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💠 Blue Carbon

The vital role of coastal and marine ecosystems — mangroves, seagrasses, salt marshes — in capturing carbon and fighting climate change.
Rewilding the Sea
by Charles Clover • 2022
Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.
4.23
492
🐠 Marine Conservation🌊 Marine Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration🐋 Rewilding🦪 Keystone Species
Rewilding the Sea Summary
Rewilding the Sea 91%
Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.
by Charles Clover 2022
4.23
492 ratings
🐠 Marine Conservation🌊 Marine Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration🐋 Rewilding🦪 Keystone Species
Marine Biology
by Philip V. Mladenov • 2013
71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.
4.21
462
🐟 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Ecosystems🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🧊 Polar Oceans
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology 90%
71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013
4.21
462 ratings
🐟 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Ecosystems🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🧊 Polar Oceans
Ocean
by David Attenborough • 2025
The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.
4.42
3k+
🌊 Ocean Exploration🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🦑 Deep Sea❄️ Arctic Ecology
Ocean Summary
Ocean 90%
The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.
by David Attenborough 2025
4.42
3k+ ratings
🌊 Ocean Exploration🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🦑 Deep Sea❄️ Arctic Ecology
The Sea Around Us
by Rachel Carson • 1951
Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.
4.17
5k+
🌊 Oceanography🐟 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea🌡️ Climate Science🍃 Nature Writing
The Sea Around Us Summary
The Sea Around Us 89%
Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.
by Rachel Carson 1951
4.17
5k+ ratings
🌊 Oceanography🐟 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea🌡️ Climate Science🍃 Nature Writing
The Extreme Life of the Sea
by Stephen R. Palumbi • 2014
The ocean's strangest creatures survived every challenge for eons. Then we arrived.
4.00
444
🐠 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea Creatures🌋 Extreme Environments🌊 Ocean Exploration🐋 Marine Conservation
The Extreme Life of the Sea Summary
The Extreme Life of the Sea 89%
The ocean's strangest creatures survived every challenge for eons. Then we arrived.
by Stephen R. Palumbi 2014
4.00
444 ratings
🐠 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea Creatures🌋 Extreme Environments🌊 Ocean Exploration🐋 Marine Conservation
A Life on Our Planet
by David Attenborough • 2020
Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.
4.50
35k+
🍃 Environmental Memoir🦜 Biodiversity Loss🌍 Planetary Boundaries🌿 Rewilding📊 Ecological Economics
A Life on Our Planet Summary
A Life on Our Planet 89%
Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.
by David Attenborough 2020
4.50
35k+ ratings
🍃 Environmental Memoir🦜 Biodiversity Loss🌍 Planetary Boundaries🌿 Rewilding📊 Ecological Economics
Climate Change
by Joseph Romm • 2015
Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.
4.22
694
🧪 Climate Science📋 Climate Policy⚡ Energy Transition💰 Climate Economics🏭 Carbon Reduction
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change 89%
Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.
by Joseph Romm 2015
4.22
694 ratings
🧪 Climate Science📋 Climate Policy⚡ Energy Transition💰 Climate Economics🏭 Carbon Reduction
The Underworld
by Susan Casey • 2023
More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.
4.22
5k+
🌊 Ocean Exploration🐙 Marine Biology🌋 Geology And Volcanism🦑 Deep Sea Ecosystems🌎 Climate Change
The Underworld Summary
The Underworld 89%
More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.
by Susan Casey 2023
4.22
5k+ ratings
🌊 Ocean Exploration🐙 Marine Biology🌋 Geology And Volcanism🦑 Deep Sea Ecosystems🌎 Climate Change
Now or Never
by Tim Flannery • 2009
Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.
3.49
193
🌍 Planetary Boundaries🌎 Gaia Theory🏭 Anthropocene🌱 Carbon Sequestration🌊 Ocean Acidification
Now or Never Summary
Now or Never 88%
Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.
by Tim Flannery 2009
3.49
193 ratings
🌍 Planetary Boundaries🌎 Gaia Theory🏭 Anthropocene🌱 Carbon Sequestration🌊 Ocean Acidification
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life
by Helen Scales • 2023
Lanternfish trigger the planet's biggest migration; 79 more portraits from Earth's hidden biosphere.
