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Sustainability Book Summaries

The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff
How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Healthβ€”and a Vision for Change
by Annie Leonard 2010 352 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Science
Let My People Go Surfing Summary
Let My People Go Surfing
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
by Yvon Chouinard 2006 272 pages
4.19
26k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Plastic Summary
Plastic
A Toxic Love Story
by Susan Freinkel 2011 336 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
History
The Zero-Waste Lifestyle Summary
The Zero-Waste Lifestyle
Live Well by Throwing Away Less
by Amy Korst 2012 272 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Self Help
Backyard Winter Gardening Summary
Backyard Winter Gardening
Vegetables Fresh and Simple, in Any Climate Without Artificial Heat or Electricity the Way It's Been Done for 2,000 Ye
by Caleb Warnock 2013 176 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Gardening
Sustainability
Education
Overdressed Summary
Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
by Elizabeth L. Cline 2012 244 pages
3.82
6k+ ratings
Fashion
Sustainability
Environment
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts
Growing Food in Hard Times
by Steve Solomon 2006 360 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Gardening
Food
Agriculture
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet
Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
by Adam Minter 2013 304 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Environment
Business
Economics
Farmacology Summary
Farmacology
Total Health from the Ground Up
by Daphne Miller 2013 304 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Health
Food
Gardening
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Environment
Memoir
Politics
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
by Naomi Klein 2014 566 pages
4.16
26k+ ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
The Upcycle Summary
The Upcycle
Beyond Sustainability β€” Designing for Abundance
by William McDonough 2013 257 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Design
Rethinking Capitalism Summary
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
by Michael Jacobs 2016 224 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
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
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Leading from the Emerging Future Summary
Leading from the Emerging Future
From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies
by C. Otto Scharmer 2013 304 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Economics
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
Doughnut Economics Summary
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
by Kate Raworth 2017 384 pages
4.18
14k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016 288 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic.
What you can do to make a difference
by Martin Dorey 2018 103 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Science
Plastic Purge Summary
Plastic Purge
How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of Your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles!
by Michael SanClements 2014 256 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
Small Is Beautiful Summary
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973 352 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Fashionopolis Summary
Fashionopolis
The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
by Dana Thomas 2019 320 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Fashion
Environment
Sustainability
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres 2020 210 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Climate Justice Summary
Climate Justice
by Mary Robinson 2018 176 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
Green Swans Summary
Green Swans
The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
by John Elkington 2020 323 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Sustainability
Economics
Business
The Regenerative Business Summary
The Regenerative Business
Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes
by Carol Sanford 2017 256 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Business
Sustainability
Leadership
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference Summary
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference
by Rebecca Huntley 2020 304 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Sustainability
Earth in Human Hands Summary
Earth in Human Hands
Shaping Our Planet's Future
by David Grinspoon 2016 544 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Plan B 3.0 Summary
Plan B 3.0
Mobilizing to Save Civilization
by Lester R. Brown 2008 416 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Environment
Science
Economics
What's Mine Is Yours Summary
What's Mine Is Yours
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
by Rachel Botsman 2010
3.97
1k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Sociology
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
4.10
100+ ratings
Environment
Science
Agriculture
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
New Minimalism Summary
New Minimalism
Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living
by Cary Telander Fortin 2018 208 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Design
Adult
Estrogeneration Summary
Estrogeneration
How Estrogenics Are Making You Fat, Sick, and Infertile
by Anthony G. Jay 2017 296 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Biology
Cradle to Cradle Summary
Cradle to Cradle
Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough 2002 193 pages
4.09
12k+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Design
Clothing Poverty Summary
Clothing Poverty
The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes
by Andrew Brooks 2015 288 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Fashion
Economics
Sustainability
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
1k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
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 End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben 1989 224 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Environment
Science
Nature
END OF OIL Summary
END OF OIL
by Paul Roberts 2004 412 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Politics
Science
Environment
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy
An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future
by David Suzuki 2010 128 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
Value(s) Summary
Value(s)
Building a Better World for All
by Mark Carney 2021 608 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
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
3.85
500+ ratings
Sustainability
Business
Environment
Messy Minimalism Summary
Messy Minimalism
Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us
by Rachelle Crawford 2021 220 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Adult
Personal Development
Net Positive Summary
Net Positive
How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
by Paul Polman 2021 256 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Business
Sustainability
Environment
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 320 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
Net Zero Summary
Net Zero
How We Stop Causing Climate Change
by Dieter Helm 2020 329 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Sustainability
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
Generation Dread Summary
Generation Dread
Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis
by Britt Wray 2022 296 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Psychology
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