Conservation

Our planet's forests, animals, and ecosystems have stories to tell — of hidden connections, fragile balances, and the urgent consequences of human choices. Books in this genre explore our relationship with the natural world, from the secret lives of trees and the emotional depths of animals to the sweeping forces of consumption, collapse, and the fight to build a more sustainable future.

Conservation Kirjayhteenvedot

Where the Rivers Merge

kirjoittanut Mary Alice Monroe

Her son schemes to sell the Lowcountry plantation. She's eighty-eight, but her story isn't finished.

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🏡 Southern Family Saga 🤝 Interracial Friendship 💔 First Love Lost To War 🌾 Female Land Steward 🌿 Lowcountry Setting

Immersiiviset

Where the Rivers Merge

Her son schemes to sell the Lowcountry plantation. She's eighty-eight, but her story isn't finished.

kirjoittanut Mary Alice Monroe 2025 352 sivua

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🏡 Southern Family Saga 🤝 Interracial Friendship 💔 First Love Lost To War 🌾 Female Land Steward 🌿 Lowcountry Setting

The Story of Stuff

kirjoittanut Annie Leonard • 2010

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

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📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Story of Stuff

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

kirjoittanut Annie Leonard 2010 352 sivua

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📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

kirjoittanut Peter Wohlleben • 2017

Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.

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The Secret Wisdom of Nature

Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.

kirjoittanut Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 sivua

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Sacred Nature

kirjoittanut Karen Armstrong • 2022

Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.

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🌍 Comparative Religion 🌿 Environmental Philosophy 🙏 Spiritual Ecology ✝️ Ecotheology 🔮 Perennial Philosophy

Sacred Nature

Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.

kirjoittanut Karen Armstrong 2022 205 sivua

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🌍 Comparative Religion 🌿 Environmental Philosophy 🙏 Spiritual Ecology ✝️ Ecotheology 🔮 Perennial Philosophy

The Emotional Lives of Animals

kirjoittanut Marc Bekoff • 2007

Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.

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🐒 Animal Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐘 Animal Sentience 🐄 Animal Welfare

The Emotional Lives of Animals

Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.

kirjoittanut Marc Bekoff 2007 256 sivua

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🐒 Animal Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐘 Animal Sentience 🐄 Animal Welfare

The Hidden Life of Trees

kirjoittanut Peter Wohlleben • 2015

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

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🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

The Hidden Life of Trees

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

kirjoittanut Peter Wohlleben 2015 272 sivua

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🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

Collapse

kirjoittanut Jared Diamond • 2004

Civilizations don't just run out of resources. They fail to decide.

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🌿 Environmental History 🏚️ Societal Collapse 🌍 Environmental Determinism ⛏️ Resource Depletion 🐑 Tragedy Of The Commons

Collapse

Civilizations don't just run out of resources. They fail to decide.

kirjoittanut Jared Diamond 2004 608 sivua

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🌿 Environmental History 🏚️ Societal Collapse 🌍 Environmental Determinism ⛏️ Resource Depletion 🐑 Tragedy Of The Commons

Not the End of the World

kirjoittanut Hannah Ritchie • 2024

The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.

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🌍 Environmental Optimism 💡 Climate Solutions 🎯 Effective Environmentalism 🌾 Agricultural Innovation ⚡ Renewable Energy

Not the End of the World

The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.

kirjoittanut Hannah Ritchie 2024 311 sivua

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🌍 Environmental Optimism 💡 Climate Solutions 🎯 Effective Environmentalism 🌾 Agricultural Innovation ⚡ Renewable Energy

The War Below

kirjoittanut Ernest Scheyder • 2024

Green energy requires mining. A sacred mountain, a rare flower, and the tradeoffs we keep ignoring.

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⚒️ Critical Minerals 🔗 Mineral Supply Chains ⛏️ Resource Extraction ⚖️ Green Energy Tradeoffs 🌍 Environmental Justice

The War Below

Green energy requires mining. A sacred mountain, a rare flower, and the tradeoffs we keep ignoring.

kirjoittanut Ernest Scheyder 2024 384 sivua

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⚒️ Critical Minerals 🔗 Mineral Supply Chains ⛏️ Resource Extraction ⚖️ Green Energy Tradeoffs 🌍 Environmental Justice

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

kirjoittanut Jim Corbett • 1944

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

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🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

kirjoittanut Jim Corbett 1944 228 sivua

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🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

Cradle to Cradle

kirjoittanut Michael Braungart • 2002

Waste is a design flaw. The blueprint for a world where everything feeds the next cycle.

