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Environment

Our planet's health shapes every aspect of human existence, from the food on our plates to the air we breathe and the countless species we share Earth with. These vital books explore the delicate balance of our natural world and offer practical wisdom for living more sustainably, whether through mindful eating, waste reduction, or understanding humanity's impact on our finite resources.

Environment Book Summaries

Becoming Vegan
by Brenda Davis • 2000
Every nutrient a vegan needs, exactly how to get it, even the one vitamin plants lack.
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3k+
🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition🐮 Ethical Eating🔄 Vegan Transition
Becoming Vegan Summary
Becoming Vegan
Every nutrient a vegan needs, exactly how to get it, even the one vitamin plants lack.
by Brenda Davis 2000 611 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition🐮 Ethical Eating🔄 Vegan Transition
Plan B 3.0
by Lester R. Brown • 2008
Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.
3.93
500+
🌍 Planetary Boundaries⚡ Energy Transition📋 Climate Policy
Plan B 3.0 Summary
Plan B 3.0
Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.
by Lester R. Brown 2008 527 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
🌍 Planetary Boundaries⚡ Energy Transition📋 Climate Policy
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide
by Robert H. Frank • 2009
Why your neighbor's house determines your mortgage, and other economic laws hiding in plain sight.
3.49
300
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏠 Relative Consumption📊 Inequality
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide Summary
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide
Why your neighbor's house determines your mortgage, and other economic laws hiding in plain sight.
by Robert H. Frank 2009 241 pages
3.49
300 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏠 Relative Consumption📊 Inequality
Our Angry Earth
by Isaac Asimov • 1991
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
3.71
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🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
by Isaac Asimov 1991 465 pages
3.71
126 ratings
🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution
This Idea Is Brilliant
by John Brockman • 2018
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
3.83
500+
🧠 Third Culture🔬 Scientific Method🪞 Cognitive Biases
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
by John Brockman 2018 515 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
🧠 Third Culture🔬 Scientific Method🪞 Cognitive Biases
Private Empire
by Steve Coll • 2012
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
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4k+
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
by Steve Coll 2012 685 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism
Zero Waste Home
by Bea Johnson • 2013
A five-step hierarchy that stops waste at the source and cuts household costs by 40%.
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7k+
🚯 Zero Waste Living🏡 Sustainable Home🪴 Minimalism
Zero Waste Home Summary
Zero Waste Home
A five-step hierarchy that stops waste at the source and cuts household costs by 40%.
by Bea Johnson 2013 304 pages
3.75
7k+ ratings
🚯 Zero Waste Living🏡 Sustainable Home🪴 Minimalism
The Reality Bubble
by Ziya Tong • 2019
You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.
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👁️ Perception Limits🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots🏭 Hidden Infrastructure
The Reality Bubble Summary
The Reality Bubble
You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.
by Ziya Tong 2019 380 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
👁️ Perception Limits🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots🏭 Hidden Infrastructure
Urban Gardening
by Will Cook • 2012
Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.
3.49
180
🏙️ Urban Gardening🪴 Container Gardening📏 Small Space Growing
Urban Gardening Summary
Urban Gardening
Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.
by Will Cook 2012 110 pages
3.49
180 ratings
🏙️ Urban Gardening🪴 Container Gardening📏 Small Space Growing
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.
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🏭 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
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009 241 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing
Curbing Traffic
by Melissa Bruntlett • 2021
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
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500+
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency
Curbing Traffic Summary
Curbing Traffic
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
by Melissa Bruntlett 2021 240 pages
4.38
500+ ratings
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency
Ecological Intelligence
by Ian McCallum • 2005
The environmental crisis is a crisis of self: we cannot save what we refuse to see as part of us.
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109
🌿 Deep Ecology🧠 Ecopsychology🌑 Shadow Work
Ecological Intelligence Summary
Ecological Intelligence
The environmental crisis is a crisis of self: we cannot save what we refuse to see as part of us.
by Ian McCallum 2005 239 pages
4.08
109 ratings
🌿 Deep Ecology🧠 Ecopsychology🌑 Shadow Work
Project Animal Farm
by Sonia Faruqi • 2015
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
4.21
405
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating
Project Animal Farm Summary
Project Animal Farm
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
by Sonia Faruqi 2015 336 pages
4.21
405 ratings
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating
The Kind Diet
by Alicia Silverstone • 2009
Three phases to a plant-based life: shed weight, gain energy, and shrink your carbon footprint.
