Životní prostředí

Zdraví naší planety ovlivňuje každý aspekt lidské existence, od jídla na našich talířích až po vzduch, který dýcháme, a nespočet druhů, se kterými sdílíme Zemi. Tyto důležité knihy zkoumají křehkou rovnováhu našeho přírodního světa a nabízejí praktickou moudrost pro udržitelnější život, ať už prostřednictvím vědomého stravování, snižování odpadu nebo pochopení dopadu lidstva na naše omezené zdroje.

Životní prostředí Shrnutí knih

The Next Civil War

od Stephen Marche • 2022

One in four Americans support secession. A journalist models the scenarios that could tip the rest.

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🇺🇸 American Decline ⚡ Political Polarization ⚔️ Civil Conflict 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🚨 Domestic Extremism

The Next Civil War

One in four Americans support secession. A journalist models the scenarios that could tip the rest.

od Stephen Marche 2022 238 stran

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🇺🇸 American Decline ⚡ Political Polarization ⚔️ Civil Conflict 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🚨 Domestic Extremism

Biomimicry

od Janine M. Benyus • 1997

Spider silk beats steel, leaves outperform our solar panels: nature's blueprints finally decoded.

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🦎 Biomimetic Design 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture 🕸️ Bio-Inspired Materials ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial Ecology

Biomimicry

Spider silk beats steel, leaves outperform our solar panels: nature's blueprints finally decoded.

od Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 stran

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🦎 Biomimetic Design 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture 🕸️ Bio-Inspired Materials ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial Ecology

The Heat Will Kill You First

od Jeff Goodell • 2023

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

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🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

The Heat Will Kill You First

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

od Jeff Goodell 2023 400 stran

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🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

How to Change Everything

od Naomi Klein • 2021

Fossil fuels made the crisis. Young people are making the solution. Here's the playbook.

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🌍 Climate Justice 🤝 Collective Action ✊ Intersectional Environmentalism 📢 Young Activists 🌱 Green New Deal

How to Change Everything

Fossil fuels made the crisis. Young people are making the solution. Here's the playbook.

od Naomi Klein 2021 336 stran

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🌍 Climate Justice 🤝 Collective Action ✊ Intersectional Environmentalism 📢 Young Activists 🌱 Green New Deal

Freedom of Simplicity

od Richard J. Foster • 1981

A Christian path to simple living that starts with the heart, not the shopping cart.

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🏡 Simple Living 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 😌 Contentment 💰 Stewardship 🛒 Anticonsumerism

Freedom of Simplicity

A Christian path to simple living that starts with the heart, not the shopping cart.

od Richard J. Foster 1981 272 stran

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🏡 Simple Living 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 😌 Contentment 💰 Stewardship 🛒 Anticonsumerism

The Capitalist Manifesto

od Johan Norberg • 2023

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

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🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Capitalist Manifesto

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

od Johan Norberg 2023 304 stran

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🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Ancestor's Tale

od Richard Dawkins • 2004

Evolution traced backward, from human to the first cell: a pilgrimage through shared ancestry.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology ⏳ Deep Time 🔄 Convergent Evolution 💥 Mass Extinctions 🌿 Adaptive Radiation

The Ancestor's Tale

Evolution traced backward, from human to the first cell: a pilgrimage through shared ancestry.

od Richard Dawkins 2004 673 stran

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology ⏳ Deep Time 🔄 Convergent Evolution 💥 Mass Extinctions 🌿 Adaptive Radiation

The Green Witch's Grimoire

od Arin Murphy-Hiscock • 2020

Craft a living grimoire: a map of your green path, rooted in local plants and self-reflection.

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🕯️ Grimoire Creation 🌿 Green Witchcraft 🌳 Nature-Based Magic 📓 Magical Journaling ⚖️ Ethical Witchcraft

The Green Witch's Grimoire

Craft a living grimoire: a map of your green path, rooted in local plants and self-reflection.

od Arin Murphy-Hiscock 2020 255 stran

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🕯️ Grimoire Creation 🌿 Green Witchcraft 🌳 Nature-Based Magic 📓 Magical Journaling ⚖️ Ethical Witchcraft

Napoleon's Buttons

od Penny Le Couteur • 1991

Nutmeg bought Manhattan, a dye launched modern medicine, and a yam gave women the Pill.

