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🌍 Environmental Impacts

Rigorous assessments of how human activities alter ecosystems, tracing the ripple effects of development, industry, and consumption through the natural world.
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🌳 Habitat Loss☀️ Renewable Energy
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth 92%
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🌳 Habitat Loss☀️ Renewable Energy
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🌿 Rewilding📊 Ecological Economics
A Life on Our Planet Summary
A Life on Our Planet 91%
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🌿 Rewilding📊 Ecological Economics
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🌋 Geoengineering🐟 Invasive Species
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky 91%
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🌋 Geoengineering🐟 Invasive Species
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☢️ Nuclear Legacy🏚️ Infrastructure Decay
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us 91%
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☢️ Nuclear Legacy🏚️ Infrastructure Decay
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♻️ Circular Economy☣️ Toxic Chemicals
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff 91%
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♻️ Circular Economy☣️ Toxic Chemicals
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☀️ Renewable Energy✊ Nonviolent Resistance
Falter Summary
Falter 91%
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☀️ Renewable Energy✊ Nonviolent Resistance
Climate Change
by Joseph Romm • 2015
Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.
4.22
694
🧪 Climate Science📋 Climate Policy⚡ Energy Transition💰 Climate Economics🏭 Carbon Reduction
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change 91%
Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.
by Joseph Romm 2015
4.22
694 ratings
🧪 Climate Science📋 Climate Policy⚡ Energy Transition💰 Climate Economics🏭 Carbon Reduction
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🏭 Greenhouse Effect🐾 Biodiversity Loss
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature 91%
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🏭 Greenhouse Effect🐾 Biodiversity Loss
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🛒 Ethical Consumerism🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic. 91%
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🛒 Ethical Consumerism🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle
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🟢 Greenwashing🛒 Consumer Activism
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis 91%
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🟢 Greenwashing🛒 Consumer Activism
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☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 91%
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☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
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🌱 Carbon Sequestration🌊 Ocean Acidification
Now or Never Summary
Now or Never 91%
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🌱 Carbon Sequestration🌊 Ocean Acidification
The Uninhabitable Earth
by David Wallace-Wells • 2019
Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.
3.99
30k+
🧪 Climate Science⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios🏃 Climate Migration🌪️ Extreme Weather🌽 Food And Water Security
The Uninhabitable Earth Summary
The Uninhabitable Earth 90%
Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.
by David Wallace-Wells 2019
3.99
30k+ ratings
🧪 Climate Science⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios🏃 Climate Migration🌪️ Extreme Weather🌽 Food And Water Security
Plastic Purge
by Michael SanClements • 2014
A scientist's practical guide to purging plastic from your body, your food, and the ocean.
3.86
436
🚮 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health♻️ Waste Reduction🛒 Consumer Guide📈 Incremental Change
Plastic Purge Summary
Plastic Purge 90%
A scientist's practical guide to purging plastic from your body, your food, and the ocean.
by Michael SanClements 2014
3.86
436 ratings
🚮 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health♻️ Waste Reduction🛒 Consumer Guide📈 Incremental Change
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🌳 Ecosystem Services💚 Biophilia
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy 90%
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🌳 Ecosystem Services💚 Biophilia
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💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey 90%
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💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
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🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry🟢 Greenwashing
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🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry🟢 Greenwashing
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.
4.41
3k+
⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition✊ Climate Activism🌿 Indigenous Knowledge🚫 Climate Denialism
The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book 90%
Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.
by Greta Thunberg 2022
4.41
3k+ ratings
⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition✊ Climate Activism🌿 Indigenous Knowledge🚫 Climate Denialism
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🌾 Agricultural Innovation⚡ Renewable Energy
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World 90%
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🌾 Agricultural Innovation⚡ Renewable Energy
Slow Burn
by R. Jisung Park • 2024
The hidden climate bill: falling test scores, slowing workers, rising tempers. Trillions already.
3.70
70
🏭 Climate Economics⚖️ Environmental Justice🧠 Human Capital🔍 Cognitive Biases🛡️ Climate Adaptation
Slow Burn Summary
Slow Burn 90%
The hidden climate bill: falling test scores, slowing workers, rising tempers. Trillions already.
by R. Jisung Park 2024
3.70
70 ratings
🏭 Climate Economics⚖️ Environmental Justice🧠 Human Capital🔍 Cognitive Biases🛡️ Climate Adaptation
Megafire
by Michael Kodas • 2017
A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.
