Environment Book Summaries

Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
by Naomi Oreskes 2010 274 pages
4.17
7k+ ratings
Science
Politics
History
Entangled Life Summary
Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by Merlin Sheldrake 2020 352 pages
4.34
45k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The Sacred Balance Summary
The Sacred Balance
Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
by David Suzuki 1997 272 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
A World of Three Zeros Summary
A World of Three Zeros
The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions
by Muhammad Yunus 2017 304 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman 2007 324 pages
3.81
42k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Voluntary Simplicity Summary
Voluntary Simplicity
Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
by Duane Elgin 1981 240 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Sustainability
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Consumed Summary
Consumed
On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change
by Aja Barber 2021 288 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Environment
Social Justice
Politics
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
by Naomi Klein 2014 566 pages
4.16
27k+ ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy
An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future
by David Suzuki 2010 128 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
The Devil Never Sleeps Summary
The Devil Never Sleeps
Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters
by Juliette Kayyem 2022 240 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Business
Speed & Scale Summary
Speed & Scale
A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
by John Doerr 2021 442 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Climate Change
Sustainability
Science
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Summary
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
by Bill Gates 2021 272 pages
4.12
49k+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Summary
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
by Greta Thunberg 2019 112 pages
3.85
27k+ ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
Falter Summary
Falter
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
by Bill McKibben 2019 291 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The War Below Summary
The War Below
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
by Ernest Scheyder 2024 384 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Economics
Science
Politics
The Big Thirst Summary
The Big Thirst
The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
by Charles Fishman 2010 418 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben 1989 224 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Environment
Science
Nature
Teaming with Nutrients Summary
Teaming with Nutrients
The Organic Gardener’s Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition
by Jeff Lowenfels 2013 250 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Gardening
Science
Agriculture
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
Food Fix Summary
Food Fix
How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet-One Bite at a Time
by Mark Hyman 2020 400 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Green New Deal Summary
The Green New Deal
Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
by Jeremy Rifkin 2019 304 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Environment
Economics
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide Summary
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide
Everything you need to know to make small changes that make a big difference
by Jen Gale 2020 304 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Sustainability
Self Help
Environment
Comment tout peut s'effondrer Summary
Comment tout peut s'effondrer
Petit manuel de collapsologie à l'usage des générations présentes
by Pablo Servigne 2015 267 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Science
Ecology
Politics
Revolutionary Power Summary
Revolutionary Power
An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition
by Shalanda Baker 2021 224 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Social Justice
The Sixth Extinction Summary
The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 336 pages
4.16
76k+ ratings
Science
History
Environment
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War
The dark side of clean energy and digital technologies
by Guillaume Pitron 2018 288 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Economics
Diet for a New America Summary
Diet for a New America
How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth
by John Robbins 1987 448 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
Health
Food
Vegan
The Great Transition Summary
The Great Transition
Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
by Lester R. Brown 2014 194 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
How to Change Everything Summary
How to Change Everything
The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other
by Naomi Klein 2021 336 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Environment
Science
Climate Change
Unsettled Summary
Unsettled
What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters
by Steven E. Koonin 2021 320 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Climate Justice Summary
Climate Justice
by Mary Robinson 2018 176 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
Resilience Thinking Summary
Resilience Thinking
Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World
by Brian Walker 2006 192 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Science
Sustainability
Environment
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song
A Farmer’s Journey
by James Rebanks 2020 304 pages
4.42
7k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Environment
A Planet to Win Summary
A Planet to Win
Why We Need a Green New Deal
by Kate Aronoff 2019 208 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Politics
Environment
Climate Change
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Best Things First Summary
Best Things First
by Bjørn Lomborg 2023 305 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Science
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
Generation Dread Summary
Generation Dread
Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis
by Britt Wray 2022 296 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Psychology
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019 288 pages
3.69
16k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Green Beauty Guide Summary
The Green Beauty Guide
Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care, Hair Care, Makeup, and Fragrances
by Julie Gabriel 2008 400 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Health
Reference
Green
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams 1990 222 pages
4.32
25k+ ratings
Science
Travel
Nature
No Impact Man Summary
No Impact Man
by Colin Beavan 2009 288 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
Environment
Memoir
Sustainability
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills
by Tristan Gooley 2014 416 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Travel
Plastic Summary
Plastic
A Toxic Love Story
by Susan Freinkel 2011 336 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
History
The End of Animal Farming Summary
The End of Animal Farming
How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System
by Jacy Reese Anthis 2018 232 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Animals
Vegan
Science
The Food Revolution Summary
The Food Revolution
How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
by John Robbins 2001 449 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Clean Meat Summary
Clean Meat
How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World
by Paul Shapiro 2018 272 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Science
Food
Environment
Cheaper, Faster, Better Summary
Cheaper, Faster, Better
How We’ll Win the Climate War
by Tom Steyer 2024 280 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Environment
Science
Economics
Fostering Sustainable Behavior Summary
Fostering Sustainable Behavior
An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing
by Doug McKenzie-Mohr 1999 176 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Psychology
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