3.83
9k+
🥗 Plant-Based Diets📖 Vegan Cookbooks🥕 Whole Food Cooking
The Kind Diet Summary
The Kind Diet
Three phases to a plant-based life: shed weight, gain energy, and shrink your carbon footprint.
by Alicia Silverstone 2009 322 pages
3.83
9k+ ratings
🥗 Plant-Based Diets📖 Vegan Cookbooks🥕 Whole Food Cooking
Our Choice
by Al Gore • 2008
The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.
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🌍 Climate Crisis☀️ Renewable Energy💡 Energy Efficiency
Our Choice Summary
Our Choice
The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.
by Al Gore 2008 416 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
🌍 Climate Crisis☀️ Renewable Energy💡 Energy Efficiency
California Burning
by Katherine Blunt • 2022
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
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1k+
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation
California Burning Summary
California Burning
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
by Katherine Blunt 2022 350 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation
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
A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.
by Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 563 pages
3.86
44k+ ratings
🌅 Solarpunk🌏 Near-Future Earth✊ Eco-Resistance
When Women Were Birds
by Terry Tempest Williams • 2012
Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.
4.21
9k+
📖 Lyric Essay🗣️ Finding Voice🤫 Women'S Silence
When Women Were Birds Summary
When Women Were Birds
Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.
by Terry Tempest Williams 2012 224 pages
4.21
9k+ ratings
📖 Lyric Essay🗣️ Finding Voice🤫 Women'S Silence
The Fourth Phase of Water
by Gerald H. Pollack • 2013
Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.
4.31
401
💧 Water Science🧬 Biophysics🧊 Structured Water
The Fourth Phase of Water Summary
The Fourth Phase of Water
Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.
by Gerald H. Pollack 2013 358 pages
4.31
401 ratings
💧 Water Science🧬 Biophysics🧊 Structured Water
Coming Into the Country
by John McPhee • 1977
Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.
4.21
7k+
🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness✍️ Literary Journalism🪓 Bush Life
Coming Into the Country Summary
Coming Into the Country
Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.
by John McPhee 1977 438 pages
4.21
7k+ ratings
🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness✍️ Literary Journalism🪓 Bush Life
Birds Art Life Death
by Kyo Maclear • 2017
As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.
4.00
3k+
🌿 Nature Writing🖤 Grief Memoir🐦 Birding Memoir
Birds Art Life Death Summary
Birds Art Life Death
As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.
by Kyo Maclear 2017 274 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
🌿 Nature Writing🖤 Grief Memoir🐦 Birding Memoir
The Practical Permaculture Project
by 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
The Practical Permaculture Project Summary
The Practical Permaculture Project
Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.
by Sophie McKay 2022 159 pages
4.29
138 ratings
🌀 Permaculture🥕 Organic Gardening🌱 Soil Health
Pipe Dreams
by Chelsea Wald • 2021
The flush toilet wastes water, pollutes rivers, and fails billions. Meet the people reinventing it.
4.04
427
🚽 Sanitation💩 Human Waste♻️ Resource Recovery
Pipe Dreams Summary
Pipe Dreams
The flush toilet wastes water, pollutes rivers, and fails billions. Meet the people reinventing it.
by Chelsea Wald 2021 295 pages
4.04
427 ratings
🚽 Sanitation💩 Human Waste♻️ Resource Recovery
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
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011 464 pages
3.87
446 ratings
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
Energy and Civilization
by Vaclav Smil • 2017
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
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4k+
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
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2k+
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
by Dan Saladino 2021
4.31
2k+ ratings
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique
The Secret Network of Nature
by Peter Wohlleben • 2017
The surprising lesson from Yellowstone: wolves don't just hunt. They move rivers.