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🔬 History Of Science 📦 Commodity Histories ⚗️ Chemistry And Society 🧪 Materials Science ⛓️ Colonial Consequences

Napoleon's Buttons

Nutmeg bought Manhattan, a dye launched modern medicine, and a yam gave women the Pill.

od Penny Le Couteur 1991 375 stran

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🔬 History Of Science 📦 Commodity Histories ⚗️ Chemistry And Society 🧪 Materials Science ⛓️ Colonial Consequences

The Rare Metals War

od Guillame Pitron • 2018

Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.

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⚡ Energy Transition ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🔗 Supply Chains ⚖️ Environmental Justice ⚔️ Resource Wars

The Rare Metals War

Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.

od Guillame Pitron 2018 192 stran

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⚡ Energy Transition ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🔗 Supply Chains ⚖️ Environmental Justice ⚔️ Resource Wars

The Carnivore Code

od Paul Saladino • 2020

Vegetables fight back with toxins. The case for an all-meat diet that resolves chronic illness.

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🥩 Carnivore Diet 🌱 Plant Toxins 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition ⚡ Metabolic Health 💉 Insulin Resistance

The Carnivore Code

Vegetables fight back with toxins. The case for an all-meat diet that resolves chronic illness.

od Paul Saladino 2020 368 stran

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🥩 Carnivore Diet 🌱 Plant Toxins 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition ⚡ Metabolic Health 💉 Insulin Resistance

The Big Thirst

od Charles Fishman • 2010

For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.

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🏜️ Water Scarcity 🏗️ Water Infrastructure 🏛️ Water Politics 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🚽 Sanitation Crisis

The Big Thirst

For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.

od Charles Fishman 2010 400 stran

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🏜️ Water Scarcity 🏗️ Water Infrastructure 🏛️ Water Politics 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🚽 Sanitation Crisis

Skinny Bitch

od Kim Barnouin • 2005

Your food is poison. The fix is vegan. The delivery is boot camp with no apologies.

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🥬 Plant-Based Diets 🏛️ Food Politics 🥗 Vegan Nutrition 🏭 Food Industry Critique 🧘 Mindful Eating

Skinny Bitch

Your food is poison. The fix is vegan. The delivery is boot camp with no apologies.

od Kim Barnouin 2005 224 stran

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🥬 Plant-Based Diets 🏛️ Food Politics 🥗 Vegan Nutrition 🏭 Food Industry Critique 🧘 Mindful Eating

Consumed

od Aja Barber • 2021

Fast fashion is colonialism in new clothes, and its dumping ground is a market in Accra.

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👗 Fast Fashion Critique 🏛️ Colonial Legacies ⛓️ Supply Chain Ethics ♻️ Textile Waste 🎭 Cultural Appropriation

Consumed

Fast fashion is colonialism in new clothes, and its dumping ground is a market in Accra.

od Aja Barber 2021 288 stran

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👗 Fast Fashion Critique 🏛️ Colonial Legacies ⛓️ Supply Chain Ethics ♻️ Textile Waste 🎭 Cultural Appropriation

Against the smart city

od Adam Greenfield • 2013

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

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🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💰 Neoliberal Urbanism

Against the smart city

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

od Adam Greenfield 2013 152 stran

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🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💰 Neoliberal Urbanism

A Walk in the Woods

od Bill Bryson • 1998

A middle-aged writer and his out-of-shape friend set out to hike the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail.

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🥾 Travel Memoir 🍻 Buddy Comedy ⛰️ Appalachian Trail 🌳 Nature Writing 🛋️ Armchair Travel

A Walk in the Woods

A middle-aged writer and his out-of-shape friend set out to hike the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail.

od Bill Bryson 1998 397 stran

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🥾 Travel Memoir 🍻 Buddy Comedy ⛰️ Appalachian Trail 🌳 Nature Writing 🛋️ Armchair Travel

Overbooked

od Elizabeth Becker • 2013

The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.

