50 Books like Megafire

When It All Burns

by Jordan Thomas • 2025

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

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🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning 💰 Disaster Capitalism 🛢️ Climate Denialism

When It All Burns 97%

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

by Jordan Thomas 2025

4.36

2k+ ratings

🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning 💰 Disaster Capitalism 🛢️ Climate Denialism

The Big Burn

by 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 95%

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

by Timothy Egan 2009

4.14

19k+ ratings

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

The Hidden Life of Trees

by Peter Wohlleben • 2015

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

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🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

The Hidden Life of Trees 94%

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

by Peter Wohlleben 2015

4.06

90k+ ratings

🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

Under a White Sky

by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021

Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.

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🏭 Anthropocene Studies 📰 Science Journalism 🌿 Ecological Intervention 🌋 Geoengineering 🐟 Invasive Species

Under a White Sky 94%

Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.

by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021

4.10

13k+ ratings

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 📰 Science Journalism 🌿 Ecological Intervention 🌋 Geoengineering 🐟 Invasive Species

Our Angry Earth

by Isaac Asimov • 1991

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

3.71

126

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

Our Angry Earth 94%

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

by Isaac Asimov 1991

3.71

126 ratings

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

Getting to Green

by Frederic C. Rich • 2016

No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.

4.02

106

🌿 Environmental Policy 🇺🇸 American Conservation 🪓 Political Polarization 🌡️ Climate Change Politics 🛡️ Stewardship Ethics

Getting to Green 93%

No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.

by Frederic C. Rich 2016

4.02

106 ratings

🌿 Environmental Policy 🇺🇸 American Conservation 🪓 Political Polarization 🌡️ Climate Change Politics 🛡️ Stewardship Ethics

The Songs of Trees

by David George Haskell • 2017

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

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🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

The Songs of Trees 93%

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

by David George Haskell 2017

4.05

2k+ ratings

🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

Now or Never

by Tim Flannery • 2009

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

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193

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

Now or Never 93%

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

by Tim Flannery 2009

3.49

193 ratings

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

Where the Water Goes

by 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 93%

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

by David Owen 2017

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3k+ ratings

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

California Burning

by Katherine Blunt • 2022

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

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2k+

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

California Burning 93%

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

by Katherine Blunt 2022

4.26

2k+ ratings

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

The Great Displacement

by Jake Bittle • 2023

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

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4k+

🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration 💧 Water Crisis 🚒 Disaster Recovery

The Great Displacement 93%

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

by Jake Bittle 2023

4.28

4k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration 💧 Water Crisis 🚒 Disaster Recovery

The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman • 2007

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

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🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution ☢️ Nuclear Legacy 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay

The World Without Us 93%

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

by Alan Weisman 2007

3.81

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution ☢️ Nuclear Legacy 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay

Apocalypse Never

by Michael Shellenberger • 2020

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

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🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

Apocalypse Never 93%

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

by Michael Shellenberger 2020

4.16

6k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

The End of Nature

by Bill McKibben • 1989

Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.

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3k+

🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy 🌿 Deep Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🏭 Greenhouse Effect 🐾 Biodiversity Loss

The End of Nature 93%

Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.

by Bill McKibben 1989

3.94

3k+ ratings

🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy 🌿 Deep Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🏭 Greenhouse Effect 🐾 Biodiversity Loss

The Legacy

by David Suzuki • 2010

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

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492

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

The Legacy 93%

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

by David Suzuki 2010

4.21

492 ratings

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

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📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌍 Environmental Philosophy

Braiding Sweetgrass 93%

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013

4.51

177k+ ratings

📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌍 Environmental Philosophy

Resilience Thinking

by Brian Walker • 2006

Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.

3.87

362

🌿 Ecosystem Management 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚖️ Regime Shifts 🔄 Adaptive Management 🏗️ Resilience Theory

Resilience Thinking 93%

Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.

by Brian Walker 2006

3.87

362 ratings

🌿 Ecosystem Management 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚖️ Regime Shifts 🔄 Adaptive Management 🏗️ Resilience Theory

Climate Change

by Joseph Romm • 2015

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

4.22

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🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

Climate Change 92%

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

by Joseph Romm 2015

4.22

694 ratings

🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

The Sacred Balance

by David Suzuki • 1997

You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.