4.01
254
🔥 Wildfire🏕️ Forest Ecology🌪️ Climate Disasters📋 Environmental Policy🌲 Land Management
Megafire Summary
Megafire 90%
A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.
by Michael Kodas 2017
4.01
254 ratings
🔥 Wildfire🏕️ Forest Ecology🌪️ Climate Disasters📋 Environmental Policy🌲 Land Management
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⚖️ Environmental Justice🏭 Industrial Ecology
The Zero Waste Solution Summary
The Zero Waste Solution 90%
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⚖️ Environmental Justice🏭 Industrial Ecology
The Heat Will Kill You First
by Jeff Goodell • 2023
Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.
4.29
8k+
🏭 Climate Crisis🌀 Extreme Weather🏙️ Urban Heat Islands⚖️ Climate Inequality🌍 Climate Migration
The Heat Will Kill You First Summary
The Heat Will Kill You First 90%
Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.
by Jeff Goodell 2023
4.29
8k+ ratings
🏭 Climate Crisis🌀 Extreme Weather🏙️ Urban Heat Islands⚖️ Climate Inequality🌍 Climate Migration
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development
by Edward Saja Sanneh • 2018
Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.
4.00
2
🧠 Systems Thinking🌍 Sustainable Development📋 Environmental Policy⚡ Renewable Energy💧 Water Security
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Summary
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development 90%
Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.
by Edward Saja Sanneh 2018
4.00
2 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🌍 Sustainable Development📋 Environmental Policy⚡ Renewable Energy💧 Water Security
Plastic
by Susan Freinkel • 2011
Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.
3.97
2k+
🌊 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health🧱 Material Culture🧬 Endocrine Disruption🌍 Environmental History
Plastic Summary
Plastic 90%
Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.
by Susan Freinkel 2011
3.97
2k+ ratings
🌊 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health🧱 Material Culture🧬 Endocrine Disruption🌍 Environmental History
Into the Clear Blue Sky
by Rob Jackson • 2024
We could clean the atmosphere within a generation. The fastest lever most people overlook: methane.
4.02
131
🛠️ Climate Solutions🧹 Carbon Removal⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition🌾 Food Systems
Into the Clear Blue Sky Summary
Into the Clear Blue Sky 90%
We could clean the atmosphere within a generation. The fastest lever most people overlook: methane.
by Rob Jackson 2024
4.02
131 ratings
🛠️ Climate Solutions🧹 Carbon Removal⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition🌾 Food Systems
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🌡️ Climate Change Politics🛡️ Stewardship Ethics
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green 90%
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🌡️ Climate Change Politics🛡️ Stewardship Ethics
The Great Displacement
by Jake Bittle • 2023
Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.
4.28
4k+
🌍 Climate Migration⚖️ Environmental Justice🇺🇸 American Migration💧 Water Crisis🚒 Disaster Recovery
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement 90%
Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.
by Jake Bittle 2023
4.28
4k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Migration⚖️ Environmental Justice🇺🇸 American Migration💧 Water Crisis🚒 Disaster Recovery
Marine Biology
by Philip V. Mladenov • 2013
71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.
4.21
462
🐟 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Ecosystems🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🧊 Polar Oceans
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology 90%
71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013
4.21
462 ratings
🐟 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Ecosystems🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🧊 Polar Oceans
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🌿 Deep Ecology💥 Collapsology
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse 90%
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🌿 Deep Ecology💥 Collapsology
Nomad Century
by Gaia Vince • 2022
The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.
3.84
1k+
🌍 Climate Migration🏠 Managed Retreat🚧 Border Politics💹 Migration Economics🏛️ Global Governance
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century 90%
The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.
by Gaia Vince 2022
3.84
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Migration🏠 Managed Retreat🚧 Border Politics💹 Migration Economics🏛️ Global Governance
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🌍 Anthropocene Critique🌿 Ecocriticism
The Great Derangement Summary
The Great Derangement 90%
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🌍 Anthropocene Critique🌿 Ecocriticism
The Future We Choose
by Christiana Figueres • 2020
Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.
4.05
7k+
🌍 Climate Crisis⚡ Climate Action😢 Climate Grief☀️ Renewable Energy⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose 90%
Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.
by Christiana Figueres 2020
4.05
7k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Crisis⚡ Climate Action😢 Climate Grief☀️ Renewable Energy⚖️ Environmental Justice
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson • 1962
A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.