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🏨 Tourism Industry 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👥 Mass Tourism 🌱 Sustainable Tourism 🏛️ Cultural Preservation

Overbooked

The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.

od Elizabeth Becker 2013 464 stran

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🏨 Tourism Industry 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👥 Mass Tourism 🌱 Sustainable Tourism 🏛️ Cultural Preservation

Design for a Better World

od Donald A. Norman • 2023

Everything around you was designed: economy, waste, climate. Design can repair what it broke.

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🔄 Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🧠 Systems Thinking 🤖 Technology And Society 📊 Beyond GDP

Design for a Better World

Everything around you was designed: economy, waste, climate. Design can repair what it broke.

od Donald A. Norman 2023 376 stran

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🔄 Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🧠 Systems Thinking 🤖 Technology And Society 📊 Beyond GDP

Entangled Life

od Merlin Sheldrake • 2020

A fungal web connects an entire forest. It trades resources, sends warnings, and remembers.

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🍄 Mycology 🌲 Forest Networks 🧠 Fungal Intelligence 🤝 Symbiosis 🧪 Psychedelic Science

Entangled Life

A fungal web connects an entire forest. It trades resources, sends warnings, and remembers.

od Merlin Sheldrake 2020 380 stran

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🍄 Mycology 🌲 Forest Networks 🧠 Fungal Intelligence 🤝 Symbiosis 🧪 Psychedelic Science

The Mushroom at the End of the World

od Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing • 2015

A global commodity mushroom reveals how life, value, and freedom endure in capitalism's wreckage.

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🧬 Multispecies Ethnography 🌍 Political Ecology 🌪️ Disturbance Ecology 🚢 Global Supply Chains 💹 Alternative Economies

The Mushroom at the End of the World

A global commodity mushroom reveals how life, value, and freedom endure in capitalism's wreckage.

od Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 331 stran

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🧬 Multispecies Ethnography 🌍 Political Ecology 🌪️ Disturbance Ecology 🚢 Global Supply Chains 💹 Alternative Economies

A Brief History of Earth

od Andrew H. Knoll • 2021

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

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🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics 💀 Mass Extinctions 🏭 Anthropocene

A Brief History of Earth

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

od Andrew H. Knoll 2021 272 stran

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🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics 💀 Mass Extinctions 🏭 Anthropocene

A Man Without a Country

od Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2005

America as failed empire, Earth as casualty, laughter as survival: Vonnegut's final dispatch.

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📝 Literary Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🎭 Political Satire 🌍 Secular Humanism 🕊️ Anti-War Writing

A Man Without a Country

America as failed empire, Earth as casualty, laughter as survival: Vonnegut's final dispatch.

od Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2005 145 stran

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📝 Literary Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🎭 Political Satire 🌍 Secular Humanism 🕊️ Anti-War Writing

Estrogeneration

od Anthony G. Jay • 2017

Plastics, soaps, and foods are secretly mimicking estrogen, and the damage passes to your children.

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⚕️ Endocrine Disruption ☣️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormone Health 🧪 Chemical Exposure 🧴 Plastic Dangers

Estrogeneration

Plastics, soaps, and foods are secretly mimicking estrogen, and the damage passes to your children.

od Anthony G. Jay 2017 296 stran

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⚕️ Endocrine Disruption ☣️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormone Health 🧪 Chemical Exposure 🧴 Plastic Dangers

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows

od Melanie Joy • 2009

A hidden belief system decides which animals you befriend and which you eat.

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🍽️ Food Ethics 🐾 Animal Rights 🏭 Factory Farming 🧠 Psychology Of Meat 🤔 Cognitive Dissonance

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows

A hidden belief system decides which animals you befriend and which you eat.

od Melanie Joy 2009 204 stran

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🍽️ Food Ethics 🐾 Animal Rights 🏭 Factory Farming 🧠 Psychology Of Meat 🤔 Cognitive Dissonance

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

od Jack Herer • 1992

Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.