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🏔️ Deep Ecology 🌿 Sacred Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🤝 Human-Nature Connection 🌍 Earth Systems

The Sacred Balance 92%

You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.

by David Suzuki 1997

4.14

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Deep Ecology 🌿 Sacred Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🤝 Human-Nature Connection 🌍 Earth Systems

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

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🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Falter 92%

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

by Bill McKibben 2019

4.00

2k+ ratings

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Nomad Century

by Gaia Vince • 2022

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

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🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

Nomad Century 92%

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

by Gaia Vince 2022

3.84

1k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

Oil and Honey

by Bill McKibben • 2013

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

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1k+

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

Oil and Honey 92%

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

by Bill McKibben 2013

3.90

1k+ ratings

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

The Future We Choose

by Christiana Figueres • 2020

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

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7k+

🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

The Future We Choose 92%

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

by Christiana Figueres 2020

4.05

7k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

by Roger Scruton • 2011

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

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446

🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary

How to Think Seriously About the Planet 92%

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

by Roger Scruton 2011

3.87

446 ratings

🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

Blessed Unrest

by Paul Hawken • 2007

A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.

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🌍 Environmental Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Grassroots Movements 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 🔄 Systems Thinking

Blessed Unrest 92%

A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.

by Paul Hawken 2007

3.94

2k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Grassroots Movements 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 🔄 Systems Thinking

Timefulness

by Marcia Bjornerud • 2018

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

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⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

Timefulness 92%

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

by Marcia Bjornerud 2018

4.07

2k+ ratings

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

This Changes Everything

by Naomi Klein • 2014

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

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🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

This Changes Everything 92%

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

by Naomi Klein 2014

4.16

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

How the World Really Works

by Vaclav Smil • 2022

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

3.94

14k+

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

How the World Really Works 92%

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

by Vaclav Smil 2022

3.94

14k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

Drawdown

by Paul Hawken • 2017

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

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🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

Drawdown 92%

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

by Paul Hawken 2017

4.40

4k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

Not the End of the World

by Hannah Ritchie • 2024

The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.

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7k+

🌍 Environmental Optimism 💡 Climate Solutions 🎯 Effective Environmentalism 🌾 Agricultural Innovation ⚡ Renewable Energy

Not the End of the World 92%

The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.

by Hannah Ritchie 2024

4.22

7k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Optimism 💡 Climate Solutions 🎯 Effective Environmentalism 🌾 Agricultural Innovation ⚡ Renewable Energy

The Climate Book

by Greta Thunberg • 2022

Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.

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3k+

⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition ✊ Climate Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 🚫 Climate Denialism

The Climate Book 92%

Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.

by Greta Thunberg 2022

4.41

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition ✊ Climate Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 🚫 Climate Denialism

The Uninhabitable Earth

by David Wallace-Wells • 2019

Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.

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30k+

🧪 Climate Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios 🏃 Climate Migration 🌪️ Extreme Weather 🌽 Food And Water Security

The Uninhabitable Earth 92%

Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.

by David Wallace-Wells 2019

3.99

30k+ ratings

🧪 Climate Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios 🏃 Climate Migration 🌪️ Extreme Weather 🌽 Food And Water Security

Earth in Human Hands

by David Grinspoon • 2016

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

4.19

311

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity 👽 Astrobiology 🌡️ Geoengineering

Earth in Human Hands 92%

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

by David Grinspoon 2016

4.19

311 ratings

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity 👽 Astrobiology 🌡️ Geoengineering

Slow Burn

by R. Jisung Park • 2024

The hidden climate bill: falling test scores, slowing workers, rising tempers. Trillions already.

3.70

🏭 Climate Economics ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🧠 Human Capital 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🛡️ Climate Adaptation

Slow Burn 92%

The hidden climate bill: falling test scores, slowing workers, rising tempers. Trillions already.

by R. Jisung Park 2024

3.70

70 ratings

🏭 Climate Economics ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🧠 Human Capital 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🛡️ Climate Adaptation

Coming Back to Life

by Joanna Macy • 1998

Apathy is more dangerous than apocalypse. The pain we avoid contains the power to act.