4.43
325
🐟 Marine Biology📋 Species Profiles🧠 Animal Intelligence🛡️ Marine Conservation🔬 Biomimicry
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life Summary
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life 88%
Lanternfish trigger the planet's biggest migration; 79 more portraits from Earth's hidden biosphere.
by Helen Scales 2023
4.43
325 ratings
🐟 Marine Biology📋 Species Profiles🧠 Animal Intelligence🛡️ Marine Conservation🔬 Biomimicry
Not the End of the World
by Hannah Ritchie • 2024
The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.
4.22
7k+
🌍 Environmental Optimism💡 Climate Solutions🎯 Effective Environmentalism🌾 Agricultural Innovation⚡ Renewable Energy
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World 88%
The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.
by Hannah Ritchie 2024
4.22
7k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Optimism💡 Climate Solutions🎯 Effective Environmentalism🌾 Agricultural Innovation⚡ Renewable Energy
Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
4.10
13k+
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention🌋 Geoengineering🐟 Invasive Species
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky 88%
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021
4.10
13k+ ratings
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention🌋 Geoengineering🐟 Invasive Species
No. More. Plastic.
by Martin Dorey • 2018
Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.
3.99
2k+
🧴 Plastic Pollution♻️ Zero Waste Living✊ Everyday Activism🛒 Ethical Consumerism🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic. 88%
Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.
by Martin Dorey 2018
3.99
2k+ ratings
🧴 Plastic Pollution♻️ Zero Waste Living✊ Everyday Activism🛒 Ethical Consumerism🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle
The Ocean's Menagerie
by Drew Harvell • 2025
Ocean invertebrates spent eons perfecting adaptations that now inspire new drugs and materials.
3.87
254
🐠 Marine Biology🐙 Invertebrates🌿 Biomimicry💊 Drug Discovery🌊 Ocean Conservation
The Ocean's Menagerie Summary
The Ocean's Menagerie 88%
Ocean invertebrates spent eons perfecting adaptations that now inspire new drugs and materials.
by Drew Harvell 2025
3.87
254 ratings
🐠 Marine Biology🐙 Invertebrates🌿 Biomimicry💊 Drug Discovery🌊 Ocean Conservation
Drawdown
by Paul Hawken • 2017
100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.
4.40
4k+
🌍 Climate Reversal💰 Environmental Economics🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🍃 Carbon Sequestration🔄 Circular Economy
Drawdown Summary
Drawdown 88%
100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.
by Paul Hawken 2017
4.40
4k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Reversal💰 Environmental Economics🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🍃 Carbon Sequestration🔄 Circular Economy
Managed Annihilation
by Dean L.Y. Bavington • 2010
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
3.29
21
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management🚢 Industrial Fishing📋 Managerialism Critique
Managed Annihilation Summary
Managed Annihilation 88%
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
by Dean L.Y. Bavington 2010
3.29
21 ratings
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management🚢 Industrial Fishing📋 Managerialism Critique
Carbon Finance
by Sonia Labatt • 2007
Hedging the weather and pricing carbon: the financial instruments built for a warming planet.
2.93
15
🧪 Carbon Markets🌍 Climate Finance🏭 Emissions Trading⚡ Energy Transition🌿 Market Environmentalism
Carbon Finance Summary
Carbon Finance 88%
Hedging the weather and pricing carbon: the financial instruments built for a warming planet.
by Sonia Labatt 2007
2.93
15 ratings
🧪 Carbon Markets🌍 Climate Finance🏭 Emissions Trading⚡ Energy Transition🌿 Market Environmentalism
Our Choice
by Al Gore • 2008
The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.
3.99
864
🌍 Climate Crisis☀️ Renewable Energy💡 Energy Efficiency💰 Carbon Pricing⚡ Energy Transition
Our Choice Summary
Our Choice 88%
The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.
by Al Gore 2008
3.99
864 ratings
🌍 Climate Crisis☀️ Renewable Energy💡 Energy Efficiency💰 Carbon Pricing⚡ Energy Transition
Net Zero
by Dieter Helm • 2020
Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.