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🌿 Cannabis History 🏭 Industrial Hemp 🚫 Drug Prohibition ♻️ Renewable Resources 💊 Medical Cannabis

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.

od Jack Herer 1992 291 stran

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🌿 Cannabis History 🏭 Industrial Hemp 🚫 Drug Prohibition ♻️ Renewable Resources 💊 Medical Cannabis

Dirtbag Billionaire

od David Gelles • 2025

Building Patagonia was an accident. Signing it over to the planet was the final, irreversible act.

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🧗 Founder Biographies 🌍 Sustainable Business ✊ Corporate Activism 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🎯 Social Enterprise

Dirtbag Billionaire

Building Patagonia was an accident. Signing it over to the planet was the final, irreversible act.

od David Gelles 2025 320 stran

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🧗 Founder Biographies 🌍 Sustainable Business ✊ Corporate Activism 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🎯 Social Enterprise

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

od Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

od Andrew Sayer 2014

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149 hodnocení

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Children of Ash and Elm

od Neil Price • 2020

A four-part soul, a cosmos alive with spirits: the Viking Age makes sense only from the inside.

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🧠 Viking Worldview 🌌 Norse Cosmology 🌋 Climate And Civilization 🏰 Early Medieval History ⛵ Seafaring History

Children of Ash and Elm

A four-part soul, a cosmos alive with spirits: the Viking Age makes sense only from the inside.

od Neil Price 2020 656 stran

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🧠 Viking Worldview 🌌 Norse Cosmology 🌋 Climate And Civilization 🏰 Early Medieval History ⛵ Seafaring History

Unsettled

od Steven E. Koonin • 2021

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

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🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 📊 Data Literacy

Unsettled

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

od Steven E. Koonin 2021 320 stran

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🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 📊 Data Literacy

Waste Tide

od Chen Qiufan • 2013

On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.

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♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk 🧠 Networked Consciousness ✊ Class Uprising 🦠 Viral Transformation 🌃 Dark Near-Future

Waste Tide

On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.

od Chen Qiufan 2013 352 stran

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♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk 🧠 Networked Consciousness ✊ Class Uprising 🦠 Viral Transformation 🌃 Dark Near-Future

Sand Talk

od Tyson Yunkaporta • 2019

Linear time and reductionist logic got us into this mess. An Indigenous framework shows the way out.

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🧠 Indigenous Knowledge 🇦🇺 Aboriginal Australia 🔄 Systems Thinking ✊ Colonialism Critique 🌱 Sustainable Living

Sand Talk

Linear time and reductionist logic got us into this mess. An Indigenous framework shows the way out.

od Tyson Yunkaporta 2019 256 stran

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🧠 Indigenous Knowledge 🇦🇺 Aboriginal Australia 🔄 Systems Thinking ✊ Colonialism Critique 🌱 Sustainable Living

The Age of Sustainable Development

od Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2015

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

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🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

The Age of Sustainable Development

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

od Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015 544 stran

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🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age

od Dipesh Chakrabarty • 2021

All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.

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🏞️ Anthropocene Theory ⏳ Deep Time ⚖️ Climate Justice 📜 Historiography 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age

All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.

od Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 stran

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🏞️ Anthropocene Theory ⏳ Deep Time ⚖️ Climate Justice 📜 Historiography 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

Mismeasuring Our Lives

od Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2009

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

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📊 Economic Measurement 📋 Social Indicators 😊 Happiness Economics ⚖️ Inequality Metrics 🌱 Sustainability Accounting

Mismeasuring Our Lives

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

od Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 172 stran

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📊 Economic Measurement 📋 Social Indicators 😊 Happiness Economics ⚖️ Inequality Metrics 🌱 Sustainability Accounting

Speed & Scale

od John Doerr • 2021

The climate fight in 10 objectives: which sectors to fix first, and what it costs.

