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
Value(s)
Building a Better World for All
Economics
Politics
Business
The Story of Stuff
How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Health—and a Vision for Change
Environment
Sustainability
Science
Less Is More
How Degrowth Will Save the World
Economics
Politics
Environment
Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Economics
Business
Politics
Let My People Go Surfing
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Business
Biography
Memoir
Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Fashion
Sustainability
Environment
The Day the World Stops Shopping
How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
Environment
Economics
Science
Green Swans
The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
Sustainability
Economics
Business
Deep Purpose
The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies
Business
Leadership
Sustainability
Designing Regenerative Cultures
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
Cradle to Cradle
Remaking the Way We Make Things
Sustainability
Environment
Design
Leading from the Emerging Future
From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies
Leadership
Business
Economics
Fashionopolis
The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
Fashion
Environment
Sustainability
Net Positive
How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
Business
Sustainability
Environment
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Upcycle
Beyond Sustainability — Designing for Abundance
Sustainability
Environment
Design
Design for a Better World
Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered
Design
Sustainability
Environment
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Politics
Sociology
Society
The Sacred Balance
Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
Nature
Science
Environment
Consumed
On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change
Environment
Social Justice
Climate Change
Voluntary Simplicity
Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
Self Help
Philosophy
Sustainability
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
Politics
Environment
Science
Mission Economy
A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Business
Speed & Scale
A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
Sustainability
Climate Change
Science
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
Science
Design
Sustainability
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide
Everything you need to know to make small changes that make a big difference
Sustainability
Self Help
Environment
The End of Nature
Environment
Science
Nature
New Minimalism
Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living
Self Help
Design
Adult
The Legacy
An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future
Environment
Science
Sustainability
The Green New Deal
Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
Politics
Environment
Economics
Falter
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Great Transition
Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Science
Climate Change
Environment
The Regenerative Business
Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes
Business
Sustainability
Leadership
Resilience Thinking
Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World
Science
Environment
Sustainability
Climate Justice
Environment
Climate Change
Science
Messy Minimalism
Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us
Self Help
Adult
Personal Development
No Impact Man
Environment
Memoir
Sustainability
Generation Dread
Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis
Climate Change
Environment
Psychology
Fostering Sustainable Behavior
An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing
Sustainability
Environment
Psychology
Estrogeneration
How Estrogenics Are Making You Fat, Sick, and Infertile
Health
Science
Biology
Fibershed
Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy
Fashion
Environment
History
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
Science
Climate Change
Environment
The Minimalist Way
Minimalism Strategies to Declutter Your Life and Make Room for Joy
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
The Necessary Revolution
How individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world.
Sustainability
Business
Environment
Plastic
A Toxic Love Story
Science
Environment
History
Clothing Poverty
The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes
Fashion
Economics
Sustainability
