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Окружающая среда Саммари книг

The Essential Engineer

— Henry Petroski • 2010

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

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🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment 🔄 Systems Thinking ✏️ Design Thinking

The Essential Engineer

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

— Henry Petroski 2010 288 стр.

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🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment 🔄 Systems Thinking ✏️ Design Thinking

Becoming Vegan

— Brenda Davis • 2000

Every nutrient a vegan needs, exactly how to get it, even the one vitamin plants lack.

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🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition 🐮 Ethical Eating 🔄 Vegan Transition 💪 Plant Protein 🌍 Environmental Eating

Becoming Vegan

Every nutrient a vegan needs, exactly how to get it, even the one vitamin plants lack.

— Brenda Davis 2000 611 стр.

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🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition 🐮 Ethical Eating 🔄 Vegan Transition 💪 Plant Protein 🌍 Environmental Eating

Ending Parkinson's Disease

— Ray Dorsey • 2020

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

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🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Ending Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

— Ray Dorsey 2020 336 стр.

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🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

The Social Determinants of Health

— Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

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🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

— Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017 256 стр.

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🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

Damnation Spring

— Ash Davidson • 2021

A secret land deal and a biologist's herbicide warning fracture a logging family haunted by loss.

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🌲 Logging Community ☣️ Environmental Contamination 🏔️ Pacific Northwest 📼 1970s America 💔 Pregnancy Loss

Damnation Spring

A secret land deal and a biologist's herbicide warning fracture a logging family haunted by loss.

— Ash Davidson 2021 464 стр.

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🌲 Logging Community ☣️ Environmental Contamination 🏔️ Pacific Northwest 📼 1970s America 💔 Pregnancy Loss

The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in

— 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

Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.

— John Kay 2009 241 стр.

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🏭 Decarbonization ☀️ Clean Energy 💰 Impact Investing ✊ Climate Justice 🛢️ Climate Denialism

Plan B 3.0

— Lester R. Brown • 2008

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Plan B 3.0

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

— Lester R. Brown 2008 527 стр.

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Energy and Civilization

— Vaclav Smil • 2017

A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.

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⚡ Energy History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🛢️ Fossil Fuels 🌍 Big History

Energy and Civilization

A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.

— Vaclav Smil 2017 552 стр.

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⚡ Energy History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🛢️ Fossil Fuels 🌍 Big History

This Idea Is Brilliant

— John Brockman • 2018

The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.

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🧠 Third Culture 🔬 Scientific Method 🪞 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📡 Information Theory

This Idea Is Brilliant

The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.

— John Brockman 2018 515 стр.

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🧠 Third Culture 🔬 Scientific Method 🪞 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📡 Information Theory

The Reality Bubble

— Ziya Tong • 2019

You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.

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👁️ Perception Limits 🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots 🏭 Hidden Infrastructure 🐄 Food System Opacity 💰 Wealth Inequality

The Reality Bubble

You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.

— Ziya Tong 2019 380 стр.

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👁️ Perception Limits 🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots 🏭 Hidden Infrastructure 🐄 Food System Opacity 💰 Wealth Inequality

California Burning

— Katherine Blunt • 2022

The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.

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🏢 Corporate Malfeasance ⚡ Energy Policy 🔌 Utility Regulation 🔥 Wildfire Crisis 🛠️ Aging Infrastructure

California Burning

The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.

— Katherine Blunt 2022 350 стр.

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🏢 Corporate Malfeasance ⚡ Energy Policy 🔌 Utility Regulation 🔥 Wildfire Crisis 🛠️ Aging Infrastructure

Private Empire

— Steve Coll • 2012

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

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🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

Private Empire

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

— Steve Coll 2012 685 стр.

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🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide

— Robert H. Frank • 2009

Why your neighbor's house determines your mortgage, and other economic laws hiding in plain sight.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏠 Relative Consumption 📊 Inequality 🏛️ Public Policy ⚙️ Market Design

The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide

Why your neighbor's house determines your mortgage, and other economic laws hiding in plain sight.

— Robert H. Frank 2009 241 стр.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏠 Relative Consumption 📊 Inequality 🏛️ Public Policy ⚙️ Market Design

Project Animal Farm

— Sonia Faruqi • 2015

One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.

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🏭 Factory Farming 🐾 Animal Welfare 🍽️ Ethical Eating 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 💊 Antibiotic Resistance

Project Animal Farm

One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.

— Sonia Faruqi 2015 336 стр.

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🏭 Factory Farming 🐾 Animal Welfare 🍽️ Ethical Eating 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 💊 Antibiotic Resistance

Urban Gardening

— Will Cook • 2012

Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.

