Miljø

Planetens helse former alle aspekter av menneskelig eksistens, fra maten på tallerkenen vår til luften vi puster inn og de utallige artene vi deler jorden med. Disse viktige bøkene utforsker den skjøre balansen i vår naturlige verden og tilbyr praktisk visdom for å leve mer bærekraftig, enten gjennom bevisst spising, avfallsreduksjon eller forståelse av menneskehetens påvirkning på våre begrensede ressurser.

Miljø Boksammendrag

Consequences of Capitalism

av Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

4.33

1 000+

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

av Noam Chomsky 2020 418 sider

4.33

1 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Leading from the Emerging Future

av C. Otto Scharmer • 2013

Self-interest drives our economies. The next economy runs on awareness and collective action.

4.28

471

🧠 Systems Thinking 🧘 Mindful Leadership 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism ♻️ Circular Economy 🌍 Conscious Capitalism

Leading from the Emerging Future

Self-interest drives our economies. The next economy runs on awareness and collective action.

av C. Otto Scharmer 2013 304 sider

4.28

471 vurderinger

🧠 Systems Thinking 🧘 Mindful Leadership 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism ♻️ Circular Economy 🌍 Conscious Capitalism

The Devil Never Sleeps

av Juliette Kayyem • 2022

Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.

3.84

485

🚨 Crisis Management ⚡ Disaster Preparedness 🆘 Emergency Response 🔻 Risk Reduction 🧠 Systems Thinking

The Devil Never Sleeps

Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.

av Juliette Kayyem 2022 245 sider

3.84

485 vurderinger

🚨 Crisis Management ⚡ Disaster Preparedness 🆘 Emergency Response 🔻 Risk Reduction 🧠 Systems Thinking

Conquests and Cultures

av Thomas Sowell • 1998

Geography blocked Africa, conquests lifted Britain, and human capital explains the gap.

4.44

500+

🌍 Comparative History 💰 Economic History 🧠 Human Capital 🏔️ Geographic Determinism 🔄 Cultural Diffusion

Conquests and Cultures

Geography blocked Africa, conquests lifted Britain, and human capital explains the gap.

av Thomas Sowell 1998 512 sider

4.44

500+ vurderinger

🌍 Comparative History 💰 Economic History 🧠 Human Capital 🏔️ Geographic Determinism 🔄 Cultural Diffusion

Culture Jam

av Kalle Lasn • 1999

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

3.63

1 000+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

Culture Jam

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

av Kalle Lasn 1999 272 sider

3.63

1 000+ vurderinger

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

The Way We Eat

av Peter Singer • 2006

What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.

4.09

4 000+

🥕 Food Ethics 🐷 Animal Welfare 🏭 Factory Farming 🏷️ Ethical Consumerism 🌱 Vegan Ethics

The Way We Eat

What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.

av Peter Singer 2006 328 sider

4.09

4 000+ vurderinger

🥕 Food Ethics 🐷 Animal Welfare 🏭 Factory Farming 🏷️ Ethical Consumerism 🌱 Vegan Ethics

Tactical Urbanism

av Mike Lydon • 2014

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

3.99

315

🛠️ Diy Urbanism 🎨 Creative Placemaking 🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism 🚲 Street Reclamation 🗳️ Participatory Planning

Tactical Urbanism

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

av Mike Lydon 2014 256 sider

3.99

315 vurderinger

🛠️ Diy Urbanism 🎨 Creative Placemaking 🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism 🚲 Street Reclamation 🗳️ Participatory Planning

City of Gold

av Jim Krane • 2009

Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.

3.97

500+

🏛️ State Capitalism ⛽ Resource Curse 👑 Gulf Monarchies 🏙️ Instant Cities 👷 Migrant Labor

City of Gold

Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.

av Jim Krane 2009 368 sider

3.97

500+ vurderinger

🏛️ State Capitalism ⛽ Resource Curse 👑 Gulf Monarchies 🏙️ Instant Cities 👷 Migrant Labor

The Upcycle

av William McDonough • 2013

Less harm is still harm. The blueprint for designing products, buildings, and systems that heal.

4.00

1 000+

🔄 Circular Economy 🦋 Biomimicry 🌱 Regenerative Design 💼 Sustainable Business 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Upcycle

Less harm is still harm. The blueprint for designing products, buildings, and systems that heal.

av William McDonough 2013 257 sider

4.00

1 000+ vurderinger

🔄 Circular Economy 🦋 Biomimicry 🌱 Regenerative Design 💼 Sustainable Business 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Misinformation Age

av Cailin O'Connor • 2018

False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.