4.05
7k+
🕸️ Ecological Webs🌲 Forest Ecology🐺 Predator Ecology
The Secret Network of Nature Summary
The Secret Network of Nature
The surprising lesson from Yellowstone: wolves don't just hunt. They move rivers.
by Peter Wohlleben 2017
4.05
7k+ ratings
🕸️ Ecological Webs🌲 Forest Ecology🐺 Predator Ecology
The Road Taken
by Henry Petroski • 2016
The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.
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🏛️ Infrastructure Policy🔧 Engineering History🛣️ Road Design
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken
The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.
by Henry Petroski 2016 322 pages
3.44
500+ ratings
🏛️ Infrastructure Policy🔧 Engineering History🛣️ Road Design
Ending Parkinson's Disease
by Ray Dorsey • 2020
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
4.31
328
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.31
328 ratings
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy
365 Ways To Change the World
by Michael Norton • 2005
An almanac of 365 everyday actions that shift corporations, communities, and cultures.
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123
🧶 Micro-Activism💳 Ethical Consumerism🌿 Green Living
365 Ways To Change the World Summary
365 Ways To Change the World
An almanac of 365 everyday actions that shift corporations, communities, and cultures.
by Michael Norton 2005 402 pages
3.92
123 ratings
🧶 Micro-Activism💳 Ethical Consumerism🌿 Green Living
The Self-Sufficiency Garden
by Huw Richards • 2024
365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.
4.28
323
🌱 Self-Sufficiency🥕 Vegetable Gardening📅 Year-Round Gardening
The Self-Sufficiency Garden Summary
The Self-Sufficiency Garden
365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.
by Huw Richards 2024 224 pages
4.28
323 ratings
🌱 Self-Sufficiency🥕 Vegetable Gardening📅 Year-Round Gardening
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
While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Activism📝 Environmental Memoir✊ Grassroots Organizing
Carrots Love Tomatoes
by Louise Riotte • 1975
Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.
4.04
2k+
🌱 Companion Planting🍂 Organic Gardening🐞 Natural Pest Control
Carrots Love Tomatoes Summary
Carrots Love Tomatoes
Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.
by Louise Riotte 1975 224 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
🌱 Companion Planting🍂 Organic Gardening🐞 Natural Pest Control
Cloudburst
by Wilbur Smith • 2020
His parents vanish in the Congo. Finding them means braving jungle dangers and family betrayal.
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1k+
🦍 Jungle Adventure🌿 Eco Thriller💔 Family Betrayal
Cloudburst Summary
Cloudburst
His parents vanish in the Congo. Finding them means braving jungle dangers and family betrayal.
by Wilbur Smith 2020 320 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
🦍 Jungle Adventure🌿 Eco Thriller💔 Family Betrayal
Run, Spot, Run
by Jessica Pierce • 2016
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
3.81
236
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
Run, Spot, Run Summary
Run, Spot, Run
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
by Jessica Pierce 2016 256 pages
3.81
236 ratings
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
How Infrastructure Works
by Deb Chachra • 2023
The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.
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500+
🏗️ Infrastructure Design🧩 Systems Thinking🕸️ Network Effects
How Infrastructure Works Summary
How Infrastructure Works
The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.
by Deb Chachra 2023 320 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
🏗️ Infrastructure Design🧩 Systems Thinking🕸️ Network Effects
Traces
by Patricia Wiltshire • 2019
Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.
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3k+
🔬 Forensic Science🌿 Forensic Ecology🔍 Trace Evidence
Traces Summary
Traces
Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.
by Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 pages
3.60
3k+ ratings
🔬 Forensic Science🌿 Forensic Ecology🔍 Trace Evidence
You Belong to the Universe
by Jonathan Keats • 2016
Buckminster Fuller never built a world-saving machine. He invented a way of thinking that could.
3.65
393
🕸️ Systems Thinking🦎 Biomimicry🚀 Futurism
You Belong to the Universe Summary
You Belong to the Universe
Buckminster Fuller never built a world-saving machine. He invented a way of thinking that could.
by Jonathan Keats 2016 216 pages
3.65
393 ratings
🕸️ Systems Thinking🦎 Biomimicry🚀 Futurism
Main Street Vegan
by Victoria Moran • 2012
No-judgment veganism: handling dinner parties, protein myths, and a leather-shoe habit for good.