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🏙️ Urban Gardening 🪴 Container Gardening 📏 Small Space Growing 🌻 Beginner Gardening 🌱 Seed Starting

Urban Gardening

Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.

— Will Cook 2012 110 стр.

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🏙️ Urban Gardening 🪴 Container Gardening 📏 Small Space Growing 🌻 Beginner Gardening 🌱 Seed Starting

Zero Waste Home

— Bea Johnson • 2013

A five-step hierarchy that stops waste at the source and cuts household costs by 40%.

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🚯 Zero Waste Living 🏡 Sustainable Home 🪴 Minimalism ✨ Voluntary Simplicity 🛒 Conscious Consumerism

Zero Waste Home

A five-step hierarchy that stops waste at the source and cuts household costs by 40%.

— Bea Johnson 2013 304 стр.

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🚯 Zero Waste Living 🏡 Sustainable Home 🪴 Minimalism ✨ Voluntary Simplicity 🛒 Conscious Consumerism

Curbing Traffic

— Melissa Bruntlett • 2021

Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.

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🏛️ Urban Policy 🏗️ Urban Design 🚗 Car Dependency 🚶 Walkable Cities 🌳 Public Space

Curbing Traffic

Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.

— Melissa Bruntlett 2021 240 стр.

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🏛️ Urban Policy 🏗️ Urban Design 🚗 Car Dependency 🚶 Walkable Cities 🌳 Public Space

The Kind Diet

— Alicia Silverstone • 2009

Three phases to a plant-based life: shed weight, gain energy, and shrink your carbon footprint.

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🥗 Plant-Based Diets 📖 Vegan Cookbooks 🥕 Whole Food Cooking 🍚 Macrobiotic Principles 🧘 Mindful Eating

The Kind Diet

Three phases to a plant-based life: shed weight, gain energy, and shrink your carbon footprint.

— Alicia Silverstone 2009 322 стр.

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🥗 Plant-Based Diets 📖 Vegan Cookbooks 🥕 Whole Food Cooking 🍚 Macrobiotic Principles 🧘 Mindful Eating

Our Angry Earth

— 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

Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.

— Isaac Asimov 1991 465 стр.

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🌍 Environmental Crises 🌡️ Climate Science 🏭 Pollution 🌳 Habitat Loss ☀️ Renewable Energy

Goliath's Curse

— Luke Kemp • 2025

Hierarchy was a 12,000-year mistake. Its final collapse could take our species with it.

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💥 Societal Collapse ☢️ Existential Risk 📜 Big History 👑 Dominance Hierarchies ⛏️ Extractive Institutions

Goliath's Curse

Hierarchy was a 12,000-year mistake. Its final collapse could take our species with it.

— Luke Kemp 2025 592 стр.

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💥 Societal Collapse ☢️ Existential Risk 📜 Big History 👑 Dominance Hierarchies ⛏️ Extractive Institutions

Ecological Intelligence

— Ian McCallum • 2005

The environmental crisis is a crisis of self: we cannot save what we refuse to see as part of us.

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🌿 Deep Ecology 🧠 Ecopsychology 🌑 Shadow Work 🤔 Environmental Philosophy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics

Ecological Intelligence

The environmental crisis is a crisis of self: we cannot save what we refuse to see as part of us.

— Ian McCallum 2005 239 стр.

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🌿 Deep Ecology 🧠 Ecopsychology 🌑 Shadow Work 🤔 Environmental Philosophy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics

When Women Were Birds

— Terry Tempest Williams • 2012

Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.

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📖 Lyric Essay 🗣️ Finding Voice 🤫 Women's Silence 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🌿 Nature As Teacher

When Women Were Birds

Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.

— Terry Tempest Williams 2012 224 стр.

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📖 Lyric Essay 🗣️ Finding Voice 🤫 Women's Silence 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🌿 Nature As Teacher

Last Harvest

— Dan Saladino • 2021

Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?

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🌾 Food Biodiversity 📜 Agricultural History 🚜 Monoculture Critique 🌱 Seed Saving 🍲 Traditional Foodways

Last Harvest

Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?

— Dan Saladino 2021

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🌾 Food Biodiversity 📜 Agricultural History 🚜 Monoculture Critique 🌱 Seed Saving 🍲 Traditional Foodways

Coming Into the Country

— John McPhee • 1977

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

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🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life 🧭 Frontier Identity 🌿 Environmental Writing

Coming Into the Country

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

— John McPhee 1977 438 стр.

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🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life 🧭 Frontier Identity 🌿 Environmental Writing

The Practical Permaculture Project

— 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

Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.

— Sophie McKay 2022 159 стр.