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♻️ Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌱 Regenerative Design 🧬 Biomimicry

Cradle to Cradle

Waste is a design flaw. The blueprint for a world where everything feeds the next cycle.

kirjoittanut Michael Braungart 2002 208 sivua

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♻️ Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌱 Regenerative Design 🧬 Biomimicry

Nomad Century

kirjoittanut Gaia Vince • 2022

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

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🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

Nomad Century

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

kirjoittanut Gaia Vince 2022 269 sivua

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🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

The Lean Farm

kirjoittanut Ben Hartman • 2015

Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.

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🚜 Farm Management 🏭 Lean Methodology 🇯🇵 Toyota Production System 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture

The Lean Farm

Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.

kirjoittanut Ben Hartman 2015 382 sivua

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🚜 Farm Management 🏭 Lean Methodology 🇯🇵 Toyota Production System 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture

Apocalypse Never

kirjoittanut 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 ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

Apocalypse Never

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

kirjoittanut Michael Shellenberger 2020 272 sivua

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🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

Open Season

kirjoittanut C.J. Box • 2001

A Wyoming game warden discovers an endangered species and a conspiracy that threatens his family.

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🎣 Game Warden Mystery 🌿 Eco-Thriller 😈 Corruption Conspiracy 😱 Family In Peril 🦡 Endangered Species

Open Season

A Wyoming game warden discovers an endangered species and a conspiracy that threatens his family.

kirjoittanut C.J. Box 2001 278 sivua

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🎣 Game Warden Mystery 🌿 Eco-Thriller 😈 Corruption Conspiracy 😱 Family In Peril 🦡 Endangered Species

The Future We Choose

kirjoittanut Christiana Figueres • 2020

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

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🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

The Future We Choose

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

kirjoittanut Christiana Figueres 2020 210 sivua

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🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Life Lessons From the Amazon

kirjoittanut Pip Stewart • 2021

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

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🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Life Lessons From the Amazon

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

kirjoittanut Pip Stewart 2021 335 sivua

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🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

The End of Nature

kirjoittanut Bill McKibben • 1989

Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.

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🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy 🌿 Deep Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🏭 Greenhouse Effect 🐾 Biodiversity Loss

The End of Nature

Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.

kirjoittanut Bill McKibben 1989 241 sivua

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🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy 🌿 Deep Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🏭 Greenhouse Effect 🐾 Biodiversity Loss

Voluntary Simplicity

kirjoittanut Duane Elgin • 1981

Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.

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🌿 Voluntary Simplicity 🛑 Anti-Consumerism 🏘️ Intentional Communities 📉 Limits To Growth 🌲 Deep Ecology

Voluntary Simplicity

Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.

kirjoittanut Duane Elgin 1981 240 sivua

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🌿 Voluntary Simplicity 🛑 Anti-Consumerism 🏘️ Intentional Communities 📉 Limits To Growth 🌲 Deep Ecology

How to Change Everything

kirjoittanut 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.

kirjoittanut Naomi Klein 2021 336 sivua

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

Speed & Scale

kirjoittanut 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.

kirjoittanut John Doerr 2021 448 sivua

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

The Sacred Balance

kirjoittanut David Suzuki • 1997

You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.

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🏔️ Deep Ecology 🌿 Sacred Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🤝 Human-Nature Connection 🌍 Earth Systems

The Sacred Balance

You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.

kirjoittanut David Suzuki 1997 320 sivua

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🏔️ Deep Ecology 🌿 Sacred Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🤝 Human-Nature Connection 🌍 Earth Systems

A Year of Living Simply

kirjoittanut Kate Humble • 2024

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

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🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

A Year of Living Simply

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

kirjoittanut Kate Humble 2024 306 sivua

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🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

No Impact Man

kirjoittanut Colin Beavan • 2009

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

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🏙️ Urban Sustainability 🧪 Lifestyle Experiments 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥕 Local Food 🧘 Voluntary Simplicity

No Impact Man

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

kirjoittanut Colin Beavan 2009 288 sivua

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🏙️ Urban Sustainability 🧪 Lifestyle Experiments 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥕 Local Food 🧘 Voluntary Simplicity

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

kirjoittanut Peter Wohlleben • 2017

Wolves reshape rivers, salmon fertilize forests, and most human fixes only make ecosystems worse.

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🌲 Forest Ecology 🔑 Keystone Species 🦌 Rewilding 📚 Popular Ecology 🌱 Natural Regeneration

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

Wolves reshape rivers, salmon fertilize forests, and most human fixes only make ecosystems worse.

kirjoittanut Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 sivua

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🌲 Forest Ecology 🔑 Keystone Species 🦌 Rewilding 📚 Popular Ecology 🌱 Natural Regeneration

Climate Change

kirjoittanut Joseph Romm • 2015

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

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🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

Climate Change

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

kirjoittanut Joseph Romm 2015 328 sivua

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🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

Resilience Thinking

kirjoittanut Brian Walker • 2006

Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.