3.77

1 000+

🧠 Social Epistemology 🕸️ Network Science 💭 Belief Formation 🏭 Manufactured Doubt 🔬 Scientific Consensus

The Misinformation Age

False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.

av Cailin O'Connor 2018 280 sider

3.77

1 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Social Epistemology 🕸️ Network Science 💭 Belief Formation 🏭 Manufactured Doubt 🔬 Scientific Consensus

The Genesis Machine

av Amy Webb • 2022

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

3.94

500+

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics 🔮 Futurism 🧫 Reproductive Technology

The Genesis Machine

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

av Amy Webb 2022 368 sider

3.94

500+ vurderinger

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics 🔮 Futurism 🧫 Reproductive Technology

The Unsettling of America

av Wendell Berry • 1977

America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.

4.33

6 000+

🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy 🌍 Land Ethics 🚜 Farming Criticism 🏘️ Localism ⚖️ Moral Economy

The Unsettling of America

America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.

av Wendell Berry 1977 246 sider

4.33

6 000+ vurderinger

🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy 🌍 Land Ethics 🚜 Farming Criticism 🏘️ Localism ⚖️ Moral Economy

Animal Madness

av Laurel Braitman • 2014

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

3.85

1 000+

🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Animal Madness

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

av Laurel Braitman 2014 384 sider

3.85

1 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Clothing Poverty

av Andrew Brooks • 2015

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

3.75

173

👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Clothing Poverty

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

av Andrew Brooks 2015 296 sider

3.75

173 vurderinger

👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Caesar's Last Breath

av Sam Kean • 2017

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

4.25

4 000+

🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

Caesar's Last Breath

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

av Sam Kean 2017 384 sider

4.25

4 000+ vurderinger

🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

To Dye For

av Alden Wicker • 2023

Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.

4.26

1 000+

🧪 Toxic Textiles 👗 Fast Fashion 🧬 Endocrine Disruptors ☣️ Chemical Exposure 🏭 Supply Chain Ethics

To Dye For

Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.

av Alden Wicker 2023 303 sider

4.26

1 000+ vurderinger

🧪 Toxic Textiles 👗 Fast Fashion 🧬 Endocrine Disruptors ☣️ Chemical Exposure 🏭 Supply Chain Ethics

Exposure

av Robert Bilott • 2019

A farmer's dying cattle pulled a corporate defense lawyer into a two-decade fight with DuPont.

4.49

2 000+

💧 Water Contamination 🌍 Environmental Justice 🕵️ Corporate Cover-Ups ⚖️ Class Action Lawsuits 🏛️ Public Interest Law

Exposure

A farmer's dying cattle pulled a corporate defense lawyer into a two-decade fight with DuPont.

av Robert Bilott 2019 400 sider

4.49

2 000+ vurderinger

💧 Water Contamination 🌍 Environmental Justice 🕵️ Corporate Cover-Ups ⚖️ Class Action Lawsuits 🏛️ Public Interest Law

Freedom Farmers

av Monica M. White • 2018

How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.

4.36

404

🌱 Black Agriculture 🥗 Food Sovereignty 🤝 Cooperative Economics 🏙️ Urban Farming 🫂 Mutual Aid

Freedom Farmers

How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.

av Monica M. White 2018 189 sider

4.36

404 vurderinger

🌱 Black Agriculture 🥗 Food Sovereignty 🤝 Cooperative Economics 🏙️ Urban Farming 🫂 Mutual Aid

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

av Thich Nhat Hanh • 2021

The planet won't be saved by exhausted people. A Zen practice for staying in the fight.

4.38

2 000+

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Buddhist Ecology 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 🕸️ Interconnectedness 💗 Compassion Practice

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

The planet won't be saved by exhausted people. A Zen practice for staying in the fight.

av Thich Nhat Hanh 2021 320 sider

4.38

2 000+ vurderinger

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Buddhist Ecology 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 🕸️ Interconnectedness 💗 Compassion Practice

One World

av Peter Singer • 2002

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

3.72

1 000+

🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

One World

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

av Peter Singer 2002 272 sider

3.72

1 000+ vurderinger

🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

Ninety Percent of Everything

av Rose George • 2013

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

3.79

4 000+

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries ⚓ Maritime Labor 📝 Immersion Journalism 🏴‍☠️ Piracy Studies

Ninety Percent of Everything

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

av Rose George 2013 304 sider

3.79

4 000+ vurderinger

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries ⚓ Maritime Labor 📝 Immersion Journalism 🏴‍☠️ Piracy Studies

Quantum Economics

av David Orrell • 2018

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

3.38

136

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Quantum Economics

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

av David Orrell 2018 304 sider

3.38

136 vurderinger

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

The Outermost House

av Henry Beston • 1928

A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.

