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Sustainability

Our planet's future unfolds through groundbreaking solutions for living better with less, rethinking business, and reimagining our relationship with Earth's resources. These transformative books explore the innovations, economics, and everyday changes that can help create a world that works for both people and nature.

Sustainability Book Summaries

Elon Musk
by Ashlee Vance • 2015
$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.
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400k+
🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship📖 Startup Biographies🧠 Mental Models
Elon Musk Summary
Immersive
Elon Musk
$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.
by Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages
4.12
400k+ ratings
🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship📖 Startup Biographies🧠 Mental Models
Material World
by Ed Conway • 2023
Six buried materials hold up modern life. The clean energy shift means digging more, not less.
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8k+
📜 Material Histories🚢 Supply Chains🏗️ Hidden Infrastructure
Material World Summary
Immersive
Material World
Six buried materials hold up modern life. The clean energy shift means digging more, not less.
by Ed Conway 2023 512 pages
4.5
8k+ ratings
📜 Material Histories🚢 Supply Chains🏗️ Hidden Infrastructure
The Art of Simple Food
by Alice Waters • 2007
The best cooking skill: buying perfect ingredients, then getting out of their way.
3.94
26k+
🥬 Farm-To-Table🗓️ Seasonal Cooking🏡 Home Cooking
The Art of Simple Food Summary
The Art of Simple Food
The best cooking skill: buying perfect ingredients, then getting out of their way.
by Alice Waters 2007 405 pages
3.94
26k+ ratings
🥬 Farm-To-Table🗓️ Seasonal Cooking🏡 Home Cooking
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
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
by Annie Leonard 2010 352 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice
Conscious Capitalism
by Rajendra Sisodia • 2012
Purpose-driven firms beat the market tenfold by serving all stakeholders, not just shareholders.
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4k+
🎯 Purpose-Driven Business🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism🛡️ Servant Leadership
Conscious Capitalism Summary
Conscious Capitalism
Purpose-driven firms beat the market tenfold by serving all stakeholders, not just shareholders.
by Rajendra Sisodia 2012 344 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
🎯 Purpose-Driven Business🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism🛡️ Servant Leadership
Abundance
by Peter H. Diamandis • 2012
Your brain scans for disasters. Technology improves exponentially. One of these is winning.
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11k+
🔭 Technological Optimism📈 Exponential Technology🧠 Cognitive Biases
Abundance Summary
Abundance
Your brain scans for disasters. Technology improves exponentially. One of these is winning.
by Peter H. Diamandis 2012 400 pages
4.05
11k+ ratings
🔭 Technological Optimism📈 Exponential Technology🧠 Cognitive Biases
Early Retirement Extreme
by Jacob Lund Fisker • 2010
Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.
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4k+
🏦 Financial Independence🧮 Extreme Frugality🌱 Voluntary Simplicity
Early Retirement Extreme Summary
Early Retirement Extreme
Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.
by Jacob Lund Fisker 2010 238 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Independence🧮 Extreme Frugality🌱 Voluntary Simplicity
Walkable City
by Jeff Speck • 2012
America's downtowns died for parking. The rules for bringing them back, starting at the curb.
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8k+
🏙️ Urban Planning🏘️ New Urbanism🚶 Walkable Cities
Walkable City Summary
Walkable City
America's downtowns died for parking. The rules for bringing them back, starting at the curb.
by Jeff Speck 2012 312 pages
4.32
8k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏘️ New Urbanism🚶 Walkable Cities
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
Braiding Sweetgrass Summary
Braiding Sweetgrass
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 408 pages
4.51
100k+ ratings
📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge🎁 Gift Economy🌿 Nature Connection
Sacred Nature
by Karen Armstrong • 2022
Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.
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1k+
🌍 Comparative Religion🌿 Environmental Philosophy🙏 Spiritual Ecology
Sacred Nature Summary
Sacred Nature
Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.
by Karen Armstrong 2022 205 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
🌍 Comparative Religion🌿 Environmental Philosophy🙏 Spiritual Ecology
Less Is More
by Jason Hickel • 2020
Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.
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9k+
🍂 Degrowth Movement🌍 Ecological Economics📉 Beyond GDP
Less Is More Summary
Less Is More
Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.
by Jason Hickel 2020 336 pages
4.50
9k+ ratings
🍂 Degrowth Movement🌍 Ecological Economics📉 Beyond GDP
Let My People Go Surfing
by Yvon Chouinard • 2006
He built a billion-dollar outdoor brand that tells customers to buy less and lets employees surf.