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🌿 Ecosystem Management 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚖️ Regime Shifts 🔄 Adaptive Management 🏗️ Resilience Theory

Resilience Thinking

Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.

kirjoittanut Brian Walker 2006 192 sivua

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🌿 Ecosystem Management 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚖️ Regime Shifts 🔄 Adaptive Management 🏗️ Resilience Theory

Heroes of the Environment

kirjoittanut Harriet Rohmer • 2009

A teen cleans polluted water. A wrestler teaches recycling. Twelve environmental heroes in action.

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🪧 Environmental Activism 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ⭐ Youth Leadership 🏙️ Urban Farming ☀️ Renewable Energy

Heroes of the Environment

A teen cleans polluted water. A wrestler teaches recycling. Twelve environmental heroes in action.

kirjoittanut Harriet Rohmer 2009 113 sivua

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🪧 Environmental Activism 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ⭐ Youth Leadership 🏙️ Urban Farming ☀️ Renewable Energy

Last Chance to See

kirjoittanut Douglas Adams • 1990

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

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🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🏝️ Island Ecology 💀 Extinction Narratives

Last Chance to See

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

kirjoittanut Douglas Adams 1990 220 sivua

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🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🏝️ Island Ecology 💀 Extinction Narratives

Last Child in the Woods

kirjoittanut Richard Louv • 2005

Childhood went indoors in a generation. What was lost isn't nostalgia; it's measurable and physical.

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🏕️ Nature And Childhood 🌳 Outdoor Parenting 🪵 Unstructured Play 🌱 Biophilia Hypothesis 🌲 Nature Therapy

Last Child in the Woods

Childhood went indoors in a generation. What was lost isn't nostalgia; it's measurable and physical.

kirjoittanut Richard Louv 2005 310 sivua

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🏕️ Nature And Childhood 🌳 Outdoor Parenting 🪵 Unstructured Play 🌱 Biophilia Hypothesis 🌲 Nature Therapy

The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide

kirjoittanut Jen Gale • 2020

Practical sustainability for people who can't go zero-waste: room-by-room swaps that actually stick.

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🏡 Sustainable Living 🛒 Conscious Consumerism 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥤 Plastic-Free Living 👕 Sustainable Fashion

The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide

Practical sustainability for people who can't go zero-waste: room-by-room swaps that actually stick.

kirjoittanut Jen Gale 2020 379 sivua

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🏡 Sustainable Living 🛒 Conscious Consumerism 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥤 Plastic-Free Living 👕 Sustainable Fashion

The Green New Deal

kirjoittanut Jeremy Rifkin • 2019

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

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💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Green New Deal

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

kirjoittanut Jeremy Rifkin 2019 304 sivua

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💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Future of Life

kirjoittanut Edward O. Wilson • 2002

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

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🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

The Future of Life

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

kirjoittanut Edward O. Wilson 2002 256 sivua

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🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

The Soil Will Save Us

kirjoittanut Kristin Ohlson • 2014

Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all forests combined. We can rebuild it.

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🦠 Soil Ecology 🌍 Carbon Farming 🚜 No-Till Farming 🐄 Managed Grazing

The Soil Will Save Us

Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all forests combined. We can rebuild it.

kirjoittanut Kristin Ohlson 2014 242 sivua

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🦠 Soil Ecology 🌍 Carbon Farming 🚜 No-Till Farming 🐄 Managed Grazing

Pastoral Song

kirjoittanut James Rebanks • 2020

The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Traditional Farming 🪱 Soil Health 📖 Agrarian Memoir 🍽️ Food Systems Critique

Pastoral Song

The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.

kirjoittanut James Rebanks 2020 304 sivua

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Traditional Farming 🪱 Soil Health 📖 Agrarian Memoir 🍽️ Food Systems Critique

Under a White Sky

kirjoittanut Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021

Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.

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🏭 Anthropocene Studies 📰 Science Journalism 🌿 Ecological Intervention 🌋 Geoengineering 🐟 Invasive Species

Under a White Sky

Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.

kirjoittanut Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 234 sivua

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🏭 Anthropocene Studies 📰 Science Journalism 🌿 Ecological Intervention 🌋 Geoengineering 🐟 Invasive Species

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

kirjoittanut Doug McKenzie-Mohr • 1999

Posters and pamphlets don't change behavior. Six tools that do, and how to combine them.

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🧠 Social Psychology 📢 Social Marketing 📋 Behavior Change Programs 🎨 Behavioral Design 🤝 Community Engagement

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Posters and pamphlets don't change behavior. Six tools that do, and how to combine them.

kirjoittanut Doug McKenzie-Mohr 1999 192 sivua

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🧠 Social Psychology 📢 Social Marketing 📋 Behavior Change Programs 🎨 Behavioral Design 🤝 Community Engagement

The Lost City of the Monkey God

kirjoittanut Douglas Preston • 2017

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

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🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

The Lost City of the Monkey God

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

kirjoittanut Douglas Preston 2017 326 sivua

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🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Marine Biology

kirjoittanut Philip V. Mladenov • 2013

71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.