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🌀 Permaculture 🥕 Organic Gardening 🌱 Soil Health 💧 Water Management 🌻 Companion Planting

Pipe Dreams

— Chelsea Wald • 2021

The flush toilet wastes water, pollutes rivers, and fails billions. Meet the people reinventing it.

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🚽 Sanitation 💩 Human Waste ♻️ Resource Recovery 🔄 Circular Economies ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Pipe Dreams

The flush toilet wastes water, pollutes rivers, and fails billions. Meet the people reinventing it.

— Chelsea Wald 2021 295 стр.

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🚽 Sanitation 💩 Human Waste ♻️ Resource Recovery 🔄 Circular Economies ⚖️ Environmental Justice

The Self-Sufficiency Garden

— Huw Richards • 2024

365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.

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🌱 Self-Sufficiency 🥕 Vegetable Gardening 📅 Year-Round Gardening 🏡 Small Space Gardening ⬆️ Vertical Gardening

The Self-Sufficiency Garden

365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.

— Huw Richards 2024 224 стр.

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🌱 Self-Sufficiency 🥕 Vegetable Gardening 📅 Year-Round Gardening 🏡 Small Space Gardening ⬆️ Vertical Gardening

365 Ways To Change the World

— 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

An almanac of 365 everyday actions that shift corporations, communities, and cultures.

— Michael Norton 2005 402 стр.

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🧶 Micro-Activism 💳 Ethical Consumerism 🌿 Green Living 📅 Daily Action Guides 🤝 Volunteerism

The Secret Network of Nature

— Peter Wohlleben • 2017

The surprising lesson from Yellowstone: wolves don't just hunt. They move rivers.

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🕸️ Ecological Webs 🌲 Forest Ecology 🐺 Predator Ecology 🔄 Systems Ecology 🌿 Rewilding

The Secret Network of Nature

The surprising lesson from Yellowstone: wolves don't just hunt. They move rivers.

— Peter Wohlleben 2017

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🕸️ Ecological Webs 🌲 Forest Ecology 🐺 Predator Ecology 🔄 Systems Ecology 🌿 Rewilding

Carrots Love Tomatoes

— Louise Riotte • 1975

Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.

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🌱 Companion Planting 🍂 Organic Gardening 🐞 Natural Pest Control 🪱 Soil Health 📐 Garden Planning

Carrots Love Tomatoes

Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.

— Louise Riotte 1975 224 стр.

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🌱 Companion Planting 🍂 Organic Gardening 🐞 Natural Pest Control 🪱 Soil Health 📐 Garden Planning

The Road Taken

— Henry Petroski • 2016

The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.

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🏛️ Infrastructure Policy 🔧 Engineering History 🛣️ Road Design 🚦 Traffic Engineering ⚠️ Failure Studies

The Road Taken

The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.

— Henry Petroski 2016 322 стр.

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🏛️ Infrastructure Policy 🔧 Engineering History 🛣️ Road Design 🚦 Traffic Engineering ⚠️ Failure Studies

Our Choice

— Al Gore • 2008

The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.

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🌍 Climate Crisis ☀️ Renewable Energy 💡 Energy Efficiency 💰 Carbon Pricing ⚡ Energy Transition

Our Choice

The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.

— Al Gore 2008 416 стр.

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🌍 Climate Crisis ☀️ Renewable Energy 💡 Energy Efficiency 💰 Carbon Pricing ⚡ Energy Transition

The Terraformers

— Annalee Newitz • 2023

On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.

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🌿 Ecological Sf 🪐 Terraformed Planet 🤖 Sentient Machines 🏢 Corporate Colonialism 🤝 Cross-Species Solidarity

The Terraformers

On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.

— Annalee Newitz 2023 338 стр.

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🌿 Ecological Sf 🪐 Terraformed Planet 🤖 Sentient Machines 🏢 Corporate Colonialism 🤝 Cross-Species Solidarity

Who Rules the World?

— Noam Chomsky • 2014

A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.

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🏛️ American Empire 🕊️ Israel-Palestine 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🔫 State Violence ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Who Rules the World?

A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.

— Noam Chomsky 2014 320 стр.

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🏛️ American Empire 🕊️ Israel-Palestine 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🔫 State Violence ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Birds Art Life Death

— Kyo Maclear • 2017

As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.

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🌿 Nature Writing 🖤 Grief Memoir 🐦 Birding Memoir 🏙️ Urban Nature 👁️ Attention Cultivation

Birds Art Life Death

As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.

— Kyo Maclear 2017 274 стр.

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🌿 Nature Writing 🖤 Grief Memoir 🐦 Birding Memoir 🏙️ Urban Nature 👁️ Attention Cultivation

Cloudburst

— Wilbur Smith • 2020

His parents vanish in the Congo. Finding them means braving jungle dangers and family betrayal.