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29k+
🌱 Sustainable Business🤝 Conscious Capitalism👥 Workplace Culture
Let My People Go Surfing Summary
Let My People Go Surfing
He built a billion-dollar outdoor brand that tells customers to buy less and lets employees surf.
by Yvon Chouinard 2006 272 pages
4.18
29k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Business🤝 Conscious Capitalism👥 Workplace Culture
Doughnut Economics
by Kate Raworth • 2017
GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.
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15k+
🌍 Ecological Economics📉 Post-Growth Economics🌎 Planetary Boundaries
Doughnut Economics Summary
Doughnut Economics
GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.
by Kate Raworth 2017 320 pages
4.16
15k+ ratings
🌍 Ecological Economics📉 Post-Growth Economics🌎 Planetary Boundaries
Your Money or Your Life
by Joe Domínguez • 1992
Price your purchases in hours of your life instead of dollars. Nine steps to financial independence.
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30k+
🔥 FIRE Movement🧠 Money Mindset💸 Conscious Spending
Your Money or Your Life Summary
Your Money or Your Life
Price your purchases in hours of your life instead of dollars. Nine steps to financial independence.
by Joe Domínguez 1992 328 pages
3.98
30k+ ratings
🔥 FIRE Movement🧠 Money Mindset💸 Conscious Spending
The Lost Ways
by Claude Davis • 2021
Root cellars, gravity-fed fires, herbal poultices: pioneer skills that need no modern grid.
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155
🏜️ Pioneer Skills🏕️ Wilderness Survival🪓 Self-Reliance Skills
The Lost Ways Summary
The Lost Ways
Root cellars, gravity-fed fires, herbal poultices: pioneer skills that need no modern grid.
by Claude Davis 2021 430 pages
4.23
155 ratings
🏜️ Pioneer Skills🏕️ Wilderness Survival🪓 Self-Reliance Skills
How the World Really Works
by Vaclav Smil • 2022
Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.
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14k+
⚡ Energy Systems🏭 Industrial Ecology🌾 Global Food Systems
How the World Really Works Summary
How the World Really Works
Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.
by Vaclav Smil 2022 336 pages
3.94
14k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Systems🏭 Industrial Ecology🌾 Global Food Systems
Goodbye, Things
by Fumio Sasaki • 2015
Your possessions are an invisible to-do list. The Japanese case for owning less.
3.80
44k+
🏠 Minimalist Living🧹 Decluttering🌿 Simple Living
Goodbye, Things Summary
Goodbye, Things
Your possessions are an invisible to-do list. The Japanese case for owning less.
by Fumio Sasaki 2015 259 pages
3.80
44k+ ratings
🏠 Minimalist Living🧹 Decluttering🌿 Simple Living
The War Below
by Ernest Scheyder • 2024
Green energy requires mining. A sacred mountain, a rare flower, and the tradeoffs we keep ignoring.
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1k+
⚒️ Critical Minerals🔗 Mineral Supply Chains⛏️ Resource Extraction
The War Below Summary
The War Below
Green energy requires mining. A sacred mountain, a rare flower, and the tradeoffs we keep ignoring.
by Ernest Scheyder 2024 384 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
⚒️ Critical Minerals🔗 Mineral Supply Chains⛏️ Resource Extraction
The Grid
by Gretchen Bakke • 2016
The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.
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4k+
🏗️ Infrastructure⚡ Energy Transition🌬️ Renewable Integration
The Grid Summary
The Grid
The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.
by Gretchen Bakke 2016 384 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
🏗️ Infrastructure⚡ Energy Transition🌬️ Renewable Integration
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
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🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Dirt to Soil
by Gabe Brown • 2018
After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.
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2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Health🐄 Holistic Grazing
Dirt to Soil Summary
Dirt to Soil
After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.
by Gabe Brown 2018 240 pages
4.46
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Health🐄 Holistic Grazing
Overdressed
by Elizabeth L. Cline • 2012
A $30 dress, a hidden ledger: poisoned rivers, poverty wages, 650,000 lost jobs.
