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🌿 Eco-Satire

Sharp, darkly comic fiction that skewers humanity's environmental recklessness, using humor and absurdity to illuminate the contradictions of a species destroying its own habitat.
Apocalypse Never
by Michael Shellenberger • 2020
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
4.16
6k+
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 90%
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
by Michael Shellenberger 2020
4.16
6k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy
This Changes Everything
by Naomi Klein • 2014
Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.
4.16
28k+
🏛️ Climate Politics🌹 Eco-Socialism⚖️ Climate Justice
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything 90%
Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.
by Naomi Klein 2014
4.16
28k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Politics🌹 Eco-Socialism⚖️ Climate Justice
The Story of Stuff
by Annie Leonard • 2010
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
4.08
4k+
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff 89%
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
by Annie Leonard 2010
4.08
4k+ ratings
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Zero Waste Solution
by Paul Connett • 2013
A community roadmap out of landfills and incinerators, built on compost, repair, and local jobs.
3.92
78
🗑️ Waste Reduction🔄 Circular Economy🌱 Composting
The Zero Waste Solution Summary
The Zero Waste Solution 89%
A community roadmap out of landfills and incinerators, built on compost, repair, and local jobs.
by Paul Connett 2013
3.92
78 ratings
🗑️ Waste Reduction🔄 Circular Economy🌱 Composting
No. More. Plastic.
by Martin Dorey • 2018
Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.
3.99
2k+
🧴 Plastic Pollution♻️ Zero Waste Living✊ Everyday Activism
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic. 89%
Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.
by Martin Dorey 2018
3.99
2k+ ratings
🧴 Plastic Pollution♻️ Zero Waste Living✊ Everyday Activism
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben • 1989
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
3.94
3k+
🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy🌿 Deep Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature 89%
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
by Bill McKibben 1989
3.94
3k+ ratings
🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy🌿 Deep Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
by Wes Jackson • 2022
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
3.56
198
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse 89%
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
by Wes Jackson 2022
3.56
198 ratings
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics
Our Angry Earth
by Isaac Asimov • 1991
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
3.71
126
🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth 89%
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
by Isaac Asimov 1991
3.71
126 ratings
🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution
A Life on Our Planet
by David Attenborough • 2020
Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.
4.50
35k+
🍃 Environmental Memoir🦜 Biodiversity Loss🌍 Planetary Boundaries
A Life on Our Planet Summary
A Life on Our Planet 89%
Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.
by David Attenborough 2020
4.50
35k+ ratings
🍃 Environmental Memoir🦜 Biodiversity Loss🌍 Planetary Boundaries
Falter
by Bill McKibben • 2019
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
4.00
2k+
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception
Falter Summary
Falter 89%
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
by Bill McKibben 2019
4.00
2k+ ratings
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception
Now or Never
by Tim Flannery • 2009
Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.
3.49
193
🌍 Planetary Boundaries🌎 Gaia Theory🏭 Anthropocene
Now or Never Summary
Now or Never 89%
Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.
by Tim Flannery 2009
3.49
193 ratings
🌍 Planetary Boundaries🌎 Gaia Theory🏭 Anthropocene
Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
4.10
13k+
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky 89%
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021
4.10
13k+ ratings
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
The Arrogance of Humanism
by David W. Ehrenfeld • 1978
Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.
3.97
91
🧠 Environmental Philosophy🔧 Technocritique💰 Ecological Economics
The Arrogance of Humanism Summary
The Arrogance of Humanism 89%
Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.
by David W. Ehrenfeld 1978
3.97
91 ratings
🧠 Environmental Philosophy🔧 Technocritique💰 Ecological Economics
Not the End of the World
by Hannah Ritchie • 2024
The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.
4.22
7k+
🌍 Environmental Optimism💡 Climate Solutions🎯 Effective Environmentalism
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World 89%
The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.
by Hannah Ritchie 2024
4.22
7k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Optimism💡 Climate Solutions🎯 Effective Environmentalism
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton • 2011
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
3.87
446
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary
How to Think Seriously About the Planet 89%
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011
3.87
446 ratings
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
Limits to Growth
by Donella H. Meadows • 1972
A computer model of Earth's limits, tested for 30 years: the math says overshoot has already begun.