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🦍 Jungle Adventure 🌿 Eco Thriller 💔 Family Betrayal 👨‍👦 Father Son Conflict 😔 Guilt And Redemption

Cloudburst

His parents vanish in the Congo. Finding them means braving jungle dangers and family betrayal.

— Wilbur Smith 2020 320 стр.

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🦍 Jungle Adventure 🌿 Eco Thriller 💔 Family Betrayal 👨‍👦 Father Son Conflict 😔 Guilt And Redemption

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

— Roger Scruton • 2011

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

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🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

— Roger Scruton 2011 464 стр.

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🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

Oil and Honey

— Bill McKibben • 2013

While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.

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🌍 Climate Activism 📝 Environmental Memoir ✊ Grassroots Organizing 💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Oil and Honey

While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.

— Bill McKibben 2013 272 стр.

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🌍 Climate Activism 📝 Environmental Memoir ✊ Grassroots Organizing 💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Main Street Vegan

— Victoria Moran • 2012

No-judgment veganism: handling dinner parties, protein myths, and a leather-shoe habit for good.

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🥦 Plant-Based Diet 🐛 Gradual Transition 🧑‍🍳 New Vegans 🐾 Animal Advocacy 💪 Nutrition Myths

Main Street Vegan

No-judgment veganism: handling dinner parties, protein myths, and a leather-shoe habit for good.

— Victoria Moran 2012 382 стр.

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🥦 Plant-Based Diet 🐛 Gradual Transition 🧑‍🍳 New Vegans 🐾 Animal Advocacy 💪 Nutrition Myths

Your Brain On Nature

— Eva M. Selhub • 2012

Screens and concrete drain your brain. The science of what trees, soil, and daylight restore.

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🧘 Nature Therapy 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 🌲 Forest Bathing 🧠 Cognitive Restoration 📱 Screen Time

Your Brain On Nature

Screens and concrete drain your brain. The science of what trees, soil, and daylight restore.

— Eva M. Selhub 2012 256 стр.

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🧘 Nature Therapy 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 🌲 Forest Bathing 🧠 Cognitive Restoration 📱 Screen Time

How Infrastructure Works

— Deb Chachra • 2023

The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.

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🏗️ Infrastructure Design 🧩 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Network Effects ⚡ Energy Transition ⚖️ Environmental Justice

How Infrastructure Works

The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.

— Deb Chachra 2023 320 стр.

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🏗️ Infrastructure Design 🧩 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Network Effects ⚡ Energy Transition ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Cod

— Mark Kurlansky • 1997

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

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🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing 🌊 Maritime History 🌍 Environmental History

Cod

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

— Mark Kurlansky 1997 294 стр.

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🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing 🌊 Maritime History 🌍 Environmental History

Population 10 Billion

— Danny Dorling • 2013

We may never reach 10 billion people. The real threat is inequality, not numbers.

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🌍 Human Geography 📊 Demography 🏙️ Urban Planning 👶 Fertility Decline 💰 Consumption Inequality

Population 10 Billion

We may never reach 10 billion people. The real threat is inequality, not numbers.

— Danny Dorling 2013 448 стр.

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🌍 Human Geography 📊 Demography 🏙️ Urban Planning 👶 Fertility Decline 💰 Consumption Inequality

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

— William H. Whyte • 1980

A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.

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🏙️ Public Space 🚶 Street Life 🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism ✨ Placemaking 🌍 Urban Anthropology

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.

— William H. Whyte 1980 125 стр.

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🏙️ Public Space 🚶 Street Life 🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism ✨ Placemaking 🌍 Urban Anthropology

The Web of Life

— Fritjof Capra • 1996

Life and mind are the same self-organizing process from the first cell to the living planet.

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🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Self-Organization 🔀 Complexity Science 🧬 Theoretical Biology 🌍 Gaia Hypothesis

The Web of Life

Life and mind are the same self-organizing process from the first cell to the living planet.

— Fritjof Capra 1996 347 стр.

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🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Self-Organization 🔀 Complexity Science 🧬 Theoretical Biology 🌍 Gaia Hypothesis

Run, Spot, Run

— Jessica Pierce • 2016

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

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🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 📚 Animal Studies ⚖️ Practical Ethics

Run, Spot, Run

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

— Jessica Pierce 2016 256 стр.

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🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 📚 Animal Studies ⚖️ Practical Ethics

The Permaculture Garden

— Graham Bell • 1994

A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.

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🌀 Permaculture 🌳 Forest Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 💧 Water Conservation 🥬 Perennial Vegetables

The Permaculture Garden

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— Jonathan Keats • 2016

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— Spencer Wells • 2010

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— Joe Schwarcz • 2012

Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.

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