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6k+
🏭 Fast Fashion🌿 Ethical Fashion🛒 Consumer Culture
Overdressed Summary
Overdressed
A $30 dress, a hidden ledger: poisoned rivers, poverty wages, 650,000 lost jobs.
by Elizabeth L. Cline 2012 244 pages
3.82
6k+ ratings
🏭 Fast Fashion🌿 Ethical Fashion🛒 Consumer Culture
Sustainable & Responsible Investing 360°
by R. Scott Arnell • 2022
ESG was a niche concern. Now top investors treat it as fiduciary duty. Their playbook, distilled.
4.27
500+
📊 Esg Investing🎯 Impact Investing💚 Sustainable Finance
Sustainable & Responsible Investing 360° Summary
Sustainable & Responsible Investing 360°
ESG was a niche concern. Now top investors treat it as fiduciary duty. Their playbook, distilled.
by R. Scott Arnell 2022 393 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
📊 Esg Investing🎯 Impact Investing💚 Sustainable Finance
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
by Liesl Clark • 2020
A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.
3.44
1k+
🧩 Anti-Consumerism🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Sharing Economy
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.
by Liesl Clark 2020 288 pages
3.44
1k+ ratings
🧩 Anti-Consumerism🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Sharing Economy
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014
When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?
3.92
2k+
🏚️ Post-Capitalism🤝 Sharing Economy🤖 Technological Unemployment
The Zero Marginal Cost Society Summary
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?
by Jeremy Rifkin 2014 368 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Post-Capitalism🤝 Sharing Economy🤖 Technological Unemployment
The High Price of Materialism
by Tim Kasser • 2002
Worldwide, materialism predicts less happiness and worse relationships. The reason isn't obvious.
3.65
500+
🛒 Consumer Psychology😊 Happiness Research🧭 Intrinsic Motivation
The High Price of Materialism Summary
The High Price of Materialism
Worldwide, materialism predicts less happiness and worse relationships. The reason isn't obvious.
by Tim Kasser 2002 149 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Psychology😊 Happiness Research🧭 Intrinsic Motivation
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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43k+
🕰️ Deep Time🌿 Rewilding🧴 Plastic Pollution
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us
What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.
by Alan Weisman 2007 324 pages
3.81
43k+ ratings
🕰️ Deep Time🌿 Rewilding🧴 Plastic Pollution
The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2005
One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.
3.69
11k+
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🦟 Disease Burden
The End of Poverty Summary
The End of Poverty
One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005 464 pages
3.69
11k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🦟 Disease Burden
Who Owns England?
by Guy Shrubsole • 2019
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
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1k+
🏠 Land Ownership🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land✊ Land Reform
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
by Guy Shrubsole 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏠 Land Ownership🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land✊ Land Reform
Deep Purpose
by Ranjay Gulati • 2022
Most companies treat purpose as branding. The ones that outperform make it their reason to exist.
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233
🏛️ Organizational Purpose🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism🏢 Organizational Culture
Deep Purpose Summary
Deep Purpose
Most companies treat purpose as branding. The ones that outperform make it their reason to exist.
by Ranjay Gulati 2022 304 pages
3.92
233 ratings
🏛️ Organizational Purpose🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism🏢 Organizational Culture
Net Positive
by Andrew S. Winston • 2021
What if the most profitable companies leave more than they take from the world?
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500+
🤝 Corporate Responsibility💼 Stakeholder Capitalism📊 ESG Integration
Net Positive Summary
Net Positive
What if the most profitable companies leave more than they take from the world?
by Andrew S. Winston 2021 446 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
🤝 Corporate Responsibility💼 Stakeholder Capitalism📊 ESG Integration
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture
by Christopher Shein • 2013
Your garden as a forest: the permaculture design that feeds you while it rebuilds itself.
3.84
493
🌎 Permaculture Design🌳 Food Forests🪱 Soil Building
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture Summary
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture
Your garden as a forest: the permaculture design that feeds you while it rebuilds itself.
by Christopher Shein 2013 272 pages
3.84
493 ratings
🌎 Permaculture Design🌳 Food Forests🪱 Soil Building
The Gut-Immune Connection
by Emeran Mayer • 2021
Chronic disease spiked because we stopped feeding our gut microbes. The repair starts with soil.
3.84
468
🦠 Gut Microbiome🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition
The Gut-Immune Connection Summary
The Gut-Immune Connection
Chronic disease spiked because we stopped feeding our gut microbes. The repair starts with soil.
by Emeran Mayer 2021 320 pages
3.84
468 ratings
🦠 Gut Microbiome🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition
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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1k+
🌍 Climate Migration🏠 Managed Retreat🚧 Border Politics
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century
The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.
by Gaia Vince 2022 269 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Migration🏠 Managed Retreat🚧 Border Politics
Beyond Disruption
by W. Chan Kim • 2023
New industries can be built without tearing old ones down. A strategy for conflict-free growth.