4.21
2k+
🧠 Systems Thinking📊 Environmental Economics🌍 Planetary Boundaries
Limits to Growth Summary
Limits to Growth 89%
A computer model of Earth's limits, tested for 30 years: the math says overshoot has already begun.
by Donella H. Meadows 1972
4.21
2k+ ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking📊 Environmental Economics🌍 Planetary Boundaries
The Legacy
by David Suzuki • 2010
GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.
4.21
492
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge📉 Post-Growth Economics
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy 89%
GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.
by David Suzuki 2010
4.21
492 ratings
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge📉 Post-Growth Economics
Getting to Green
by Frederic C. Rich • 2016
No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.
4.02
106
🌿 Environmental Policy🇺🇸 American Conservation🪓 Political Polarization
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green 89%
No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.
by Frederic C. Rich 2016
4.02
106 ratings
🌿 Environmental Policy🇺🇸 American Conservation🪓 Political Polarization
Tourist Season
by Carl Hiaasen • 1986
A disgraced reporter turned PI uncovers a terrorist plot to murder tourists until Miami empties.
3.91
25k+
🏝️ Florida Noir🎭 Satirical Crime🌿 Eco-Sabotage
Tourist Season Summary
Tourist Season 89%
A disgraced reporter turned PI uncovers a terrorist plot to murder tourists until Miami empties.
by Carl Hiaasen 1986
3.91
25k+ ratings
🏝️ Florida Noir🎭 Satirical Crime🌿 Eco-Sabotage
The Limits to Growth
by Donella H. Meadows • 1972
Exponential growth meets a finite planet: overshoot, collapse. The math hasn't changed since 1972.
4.17
931
🌿 Environmental Economics⛏️ Resource Depletion🔄 Systems Thinking
The Limits to Growth Summary
The Limits to Growth 89%
Exponential growth meets a finite planet: overshoot, collapse. The math hasn't changed since 1972.
by Donella H. Meadows 1972
4.17
931 ratings
🌿 Environmental Economics⛏️ Resource Depletion🔄 Systems Thinking
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política
by Bruno Latour • 2017
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
3.74
2k+
🌍 Political Ecology🌡️ Climate Politics🧠 Continental Philosophy
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política Summary
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política 89%
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
by Bruno Latour 2017
3.74
2k+ ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🌡️ Climate Politics🧠 Continental Philosophy
Endling
by Maria Reva • 2025
A snail scientist on romance tours gets pulled into a scheme to kidnap twelve bachelors.
3.83
14k+
🐌 Ecological Grief🖤 Dark Comedy👩‍👧 Absent Mother
Endling Summary
Endling 89%
A snail scientist on romance tours gets pulled into a scheme to kidnap twelve bachelors.
by Maria Reva 2025
3.83
14k+ ratings
🐌 Ecological Grief🖤 Dark Comedy👩‍👧 Absent Mother
Blessed Unrest
by Paul Hawken • 2007
A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.
3.94
2k+
🌍 Environmental Activism⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Grassroots Movements
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest 89%
A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.
by Paul Hawken 2007
3.94
2k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Activism⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Grassroots Movements
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner • 2003
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
3.91
6k+
☣️ Ecological Dystopia🗣️ Reluctant Prophet🧩 Fragmented Narrative
The Sheep Look Up Summary
The Sheep Look Up 89%
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
by John Brunner 2003
3.91
6k+ ratings
☣️ Ecological Dystopia🗣️ Reluctant Prophet🧩 Fragmented Narrative
Nature Girl
by Carl Hiaasen • 2006
A single mom baits the telemarketer who insulted her into a Florida ecotour he cannot escape.