4.07

3 000+

🖋️ Nature Writing 🌊 Coastal Ecology 🍂 Seasonal Observation 🏠 Solitude And Nature 🏖️ Cape Cod

The Outermost House

A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.

av Henry Beston 1928 218 sider

4.07

3 000+ vurderinger

🖋️ Nature Writing 🌊 Coastal Ecology 🍂 Seasonal Observation 🏠 Solitude And Nature 🏖️ Cape Cod

The Legacy

av 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

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

av David Suzuki 2010 128 sider

4.21

492 vurderinger

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

A Year of Living Simply

av Kate Humble • 2024

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

3.71

2 000+

🌻 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.

av Kate Humble 2024 306 sider

3.71

2 000+ vurderinger

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

A Walk in the Park

av Kevin Fedarko • 2024

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

4.23

18 000+

🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking 🎒 Adventure Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing

A Walk in the Park

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

av Kevin Fedarko 2024 488 sider

4.23

18 000+ vurderinger

🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking 🎒 Adventure Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing

The Rabbit Effect

av Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H • 2019

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

4.14

1 000+

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

The Rabbit Effect

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

av Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H 2019 272 sider

4.14

1 000+ vurderinger

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

The Omnivore's Dilemma

av Richie Chevat • 2015

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

4.03

3 000+

🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

av Richie Chevat 2015 352 sider

4.03

3 000+ vurderinger

🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Forks Over Knives

av Gene Stone • 2011

Heart disease reversed without drugs or surgery: the evidence, the diet, and what to eat tonight.

4.08

7 000+

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🫀 Disease Reversal 🌱 Dietary Transition 🥗 Whole Food Diets 🔬 Nutrition Science

Forks Over Knives

Heart disease reversed without drugs or surgery: the evidence, the diet, and what to eat tonight.

av Gene Stone 2011 214 sider

4.08

7 000+ vurderinger

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🫀 Disease Reversal 🌱 Dietary Transition 🥗 Whole Food Diets 🔬 Nutrition Science

Progress

av Johan Norberg • 2016

Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.

4.03

1 000+

📈 Progress Studies 🌍 Global Development 🔍 Declinism Debunked 📊 Data-Driven History 💡 Enlightenment Values

Progress

Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.

av Johan Norberg 2016 256 sider

4.03

1 000+ vurderinger

📈 Progress Studies 🌍 Global Development 🔍 Declinism Debunked 📊 Data-Driven History 💡 Enlightenment Values

Diet for a New America

av John Robbins • 1987

One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.

4.19

3 000+

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🍽️ Food Ethics 🐄 Animal Welfare 🐔 Factory Farming 🏭 Meat Industry

Diet for a New America

One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.

av John Robbins 1987 464 sider

4.19

3 000+ vurderinger

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🍽️ Food Ethics 🐄 Animal Welfare 🐔 Factory Farming 🏭 Meat Industry

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

av Rebecca Solnit • 2005

Getting lost is where transformation begins. The unknown is the destination, not the detour.

3.90

21 000+

🖋️ Lyric Essay 🌿 Nature Essays 🗺️ Psychogeography 🏔️ Landscape And Memory ❓ Limits Of Knowledge

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Getting lost is where transformation begins. The unknown is the destination, not the detour.

av Rebecca Solnit 2005 209 sider

3.90

21 000+ vurderinger

🖋️ Lyric Essay 🌿 Nature Essays 🗺️ Psychogeography 🏔️ Landscape And Memory ❓ Limits Of Knowledge

Geography for Dummies

av Charles A. Heatwole • 2002

How to read the world: a plain-language tour of Earth's lands, waters, people, and borders.

3.77

100

🗺️ Introductory Geography 🌍 World Geography 🧭 Spatial Thinking 🗾 Map Reading 🌋 Earth Systems

Geography for Dummies

How to read the world: a plain-language tour of Earth's lands, waters, people, and borders.

av Charles A. Heatwole 2002 386 sider

3.77

100 vurderinger

🗺️ Introductory Geography 🌍 World Geography 🧭 Spatial Thinking 🗾 Map Reading 🌋 Earth Systems

Why Nothing Works

av Marc J. Dunkelman • 2025

Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.

