealth pumps. America's runs on oil, nearly dry. The collapse cycle is inevitable.

저자: John Michael Greer 2014 304 페이지

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🏛️ American Empire 📉 Imperial Decline 🔄 Cyclical History ⛽ Peak Oil 📊 Limits To Growth

Civil Engineering

저자: David Muir Wood • 2012

Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.

3.61

137

🏗️ Civil Infrastructure 🧱 Construction Materials ⚙️ Engineering Basics 🏛️ Structural Design 💧 Water Infrastructure

Civil Engineering

Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.

저자: David Muir Wood 2012 143 페이지

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🏗️ Civil Infrastructure 🧱 Construction Materials ⚙️ Engineering Basics 🏛️ Structural Design 💧 Water Infrastructure

Grass, Soil, Hope

저자: 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

Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.

저자: Courtney White 2014 244 페이지

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🪱 Soil Restoration 🌬️ Carbon Sequestration 🏙️ Urban Agriculture 🐂 Holistic Management

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

저자: Edward Dolnick • 2024

Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.

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🎩 Victorian Science 📜 History Of Science ⛏️ Fossil Hunting 💀 Extinction ⏳ Deep Time

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.

저자: Edward Dolnick 2024 338 페이지

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🎩 Victorian Science 📜 History Of Science ⛏️ Fossil Hunting 💀 Extinction ⏳ Deep Time

The Good Bee

저자: Alison Benjamin • 2019

25,000 bee species exist, most solitary and stingless, and every third bite of food requires them.

4.17

323

🐝 Pollinator Ecology 🦋 Insect Conservation 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🔬 Citizen Science ⚠️ Colony Collapse

The Good Bee

25,000 bee species exist, most solitary and stingless, and every third bite of food requires them.

저자: Alison Benjamin 2019 193 페이지

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🐝 Pollinator Ecology 🦋 Insect Conservation 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🔬 Citizen Science ⚠️ Colony Collapse

How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference

저자: 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

Facts alone won't move anyone on climate. Here is what actually works, emotion by emotion.

저자: Rebecca Huntley 2020 227 페이지

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📢 Climate Communication 🧠 Environmental Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 😰 Eco-Anxiety 🔄 Behavior Change

Anticancer

저자: David Servan-Schreiber • 2007

Genes don't decide cancer's fate: your daily choices build an internal environment that does.

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🎗️ Cancer Prevention 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🥦 Anticancer Diet 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧘 Stress Reduction

Anticancer

Genes don't decide cancer's fate: your daily choices build an internal environment that does.

저자: David Servan-Schreiber 2007

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🎗️ Cancer Prevention 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🥦 Anticancer Diet 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧘 Stress Reduction

Megafire

저자: 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

A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.

저자: Michael Kodas 2017 384 페이지

4.01

254 개의 평점

🔥 Wildfire 🏕️ Forest Ecology 🌪️ Climate Disasters 📋 Environmental Policy 🌲 Land Management

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

저자: David J.C. MacKay • 2008

Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.

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🏛️ Energy Policy ⚡ Energy Systems 🌬️ Renewable Energy 🔢 Quantitative Reasoning 🌍 Decarbonization

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.

저자: David J.C. MacKay 2008 384 페이지

4.41

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Energy Policy ⚡ Energy Systems 🌬️ Renewable Energy 🔢 Quantitative Reasoning 🌍 Decarbonization

Lost on Planet China

저자: J. Maarten Troost • 2008

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

3.77

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🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

Lost on Planet China

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

저자: J. Maarten Troost 2008 304 페이지

3.77

12,000+ 개의 평점

🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

The Chemical Age

저자: Frank von Hippel • 2020

Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.

4.17

184

🧪 Environmental Chemistry 📜 Chemical History 🦟 Pesticide History ☣️ Chemical Warfare 🏭 Industrial Disasters

The Chemical Age

Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.

저자: Frank von Hippel 2020 368 페이지

4.17

184 개의 평점

🧪 Environmental Chemistry 📜 Chemical History 🦟 Pesticide History ☣️ Chemical Warfare 🏭 Industrial Disasters

Net Zero

저자: 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

Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.

저자: Dieter Helm 2020 329 페이지

3.84

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🏷️ Carbon Pricing 📈 Market-Based Environmentalism 📦 Consumption Emissions 🌳 Natural Sequestration ⚡ Electricity Market Reform

Vital Little Plans

저자: Jane Jacobs • 2016

Top-down planning kills cities. The sidewalk sees what the drafting table never will.