3.68
27k+
🐊 Florida Crime Caper🎯 Revenge Comedy🎪 Misfit Ensemble
Nature Girl Summary
Nature Girl 89%
A single mom baits the telemarketer who insulted her into a Florida ecotour he cannot escape.
by Carl Hiaasen 2006
3.68
27k+ ratings
🐊 Florida Crime Caper🎯 Revenge Comedy🎪 Misfit Ensemble
After Lockdown
by Bruno Latour • 2021
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
3.50
311
🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism
After Lockdown Summary
After Lockdown 89%
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
by Bruno Latour 2021
3.50
311 ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism
Planet on Fire
by Mathew Lawrence • 2021
Your carbon footprint is a distraction. The climate fight is about who owns the economy.
3.68
173
🏛️ Environmental Politics💰 Political Economy🌿 Green New Deal
Planet on Fire Summary
Planet on Fire 89%
Your carbon footprint is a distraction. The climate fight is about who owns the economy.
by Mathew Lawrence 2021
3.68
173 ratings
🏛️ Environmental Politics💰 Political Economy🌿 Green New Deal
Oil and Honey
by Bill McKibben • 2013
While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.
3.90
1k+
🌍 Climate Activism📝 Environmental Memoir✊ Grassroots Organizing
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey 89%
While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.
by Bill McKibben 2013
3.90
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Activism📝 Environmental Memoir✊ Grassroots Organizing
Free Gifts
by Alyssa Battistoni • 2025
Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.
4.24
55
🏞️ Political Ecology📊 Ecological Economics🌍 Marxist Ecology
Free Gifts Summary
Free Gifts 88%
Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.
by Alyssa Battistoni 2025
4.24
55 ratings
🏞️ Political Ecology📊 Ecological Economics🌍 Marxist Ecology
Drawdown
by Paul Hawken • 2017
100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.
4.40
4k+
🌍 Climate Reversal💰 Environmental Economics🌱 Regenerative Agriculture
Drawdown Summary
Drawdown 88%
100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.
by Paul Hawken 2017
4.40
4k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Reversal💰 Environmental Economics🌱 Regenerative Agriculture
No Impact Man
by Colin Beavan • 2009
90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.
3.78
5k+
🏙️ Urban Sustainability🧪 Lifestyle Experiments🗑️ Waste Reduction
No Impact Man Summary
No Impact Man 88%
90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.
by Colin Beavan 2009
3.78
5k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Sustainability🧪 Lifestyle Experiments🗑️ Waste Reduction
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
by John Kay • 2009
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
3.95
615
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in 88%
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009
3.95
615 ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams • 1990
A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.
4.32
26k+
🤣 Comic Travelogues🦏 Endangered Species🐆 Wildlife Conservation
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See 88%
A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.
by Douglas Adams 1990
4.32
26k+ ratings
🤣 Comic Travelogues🦏 Endangered Species🐆 Wildlife Conservation
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman • 2007
What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.
3.81
44k+
🕰️ Deep Time🌿 Rewilding🧴 Plastic Pollution
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us 88%
What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.
by Alan Weisman 2007
3.81
44k+ ratings
🕰️ Deep Time🌿 Rewilding🧴 Plastic Pollution
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
by Hannah Testa • 2020
Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.
3.90
629
🛢️ Plastic Pollution⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Waste Reduction
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis 88%
Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.
by Hannah Testa 2020
3.90
629 ratings
🛢️ Plastic Pollution⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Waste Reduction
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood • 2009
A plague destroys civilization. Two women survive alone, living by the eco-cult's rules.
4.07
134k+
🌿 Eco-Spiritual Commune🏢 Corporate Dystopia🧬 Biopunk Fiction
The Year of the Flood Summary
The Year of the Flood 88%
A plague destroys civilization. Two women survive alone, living by the eco-cult's rules.
by Margaret Atwood 2009
4.07
134k+ ratings
🌿 Eco-Spiritual Commune🏢 Corporate Dystopia🧬 Biopunk Fiction
We Are the Weather
by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2019
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
3.69
17k+
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather 88%
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019
3.69
17k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics
The Great Derangement
by Amitav Ghosh • 2016
Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.
4.04
6k+
🏛️ Climate Politics📚 Environmental Humanities🌏 Postcolonial Critique
The Great Derangement Summary
The Great Derangement 88%
Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.
by Amitav Ghosh 2016
4.04
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Politics📚 Environmental Humanities🌏 Postcolonial Critique
The Ministry for the Future
by Kim Stanley Robinson • 2020
A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.
