Environment Book Summaries

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet Summary
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2021 320 pages
4.37
2.0K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019 288 pages
3.69
16.8K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
To Dye For Summary
To Dye For
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back
by Alden Wicker 2023 303 pages
4.28
1.2K ratings
Fashion
Science
Health
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages
4.22
686 ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Cheaper, Faster, Better Summary
Cheaper, Faster, Better
How We’ll Win the Climate War
by Tom Steyer 2024 280 pages
3.91
359 ratings
Environment
Science
Economics
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
514 ratings
Animals
Vegan
Science
Timefulness Summary
Timefulness
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
by Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages
4.08
1.6K ratings
Science
Geology
Nature
The Soil Will Save Us Summary
The Soil Will Save Us
How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
by Kristin Ohlson 2014 242 pages
4.14
1.4K ratings
Science
Environment
Agriculture
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Flight Behavior Summary
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver 2012 436 pages
3.82
99.3K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Environment
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology
A Very Short Introduction
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013 184 pages
4.17
429 ratings
Science
Biology
Ecology
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
by Paul Hawken 2007 352 pages
3.94
1.8K ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
Fibershed Summary
Fibershed
Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy
by Rebecca Burgess 2019 288 pages
4.08
382 ratings
Fashion
Environment
History
Fostering Sustainable Behavior Summary
Fostering Sustainable Behavior
An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing
by Doug McKenzie-Mohr 1999 176 pages
3.86
181 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Psychology
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages
3.42
683 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
by Wes Jackson 2022 184 pages
3.58
189 ratings
Climate Change
Science
Environment
The Necessary Revolution Summary
The Necessary Revolution
How individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world.
by Peter M. Senge 2008 416 pages
3.84
516 ratings
Sustainability
Business
Environment
Should We Eat Meat? Summary
Should We Eat Meat?
Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory
by Vaclav Smil 2013 288 pages
3.52
629 ratings
Science
Food
Health
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth
by Isaac Asimov 1991 323 pages
3.73
124 ratings
Science
Politics
Ecology
Small Wonder Summary
Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver 2002 264 pages
4.03
11.1K ratings
Essays
Nature
Memoir
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet
Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
by Adam Minter 2013 304 pages
3.90
1.8K ratings
Environment
Business
Economics
Dirty Electricity Summary
Dirty Electricity
Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization
by Samuel Milham 2010 120 pages
4.01
188 ratings
Health
Science
Technology
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.07
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
The Age of Sustainable Development Summary
The Age of Sustainable Development
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015 544 pages
4.22
840 ratings
Economics
Sustainability
Politics
The Waste-Free World Summary
The Waste-Free World
How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
by Ron Gonen 2021 288 pages
4.17
162 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Economics
The Permaculture Garden Summary
The Permaculture Garden
by Graham Bell 1994 174 pages
3.86
102 ratings
Gardening
Environment
How To
The New Map Summary
The New Map
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
by Daniel Yergin 2020 512 pages
4.19
5.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Good Bee Summary
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
by Alison Benjamin 2019 193 pages
4.18
292 ratings
Science
Nature
Natural History
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.91
1.3K ratings
Environment
Memoir
Politics
365 Ways To Change the World Summary
365 Ways To Change the World
How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time
by Michael Norton 2005 400 pages
3.94
120 ratings
Environment
Reference
Politics
Environmental Economics Summary
Environmental Economics
A Very Short Introduction
by Stephen Smith 2011 136 pages
3.61
223 ratings
Economics
Environment
Science
Plan B 3.0 Summary
Plan B 3.0
Mobilizing to Save Civilization
by Lester R. Brown 2008 416 pages
3.93
528 ratings
Environment
Science
Economics
Taming the Sun Summary
Taming the Sun
Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet
by Varun Sivaram 2018 371 pages
4.09
490 ratings
Science
Environment
Economics
Confronting Collapse Summary
Confronting Collapse
The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World
by Michael C. Ruppert 2009 264 pages
3.84
313 ratings
Politics
Economics
Peak Oil
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.05
6.7K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Collapse Summary
Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond 2004 608 pages
3.93
73.5K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous
How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
by Henry Dimbleby 2023 336 pages
4.37
1.5K ratings
Food
Health
Science
Cows Save the Planet Summary
Cows Save the Planet
And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth
by Judith D. Schwartz 2013 240 pages
4.11
406 ratings
Environment
Science
Agriculture
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think
Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
by Eduardo Kohn 2013 267 pages
3.86
970 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
Nature
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers
Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
by Monica M. White 2018 208 pages
4.34
372 ratings
History
Food
Race
Our Choice Summary
Our Choice
A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
by Al Gore 2008 416 pages
3.99
857 ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Tomatoland Summary
Tomatoland
How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
by Barry Estabrook 2011 240 pages
3.95
4.5K ratings
Food
Science
History
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope
A Journey through Carbon Country
by Courtney White 2014 244 pages
4.04
166 ratings
Food
Environment
Science
Green Philosophy Summary
Green Philosophy
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton 2011 464 pages
3.89
428 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Environment
END OF OIL Summary
END OF OIL
by Paul Roberts 2004 412 pages
3.74
1.1K ratings
Politics
Science
Environment
Wild Comfort Summary
Wild Comfort
The Solace of Nature
by Kathleen Dean Moore 2010 256 pages
4.12
724 ratings
Nature
Memoir
Essays
Rethinking Capitalism Summary
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
by Michael Jacobs 2016 224 pages
4.03
117 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Battle for Paradise Summary
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
by Naomi Klein 2018 88 pages
4.23
2.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Zero-Waste Lifestyle Summary
The Zero-Waste Lifestyle
Live Well by Throwing Away Less
by Amy Korst 2012 272 pages
3.61
912 ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Self Help
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