4.21

186

🏙️ Urban Vitality 🚶 Walkable Cities 🏪 Mixed-Use Development 🌱 Bottom-Up Urbanism 🏗️ Urban Renewal Critique

Vital Little Plans

Top-down planning kills cities. The sidewalk sees what the drafting table never will.

저자: Jane Jacobs 2016 544 페이지

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🏙️ Urban Vitality 🚶 Walkable Cities 🏪 Mixed-Use Development 🌱 Bottom-Up Urbanism 🏗️ Urban Renewal Critique

Now or Never

저자: Tim Flannery • 2009

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

3.49

193

🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene 🌱 Carbon Sequestration 🌊 Ocean Acidification

Now or Never

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

저자: Tim Flannery 2009 176 페이지

3.49

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene 🌱 Carbon Sequestration 🌊 Ocean Acidification

The End of Oil

저자: Paul Roberts • 2004

Peak oil, climate collapse, energy poverty: three crises converging, and no unified plan exists.

3.74

1,000+

🔄 Energy Transition 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ⛽ Fossil Fuel Dependence 🌡️ Climate Security 🔐 Global Energy Security

The End of Oil

Peak oil, climate collapse, energy poverty: three crises converging, and no unified plan exists.

저자: Paul Roberts 2004 368 페이지

3.74

1,000+ 개의 평점

🔄 Energy Transition 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ⛽ Fossil Fuel Dependence 🌡️ Climate Security 🔐 Global Energy Security

International Relations

저자: Joshua S. Goldstein • 1993

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

3.81

441

🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

International Relations

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

저자: Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 페이지

3.81

441 개의 평점

🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

The Economics of Enough

저자: Diane Coyle • 2011

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

3.43

116

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Economics of Enough

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

저자: Diane Coyle 2011 336 페이지

3.43

116 개의 평점

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Feast Nearby

저자: Robin Mather • 2011

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

3.79

1,000+

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

The Feast Nearby

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

저자: Robin Mather 2011 272 페이지

3.79

1,000+ 개의 평점

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

The Minimalist Vegan

저자: Michael Ofei • 2017

Decluttering your home and diet: why the same principles work for both, and where to start.

3.70

267

🥬 Plant-Based Living 🏠 Simple Living 🐾 Animal Ethics 🧹 Decluttering 🛒 Consumerism Critique

The Minimalist Vegan

Decluttering your home and diet: why the same principles work for both, and where to start.

저자: Michael Ofei 2017 89 페이지

3.70

267 개의 평점

🥬 Plant-Based Living 🏠 Simple Living 🐾 Animal Ethics 🧹 Decluttering 🛒 Consumerism Critique

Dr. Seuss and Philosophy

저자: Jacob M. Held • 2011

Philosophy hid on your childhood shelf. Horton on knowledge, the Lorax on ethics, Yertle on power.

4.14

441

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📚 Children's Literature ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🌍 Environmental Ethics 🏛️ Social Contract

Dr. Seuss and Philosophy

Philosophy hid on your childhood shelf. Horton on knowledge, the Lorax on ethics, Yertle on power.

저자: Jacob M. Held 2011 304 페이지

4.14

441 개의 평점

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📚 Children's Literature ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🌍 Environmental Ethics 🏛️ Social Contract

The Zero-Waste Lifestyle

저자: Amy Korst • 2012

How to throw away less: study your trash, then change one room at a time.

3.61

500+

🏠 Low-Waste Living 🔄 Sustainable Swaps 🛒 Conscious Consumerism 🌿 Voluntary Simplicity 🧹 Green Cleaning

The Zero-Waste Lifestyle

How to throw away less: study your trash, then change one room at a time.

저자: Amy Korst 2012 272 페이지

3.61

500+ 개의 평점

🏠 Low-Waste Living 🔄 Sustainable Swaps 🛒 Conscious Consumerism 🌿 Voluntary Simplicity 🧹 Green Cleaning

Numbers Don't Lie

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2020

Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.

3.82

10,000+

🔋 Energy Transitions 👴 Demographic Shifts 🌽 Food Systems 🌍 Global Development ⚙️ History Of Technology

Numbers Don't Lie

Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2020 384 페이지

3.82

10,000+ 개의 평점

🔋 Energy Transitions 👴 Demographic Shifts 🌽 Food Systems 🌍 Global Development ⚙️ History Of Technology

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