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🐟 Marine Biology 🌊 Ocean Ecosystems 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs 🧊 Polar Oceans

Marine Biology

71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.

kirjoittanut Philip V. Mladenov 2013 224 sivua

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🐟 Marine Biology 🌊 Ocean Ecosystems 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs 🧊 Polar Oceans

The Way of the Hermit

kirjoittanut Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

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🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

The Way of the Hermit

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

kirjoittanut Ken Smith 2023 298 sivua

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🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

Gathering Moss

kirjoittanut Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2003

They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.

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🌿 Botanical Writing 🧡 Indigenous Ecology 📝 Essay Collections 👁️ Attentive Observation 🔬 Microscopic Worlds

Gathering Moss

They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.

kirjoittanut Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003 168 sivua

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🌿 Botanical Writing 🧡 Indigenous Ecology 📝 Essay Collections 👁️ Attentive Observation 🔬 Microscopic Worlds

Travels with Myself and Another

kirjoittanut Martha Gellhorn • 1979

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

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🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

Travels with Myself and Another

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

kirjoittanut Martha Gellhorn 1979 320 sivua

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🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

What an Owl Knows

kirjoittanut Jennifer Ackerman • 2023

Silent flight, asymmetrical ears, and the minds that decode them. A new portrait of the owl.

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🦉 Ornithology 👂 Animal Senses 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦅 Predator Biology 🪺 Bird Behavior

What an Owl Knows

Silent flight, asymmetrical ears, and the minds that decode them. A new portrait of the owl.

kirjoittanut Jennifer Ackerman 2023 333 sivua

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🦉 Ornithology 👂 Animal Senses 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦅 Predator Biology 🪺 Bird Behavior

Plan B 3.0

kirjoittanut Lester R. Brown • 2008

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Plan B 3.0

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

kirjoittanut Lester R. Brown 2008 527 sivua

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Zero Waste Home

kirjoittanut Bea Johnson • 2013

A five-step hierarchy that stops waste at the source and cuts household costs by 40%.

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🚯 Zero Waste Living 🏡 Sustainable Home 🪴 Minimalism ✨ Voluntary Simplicity 🛒 Conscious Consumerism

Zero Waste Home

A five-step hierarchy that stops waste at the source and cuts household costs by 40%.

kirjoittanut Bea Johnson 2013 304 sivua

3.75

7 000+ arvostelua

🚯 Zero Waste Living 🏡 Sustainable Home 🪴 Minimalism ✨ Voluntary Simplicity 🛒 Conscious Consumerism

Our Choice

kirjoittanut Al Gore • 2008

The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.

3.99

500+

🌍 Climate Crisis ☀️ Renewable Energy 💡 Energy Efficiency 💰 Carbon Pricing ⚡ Energy Transition

Our Choice

The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.

kirjoittanut Al Gore 2008 416 sivua

3.99

500+ arvostelua

🌍 Climate Crisis ☀️ Renewable Energy 💡 Energy Efficiency 💰 Carbon Pricing ⚡ Energy Transition

The Practical Permaculture Project

kirjoittanut Sophie McKay • 2022

Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.

4.29

138

🌀 Permaculture 🥕 Organic Gardening 🌱 Soil Health 💧 Water Management 🌻 Companion Planting

The Practical Permaculture Project

Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.

kirjoittanut Sophie McKay 2022 159 sivua

4.29

138 arvostelua

🌀 Permaculture 🥕 Organic Gardening 🌱 Soil Health 💧 Water Management 🌻 Companion Planting

Coming Into the Country

kirjoittanut John McPhee • 1977

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

4.21

7 000+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life 🧭 Frontier Identity 🌿 Environmental Writing

Coming Into the Country

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

kirjoittanut John McPhee 1977 438 sivua

4.21

7 000+ arvostelua

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life 🧭 Frontier Identity 🌿 Environmental Writing

Last Harvest

kirjoittanut Dan Saladino • 2021

Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?

4.31

2 000+

🌾 Food Biodiversity 📜 Agricultural History 🚜 Monoculture Critique 🌱 Seed Saving 🍲 Traditional Foodways

Last Harvest

Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?

kirjoittanut Dan Saladino 2021

4.31

2 000+ arvostelua

🌾 Food Biodiversity 📜 Agricultural History 🚜 Monoculture Critique 🌱 Seed Saving 🍲 Traditional Foodways

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

kirjoittanut 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 ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

kirjoittanut Roger Scruton 2011 464 sivua

3.87

446 arvostelua

🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

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