4.06
55k+
🌍 Environmental Activism☣️ Chemical Pollution🔗 Ecosystem Thinking🧪 Toxicology🏭 Corporate Accountability
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring 90%
A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.
by Rachel Carson 1962
4.06
55k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Activism☣️ Chemical Pollution🔗 Ecosystem Thinking🧪 Toxicology🏭 Corporate Accountability
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📰 Post-Truth Politics🌿 Environmental Philosophy
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política Summary
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política 90%
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📰 Post-Truth Politics🌿 Environmental Philosophy
Environmental Economics
by Stephen Smith • 2011
Why unregulated markets destroy the environment, and how the same market logic can save it.
3.61
239
🏛️ Environmental Economics📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis💨 Emissions Trading💰 Carbon Pricing🌳 Environmental Valuation
Environmental Economics Summary
Environmental Economics 90%
Why unregulated markets destroy the environment, and how the same market logic can save it.
by Stephen Smith 2011
3.61
239 ratings
🏛️ Environmental Economics📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis💨 Emissions Trading💰 Carbon Pricing🌳 Environmental Valuation
2052
by Jørgen Randers • 2012
A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.
3.95
355
🧠 Systems Thinking📉 Limits To Growth🔮 Scenario Planning⚡ Energy Transition👶 Demographic Decline
2052 Summary
2052 90%
A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.
by Jørgen Randers 2012
3.95
355 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking📉 Limits To Growth🔮 Scenario Planning⚡ Energy Transition👶 Demographic Decline
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🍃 Carbon Sequestration🔄 Circular Economy
Drawdown Summary
Drawdown 90%
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🍃 Carbon Sequestration🔄 Circular Economy
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⚖️ Environmental Justice⚔️ Resource Wars
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War 90%
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⚖️ Environmental Justice⚔️ Resource Wars
How Everything Can Collapse
by Pablo Servigne • 2015
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
4.16
1k+
📉 Collapsology🏚️ Civilizational Collapse🔗 Systems Thinking📊 Diminishing Returns🧠 Cognitive Biases
How Everything Can Collapse Summary
How Everything Can Collapse 90%
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
by Pablo Servigne 2015
4.16
1k+ ratings
📉 Collapsology🏚️ Civilizational Collapse🔗 Systems Thinking📊 Diminishing Returns🧠 Cognitive Biases
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🐾 More-Than-Human🌱 Degrowth
After Lockdown Summary
After Lockdown 90%
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
by Bruno Latour 2021
3.50
311 ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism🐾 More-Than-Human🌱 Degrowth
Our Choice
by Al Gore • 2008
The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.
3.99
864
🌍 Climate Crisis☀️ Renewable Energy💡 Energy Efficiency💰 Carbon Pricing⚡ Energy Transition
Our Choice Summary
Our Choice 90%
The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.
by Al Gore 2008
3.99
864 ratings
🌍 Climate Crisis☀️ Renewable Energy💡 Energy Efficiency💰 Carbon Pricing⚡ Energy Transition
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🔋 Green Energy Innovation🛡️ Adaptation Strategies
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm 90%
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🔋 Green Energy Innovation🛡️ Adaptation Strategies
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🌍 Ecological Limits⚠️ Overshoot And Collapse
The Limits to Growth Summary
The Limits to Growth 90%
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🌍 Ecological Limits⚠️ Overshoot And Collapse
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🚢 Industrial Fishing📋 Managerialism Critique
Managed Annihilation Summary
Managed Annihilation 90%
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🚢 Industrial Fishing📋 Managerialism Critique
Back to Earth
by Nicole Stott • 2021
From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.
3.91
219
🚀 Astronaut Memoirs🌿 Ecological Memoir🌎 The Overview Effect🛡️ Environmental Stewardship⚡ Climate Action
Back to Earth Summary
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From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.
by Nicole Stott 2021
3.91
219 ratings
🚀 Astronaut Memoirs🌿 Ecological Memoir🌎 The Overview Effect🛡️ Environmental Stewardship⚡ Climate Action
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🕸️ Decentralized Networks🔄 Systems Thinking
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest 90%
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🕸️ Decentralized Networks🔄 Systems Thinking
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🥬 Plant-Based Eating🐄 Animal Agriculture
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather 90%
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🥬 Plant-Based Eating🐄 Animal Agriculture
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✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
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 90%
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✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
Moby-Duck
by Donovan Hohn • 2011
One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.
3.31
3k+
🌊 Oceanography🧴 Plastic Pollution🏭 Global Supply Chain📝 Narrative Journalism🧭 Modern Odyssey
Moby-Duck Summary
Moby-Duck 90%
One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.
by Donovan Hohn 2011
3.31
3k+ ratings
🌊 Oceanography🧴 Plastic Pollution🏭 Global Supply Chain📝 Narrative Journalism🧭 Modern Odyssey
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