3.86
44k+
🌅 Solarpunk🌏 Near-Future Earth✊ Eco-Resistance
The Ministry for the Future Summary
The Ministry for the Future 88%
A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.
by Kim Stanley Robinson 2020
3.86
44k+ ratings
🌅 Solarpunk🌏 Near-Future Earth✊ Eco-Resistance
Humus
by Gaspard Kœnig • 2023
Two students bond over earthworms and pledge to save dying soil, but the world has other plans.
3.60
2k+
🌿 Eco-Literary Fiction👥 Dual Protagonists🤝 Male Friendship
Humus Summary
Humus 88%
Two students bond over earthworms and pledge to save dying soil, but the world has other plans.
by Gaspard Kœnig 2023
3.60
2k+ ratings
🌿 Eco-Literary Fiction👥 Dual Protagonists🤝 Male Friendship
The Rare Metals War
by Guillame Pitron • 2018
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
4.04
1k+
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War 88%
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
by Guillame Pitron 2018
4.04
1k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek • 1990
Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.
4.17
19k+
🏭 Satirical Dystopia🧬 Speculative Evolution🌍 Colonial Critique
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts 88%
Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.
by Karel Čapek 1990
4.17
19k+ ratings
🏭 Satirical Dystopia🧬 Speculative Evolution🌍 Colonial Critique
Earth Democracy
by Vandana Shiva • 2005
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
3.97
749
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 88%
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
by Vandana Shiva 2005
3.97
749 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves
by Jack Douglas • 1972
The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.
3.27
205
🎤 Comic Memoir🐺 Exotic Pets💍 Marital Comedy
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves Summary
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves 88%
The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.
by Jack Douglas 1972
3.27
205 ratings
🎤 Comic Memoir🐺 Exotic Pets💍 Marital Comedy
More from Less
by Andrew McAfee • 2019
Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.
3.90
1k+
🧮 Environmental Economics🤖 Techno-Optimism🌿 Green Growth
More from Less Summary
More from Less 88%
Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.
by Andrew McAfee 2019
3.90
1k+ ratings
🧮 Environmental Economics🤖 Techno-Optimism🌿 Green Growth
The Day the World Stops Shopping
by J.B. MacKinnon • 2021
Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.
4.13
5k+
🧃 Consumer Culture📉 Environmental Economics🛒 Overconsumption
The Day the World Stops Shopping Summary
The Day the World Stops Shopping 88%
Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.
by J.B. MacKinnon 2021
4.13
5k+ ratings
🧃 Consumer Culture📉 Environmental Economics🛒 Overconsumption
Managed Annihilation
by Dean L.Y. Bavington • 2010
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
3.29
21
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management
Managed Annihilation Summary
Managed Annihilation 88%
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
by Dean L.Y. Bavington 2010
3.29
21 ratings
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management
Give a Sh*t
by Ashlee Piper • 2018
Eating more plants and buying less stuff: the planet-saving habits that also save you thousands.
4.15
972
🌱 Sustainable Living🛒 Conscious Consumption🥬 Plant-Based Eating
Give a Sh*t Summary
Give a Sh*t 88%
Eating more plants and buying less stuff: the planet-saving habits that also save you thousands.
by Ashlee Piper 2018
4.15
972 ratings
🌱 Sustainable Living🛒 Conscious Consumption🥬 Plant-Based Eating
What's Left
by Malcolm Harris • 2025
The economy is self-destructing. Three escape routes exist, but only together might they work.
3.87
195
🏛 Political Economy🌍 Climate Politics✊ Ecosocialism
What's Left Summary
What's Left 88%
The economy is self-destructing. Three escape routes exist, but only together might they work.
by Malcolm Harris 2025
3.87
195 ratings
🏛 Political Economy🌍 Climate Politics✊ Ecosocialism
False Alarm
by Bjørn Lomborg • 2020
Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.
4.16
3k+
🏛️ Climate Policy📊 Environmental Economics⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm 88%
Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020
4.16
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Policy📊 Environmental Economics⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis
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