4.28

552

🧭 Deep Ecology 🧠 Ecopsychology ☸️ Buddhist Ecology 🌍 Climate Grief 💔 Collective Trauma

Coming Back to Life 92%

Apathy is more dangerous than apocalypse. The pain we avoid contains the power to act.

by Joanna Macy 1998

4.28

552 ratings

🧭 Deep Ecology 🧠 Ecopsychology ☸️ Buddhist Ecology 🌍 Climate Grief 💔 Collective Trauma

The Future of Life

by Edward O. Wilson • 2002

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

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3k+

🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

The Future of Life 92%

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

by Edward O. Wilson 2002

4.14

3k+ ratings

🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

The Story of Stuff

by Annie Leonard • 2010

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

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4k+

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Story of Stuff 92%

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

by Annie Leonard 2010

4.08

4k+ ratings

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Sixth Extinction

by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2014

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

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🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History ⏳ Deep Time 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Sixth Extinction 92%

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014

4.15

80k+ ratings

🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History ⏳ Deep Time 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis • 2018

Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.

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🔬 Science Policy 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 📊 Open Data 🌀 Risk Management 🌎 Rural America

The Fifth Risk 92%

Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.

by Michael Lewis 2018

4.09

48k+ ratings

🔬 Science Policy 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 📊 Open Data 🌀 Risk Management 🌎 Rural America

The Green New Deal

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2019

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

3.68

812

💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Green New Deal 92%

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

by Jeremy Rifkin 2019

3.68

812 ratings

💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

Eight Master Lessons of Nature

by Gary Ferguson • 2019

The trees, wolves, and elephants already solved your biggest problems. Eight lessons they can teach.

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🍃 Nature Writing 🔬 Biomimicry 🌍 Deep Ecology 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌿 Biophilia

Eight Master Lessons of Nature 92%

The trees, wolves, and elephants already solved your biggest problems. Eight lessons they can teach.

by Gary Ferguson 2019

4.12

1k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing 🔬 Biomimicry 🌍 Deep Ecology 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌿 Biophilia

Rewilding the Sea

by Charles Clover • 2022

Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.

4.23

492

🐠 Marine Conservation 🌊 Marine Ecology 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🐋 Rewilding 💠 Blue Carbon

Rewilding the Sea 92%

Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.

by Charles Clover 2022

4.23

492 ratings

🐠 Marine Conservation 🌊 Marine Ecology 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🐋 Rewilding 💠 Blue Carbon

Seeing Like a State

by James C. Scott • 1998

Why grand state plans fail: the same simplifications that make society governable make it fragile.

4.21

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🏛️ Political Theory 🏗️ State Planning 🌱 Local Knowledge 🚧 Development Critique 🌿 Ecological Thinking

Seeing Like a State 92%

Why grand state plans fail: the same simplifications that make society governable make it fragile.

by James C. Scott 1998

4.21

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Theory 🏗️ State Planning 🌱 Local Knowledge 🚧 Development Critique 🌿 Ecological Thinking

This Land Is Our Land

by Ken Ilgunas • 2018

America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.

4.01

330

🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam 🏡 Land Ownership 🏞 Public Lands 🥾 Walking 🌍 Commons

This Land Is Our Land 92%

America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.

by Ken Ilgunas 2018

4.01

330 ratings

🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam 🏡 Land Ownership 🏞 Public Lands 🥾 Walking 🌍 Commons

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

864

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

Our Choice 92%

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

by Al Gore 2008

3.99

864 ratings

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

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

4.29

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🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing 🕳️ Hidden Worlds ⛰️ Sacred Landscapes

The Secret Knowledge of Water 92%

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

by Craig Childs 2000

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing 🕳️ Hidden Worlds ⛰️ Sacred Landscapes

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age

by Dipesh Chakrabarty • 2021

All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.

3.68

142

🏞️ Anthropocene Theory ⏳ Deep Time ⚖️ Climate Justice 📜 Historiography 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age 92%

All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.

by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021

3.68

142 ratings

🏞️ Anthropocene Theory ⏳ Deep Time ⚖️ Climate Justice 📜 Historiography 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

The Heat Will Kill You First

by Jeff Goodell • 2023

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

4.29

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🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

The Heat Will Kill You First 92%

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

by Jeff Goodell 2023

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

Plan B 3.0

by Lester R. Brown • 2008

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

3.93

531

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

Plan B 3.0 92%

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

by Lester R. Brown 2008

3.93

531 ratings

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

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development

by Edward Saja Sanneh • 2018

Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.

4.00

🧠 Systems Thinking 🌍 Sustainable Development 📋 Environmental Policy ⚡ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Security

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Summary

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development 92%

Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.

by Edward Saja Sanneh 2018

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🧠 Systems Thinking 🌍 Sustainable Development 📋 Environmental Policy ⚡ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Security

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