3.79

1 000+

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock 🏘️ Housing Crisis 🏗️ Infrastructure Politics 🏡 Local Control

Why Nothing Works

Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.

av Marc J. Dunkelman 2025 416 sider

3.79

1 000+ vurderinger

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock 🏘️ Housing Crisis 🏗️ Infrastructure Politics 🏡 Local Control

No Impact Man

av Colin Beavan • 2009

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

3.78

5 000+

🏙️ 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.

av Colin Beavan 2009 288 sider

3.78

5 000+ vurderinger

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

The Good Ancestor

av Roman Krznaric • 2020

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

4.05

1 000+

⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

The Good Ancestor

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

av Roman Krznaric 2020 336 sider

4.05

1 000+ vurderinger

⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

av Peter Wohlleben • 2017

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

4.05

7 000+

🌲 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.

av Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 sider

4.05

7 000+ vurderinger

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

The Art of Frugal Hedonism

av Annie Raser-Rowland • 2017

Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.

3.62

7 000+

🧮 Frugal Living 🌿 Simple Living 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🧘 Mindful Consumption ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Art of Frugal Hedonism

Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.

av Annie Raser-Rowland 2017 256 sider

3.62

7 000+ vurderinger

🧮 Frugal Living 🌿 Simple Living 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🧘 Mindful Consumption ♻️ Waste Reduction

This Is Vegan Propaganda

av Ed Winters • 2022

How one diet shift cuts your climate impact, ends animal suffering, and prevents the next pandemic.

4.61

5 000+

🏭 Factory Farming ✊ Animal Liberation 🌱 Veganism 🌍 Climate Impact Of Food 🐾 Speciesism

This Is Vegan Propaganda

How one diet shift cuts your climate impact, ends animal suffering, and prevents the next pandemic.

av Ed Winters 2022 320 sider

4.61

5 000+ vurderinger

🏭 Factory Farming ✊ Animal Liberation 🌱 Veganism 🌍 Climate Impact Of Food 🐾 Speciesism

Political Ecology

av Paul Robbins • 2004

Environmental problems are political problems. A critical field guide to the tools that prove it.

3.92

208

🌍 Political Ecology 🏛️ Environmental Politics 🗺️ Critical Geography 💰 Political Economy Of Nature 🐑 Commons Governance

Political Ecology

Environmental problems are political problems. A critical field guide to the tools that prove it.

av Paul Robbins 2004 242 sider

3.92

208 vurderinger

🌍 Political Ecology 🏛️ Environmental Politics 🗺️ Critical Geography 💰 Political Economy Of Nature 🐑 Commons Governance

Timefulness

av Marcia Bjornerud • 2018

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

4.07

1 000+

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

Timefulness

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

av Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 sider

4.07

1 000+ vurderinger

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

The Sheep Look Up

av John Brunner • 2003

America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.

3.91

5 000+

☣️ Ecological Dystopia 🗣️ Reluctant Prophet 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🏚️ Systemic Decay 🖤 Bleak Fatalism

The Sheep Look Up

America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.

av John Brunner 2003 352 sider

3.91

5 000+ vurderinger

☣️ Ecological Dystopia 🗣️ Reluctant Prophet 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🏚️ Systemic Decay 🖤 Bleak Fatalism

Outdoor Kids in an Inside World

av Steven Rinella • 2022

Trade screen time for creek time: the family adventures that build resilient, nature-connected kids.

3.87

5 000+

🌿 Nature-Deficit Parenting 🏕️ Outdoor Family Activities 🍄 Family Foraging ⛺ Family Camping 🌱 Gardening With Children

Outdoor Kids in an Inside World

Trade screen time for creek time: the family adventures that build resilient, nature-connected kids.

av Steven Rinella 2022 208 sider

3.87

5 000+ vurderinger

🌿 Nature-Deficit Parenting 🏕️ Outdoor Family Activities 🍄 Family Foraging ⛺ Family Camping 🌱 Gardening With Children

Walden and Civil Disobedience

av Henry David Thoreau • 1849

A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.

3.93

39 000+

🏞️ American Transcendentalism 🌿 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living 🚶 Nonconformity ✊ Civil Disobedience

Walden and Civil Disobedience

A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.

av Henry David Thoreau 1849 352 sider

3.93

39 000+ vurderinger

🏞️ American Transcendentalism 🌿 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living 🚶 Nonconformity ✊ Civil Disobedience

When It All Burns

av Jordan Thomas • 2025

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

4.36

1 000+

🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning 💰 Disaster Capitalism 🛢️ Climate Denialism

When It All Burns

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

av Jordan Thomas 2025 361 sider

4.36

1 000+ vurderinger

🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning 💰 Disaster Capitalism 🛢️ Climate Denialism

Concrete Planet

av Robert Courland • 2011

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

3.89

218

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay 🌿 Green Building

Concrete Planet

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

av Robert Courland 2011 400 sider

3.89

218 vurderinger

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay 🌿 Green Building

The Genius of Birds

av Jennifer Ackerman • 2016

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

4.05

13 000+

🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

The Genius of Birds

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

av Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 sider

4.05

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