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🌍 Climate Action 🎯 Net Zero Transition 🏭 Decarbonization 🌳 Carbon Removal 📜 Climate Policy

Speed & Scale

The climate fight in 10 objectives: which sectors to fix first, and what it costs.

od John Doerr 2021 448 stran

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🌍 Climate Action 🎯 Net Zero Transition 🏭 Decarbonization 🌳 Carbon Removal 📜 Climate Policy

How Economics Can Save the World

od Erik Angner • 2023

Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 👶 Evidence-Based Parenting 💰 Cash Transfers 🌍 Carbon Pricing

How Economics Can Save the World

Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.

od Erik Angner 2023 277 stran

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 👶 Evidence-Based Parenting 💰 Cash Transfers 🌍 Carbon Pricing

This Changes Everything

od Naomi Klein • 2014

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

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🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

This Changes Everything

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

od Naomi Klein 2014 577 stran

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🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

The Omnivore's Dilemma

od Michael Pollan • 2006

From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.

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🧬 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🔗 Food Systems 🥬 Organic Food Critique 🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals

The Omnivore's Dilemma

From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.

od Michael Pollan 2006 460 stran

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🧬 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🔗 Food Systems 🥬 Organic Food Critique 🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

od Linda Åkeson McGurk • 2017

A Swedish mother's argument for raising healthier kids: daily outdoor play, no matter the forecast.

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🏔️ Scandinavian Parenting 🌲 Outdoor Parenting 🧒 Unstructured Play 🌿 Nature Deficit 🧗 Risk In Childhood

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

A Swedish mother's argument for raising healthier kids: daily outdoor play, no matter the forecast.

od Linda Åkeson McGurk 2017 304 stran

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🏔️ Scandinavian Parenting 🌲 Outdoor Parenting 🧒 Unstructured Play 🌿 Nature Deficit 🧗 Risk In Childhood

Plastic

od Susan Freinkel • 2011

Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.

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🌊 Plastic Pollution 🩺 Environmental Health 🧱 Material Culture 🧬 Endocrine Disruption 🌍 Environmental History

Plastic

Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.

od Susan Freinkel 2011 336 stran

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🌊 Plastic Pollution 🩺 Environmental Health 🧱 Material Culture 🧬 Endocrine Disruption 🌍 Environmental History

After Capitalism

od David Schweickart • 2002

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

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⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

After Capitalism

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

od David Schweickart 2002 224 stran

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⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth

od Henry Gee • 2021

4.6 billion years in twelve chapters. Every dynasty crumbles. The book's last page is about us.

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🕰️ Deep Time 🌍 Natural History 📜 Big History 💀 Mass Extinctions 🧬 Origin Of Life

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth

4.6 billion years in twelve chapters. Every dynasty crumbles. The book's last page is about us.

od Henry Gee 2021 278 stran

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🕰️ Deep Time 🌍 Natural History 📜 Big History 💀 Mass Extinctions 🧬 Origin Of Life

I Contain Multitudes

od Ed Yong • 2016

Not a self, but an ecosystem. Microbes built your organs and may direct your brain.

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🔬 Microbiome 🤝 Symbiosis 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Ecological Thinking 🔄 Coevolution

I Contain Multitudes

Not a self, but an ecosystem. Microbes built your organs and may direct your brain.

od Ed Yong 2016 368 stran

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🔬 Microbiome 🤝 Symbiosis 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Ecological Thinking 🔄 Coevolution

The Sixth Extinction

od Elizabeth Kolbert • 2014

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

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🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History ⏳ Deep Time 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Sixth Extinction

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

od Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 336 stran

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🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History ⏳ Deep Time 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Ethics in the Real World

od Peter Singer • 2016

A philosopher's case that buying a luxury watch when children are dying is an ethical failure.

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⚖️ Applied Ethics 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🌍 Effective Altruism 📊 Utilitarianism 🐾 Animal Rights

Ethics in the Real World

A philosopher's case that buying a luxury watch when children are dying is an ethical failure.

od Peter Singer 2016 336 stran

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⚖️ Applied Ethics 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🌍 Effective Altruism 📊 Utilitarianism 🐾 Animal Rights

2030

od Mauro F. Guillén • 2020

By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.

3.69

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A year with Native American spiritual teachings: balance, gratitude, and harmony, one day at a time.

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