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168
🏗️ Market Creation💡 Innovation Strategy🤝 Positive-Sum Economics
Beyond Disruption Summary
Beyond Disruption
New industries can be built without tearing old ones down. A strategy for conflict-free growth.
by W. Chan Kim 2023 240 pages
3.73
168 ratings
🏗️ Market Creation💡 Innovation Strategy🤝 Positive-Sum Economics
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
The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book
Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.
by Greta Thunberg 2022 464 pages
4.41
3k+ ratings
⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition✊ Climate Activism
Food for Life
by Tim Spector • 2022
Thirty plant foods a week: the gut-health rule that beats any supplement or superfood.
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4k+
🦠 Gut Microbiome🌿 Plant Diversity🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods
Food for Life Summary
Food for Life
Thirty plant foods a week: the gut-health rule that beats any supplement or superfood.
by Tim Spector 2022
4.23
4k+ ratings
🦠 Gut Microbiome🌿 Plant Diversity🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods
Soil Not Oil
by Vandana Shiva • 2008
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
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500+
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
by Vandana Shiva 2008 144 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty
The Lean Farm
by Ben Hartman • 2015
Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.
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417
🚜 Farm Management🏭 Lean Methodology🇯🇵 Toyota Production System
The Lean Farm Summary
The Lean Farm
Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.
by Ben Hartman 2015 382 pages
4.26
417 ratings
🚜 Farm Management🏭 Lean Methodology🇯🇵 Toyota Production System
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl • 2016
Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.
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🔄 Regenerative Design🌍 Ecological Economics🧠 Systems Thinking
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
Designing Regenerative Cultures
Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.
by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016 288 pages
4.24
223 ratings
🔄 Regenerative Design🌍 Ecological Economics🧠 Systems Thinking
False Alarm
by Bjørn Lomborg • 2020
Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.
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2k+
🏛️ Climate Policy📊 Environmental Economics⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm
Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020 320 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Policy📊 Environmental Economics⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
by Margareta Magnusson • 2017
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
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🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Summary
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
by Margareta Magnusson 2017 224 pages
3.42
33k+ ratings
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
by Bill Gates • 2021
Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.
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🌍 Net Zero Transition⚡ Clean Energy Transition🚀 Techno-Optimism
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Summary
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.
by Bill Gates 2021 288 pages
4.11
51k+ ratings
🌍 Net Zero Transition⚡ Clean Energy Transition🚀 Techno-Optimism
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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🧪 Climate Science⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios🏃 Climate Migration
The Uninhabitable Earth Summary
The Uninhabitable Earth
Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.
by David Wallace-Wells 2019 310 pages
3.99
30k+ ratings
🧪 Climate Science⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios🏃 Climate Migration
Why Vegan?
by Peter Singer • 2020
Loving dogs while eating pigs is a prejudice, not a preference, with billions of victims.
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🐄 Animal Ethics🏭 Factory Farming🧠 Animal Sentience
Why Vegan? Summary
Why Vegan?
Loving dogs while eating pigs is a prejudice, not a preference, with billions of victims.
by Peter Singer 2020 80 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
🐄 Animal Ethics🏭 Factory Farming🧠 Animal Sentience
Small is Beautiful
by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973
The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.
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🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning
Small is Beautiful Summary
Small is Beautiful
The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973 305 pages
4.09
7k+ ratings
🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning
Food Politics
by Robert Paarlberg • 2010
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
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340
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
by Robert Paarlberg 2010 240 pages
3.49
340 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger
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
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
by Michael Shellenberger 2020 272 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy
Food Matters
by Mark Bittman • 2008
Put plants at the center, meat on the side, and guilt off the table entirely.
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11k+
🏛️ Food Politics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🔬 Nutrition Science
Food Matters Summary
Food Matters
Put plants at the center, meat on the side, and guilt off the table entirely.
by Mark Bittman 2008 336 pages
3.97
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Food Politics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🔬 Nutrition Science
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein • 2014
Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.
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2k+
⚡ Energy Policy🌡️ Climate Debate🔧 Techno-Optimism
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Summary
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.
by Alex Epstein 2014 257 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Policy🌡️ Climate Debate🔧 Techno-Optimism
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