4.09
1k+
🥦 Plant-Based Diet🐛 Gradual Transition🧑‍🍳 New Vegans
Main Street Vegan Summary
Main Street Vegan
No-judgment veganism: handling dinner parties, protein myths, and a leather-shoe habit for good.
by Victoria Moran 2012 382 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
🥦 Plant-Based Diet🐛 Gradual Transition🧑‍🍳 New Vegans
The Permaculture Garden
by Graham Bell • 1994
A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.
3.88
103
🌀 Permaculture🌳 Forest Gardening🪱 Soil Health
The Permaculture Garden Summary
The Permaculture Garden
A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.
by Graham Bell 1994 174 pages
3.88
103 ratings
🌀 Permaculture🌳 Forest Gardening🪱 Soil Health
The Terraformers
by Annalee Newitz • 2023
On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.
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7k+
🌿 Ecological Sf🪐 Terraformed Planet🤖 Sentient Machines
The Terraformers Summary
The Terraformers
On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.
by Annalee Newitz 2023 338 pages
3.33
7k+ ratings
🌿 Ecological Sf🪐 Terraformed Planet🤖 Sentient Machines
Population 10 Billion
by Danny Dorling • 2013
We may never reach 10 billion people. The real threat is inequality, not numbers.
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🌍 Human Geography📊 Demography🏙️ Urban Planning
Population 10 Billion Summary
Population 10 Billion
We may never reach 10 billion people. The real threat is inequality, not numbers.
by Danny Dorling 2013 448 pages
3.40
186 ratings
🌍 Human Geography📊 Demography🏙️ Urban Planning
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
by John Brockman • 2014
Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.
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1k+
🧨 Existential Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases⚠️ Risk Perception
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night Summary
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.
by John Brockman 2014 478 pages
3.45
1k+ ratings
🧨 Existential Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases⚠️ Risk Perception
Ravenous
by Henry Dimbleby • 2023
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
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🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
by Henry Dimbleby 2023 332 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science
Cod
by Mark Kurlansky • 1997
The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.
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25k+
🔍 Microhistories🍽️ Food History🐟 Overfishing
Cod Summary
Cod
The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.
by Mark Kurlansky 1997 294 pages
3.92
25k+ ratings
🔍 Microhistories🍽️ Food History🐟 Overfishing
Where the Water Goes
by David Owen • 2017
The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.
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3k+
🏜️ American West💧 Water Scarcity⚖️ Water Rights
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
🏜️ American West💧 Water Scarcity⚖️ Water Rights
Gardening When It Counts
by Steve Solomon • 2006
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
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500+
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
by Steve Solomon 2006 360 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility
The Developing Genome
by David S. Moore • 2015
Beyond DNA: how your experiences, diet, and stress leave lasting marks on your genome.
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🧬 Epigenetics⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧪 Gene Regulation
The Developing Genome Summary
The Developing Genome
Beyond DNA: how your experiences, diet, and stress leave lasting marks on your genome.
by David S. Moore 2015 320 pages
4.28
124 ratings
🧬 Epigenetics⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧪 Gene Regulation
Science for Life
by Brian Clegg • 2015
Cut through diet myths, brain-training scams, and bad advice with one tool: the scientific method.
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🌱 Evidence-Based Living🥗 Diet Myths🔍 Everyday Skepticism
Science for Life Summary
Science for Life
Cut through diet myths, brain-training scams, and bad advice with one tool: the scientific method.
by Brian Clegg 2015 400 pages
3.43
111 ratings
🌱 Evidence-Based Living🥗 Diet Myths🔍 Everyday Skepticism
Your Brain On Nature
by Eva M. Selhub • 2012
Screens and concrete drain your brain. The science of what trees, soil, and daylight restore.
3.98
428
🧘 Nature Therapy🐒 Evolutionary Psychology🌲 Forest Bathing
Your Brain On Nature Summary
Your Brain On Nature
Screens and concrete drain your brain. The science of what trees, soil, and daylight restore.
by Eva M. Selhub 2012 256 pages
3.98
428 ratings
🧘 Nature Therapy🐒 Evolutionary Psychology🌲 Forest Bathing
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