3.84
270
🏷️ Carbon Pricing📈 Market-Based Environmentalism📦 Consumption Emissions🌳 Natural Sequestration⚡ Electricity Market Reform
Net Zero Summary
Net Zero 88%
Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.
by Dieter Helm 2020
3.84
270 ratings
🏷️ Carbon Pricing📈 Market-Based Environmentalism📦 Consumption Emissions🌳 Natural Sequestration⚡ Electricity Market Reform
Speed & Scale
by John Doerr • 2021
The climate fight in 10 objectives: which sectors to fix first, and what it costs.
4.19
2k+
🌍 Climate Action🎯 Net Zero Transition🏭 Decarbonization🌳 Carbon Removal📜 Climate Policy
Speed & Scale Summary
Speed & Scale 88%
The climate fight in 10 objectives: which sectors to fix first, and what it costs.
by John Doerr 2021
4.19
2k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Action🎯 Net Zero Transition🏭 Decarbonization🌳 Carbon Removal📜 Climate Policy
Apocalypse Never
by Michael Shellenberger • 2020
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
4.16
6k+
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 88%
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
by Michael Shellenberger 2020
4.16
6k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
Environmental Economics
by Stephen Smith • 2011
Why unregulated markets destroy the environment, and how the same market logic can save it.
3.61
239
🏛️ Environmental Economics📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis💨 Emissions Trading💰 Carbon Pricing🌳 Environmental Valuation
Environmental Economics Summary
Environmental Economics 88%
Why unregulated markets destroy the environment, and how the same market logic can save it.
by Stephen Smith 2011
3.61
239 ratings
🏛️ Environmental Economics📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis💨 Emissions Trading💰 Carbon Pricing🌳 Environmental Valuation
Into the Clear Blue Sky
by Rob Jackson • 2024
We could clean the atmosphere within a generation. The fastest lever most people overlook: methane.
4.02
131
🛠️ Climate Solutions🧹 Carbon Removal⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition🌾 Food Systems
Into the Clear Blue Sky Summary
Into the Clear Blue Sky 88%
We could clean the atmosphere within a generation. The fastest lever most people overlook: methane.
by Rob Jackson 2024
4.02
131 ratings
🛠️ Climate Solutions🧹 Carbon Removal⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition🌾 Food Systems
The Soil Will Save Us
by Kristin Ohlson • 2014
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all forests combined. We can rebuild it.
4.14
1k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Ecology🌍 Carbon Farming🚜 No-Till Farming🐄 Managed Grazing
The Soil Will Save Us Summary
The Soil Will Save Us 88%
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all forests combined. We can rebuild it.
by Kristin Ohlson 2014
4.14
1k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Ecology🌍 Carbon Farming🚜 No-Till Farming🐄 Managed Grazing
Cod
by Mark Kurlansky • 1997
The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.
3.92
25k+
🔍 Microhistories🍽️ Food History🐟 Overfishing🌊 Maritime History🌍 Environmental History
Cod Summary
Cod 88%
The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.
by Mark Kurlansky 1997
3.92
25k+ ratings
🔍 Microhistories🍽️ Food History🐟 Overfishing🌊 Maritime History🌍 Environmental History
Shark Life
by Peter Benchley • 2002
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.
4.01
845
🐠 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Conservation🎲 Risk Perception🦈 Apex Predators🛟 Ocean Safety
Shark Life Summary
Shark Life 88%
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.
by Peter Benchley 2002
4.01
845 ratings
🐠 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Conservation🎲 Risk Perception🦈 Apex Predators🛟 Ocean Safety
Listening to Whales
by Alexandra Morton • 2002
A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.
4.51
1k+
🐋 Marine Biology🐆 Wildlife Conservation🐋 Orca Societies⛓️ Anti-Captivity✊ Environmental Advocacy
Listening to Whales Summary
Listening to Whales 88%
A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.
by Alexandra Morton 2002
4.51
1k+ ratings
🐋 Marine Biology🐆 Wildlife Conservation🐋 Orca Societies⛓️ Anti-Captivity✊ Environmental Advocacy
Ciencias de la Tierra
by Eduard J. Tarbuck • 2011
You cannot electrolyze tap water. The source matters more than the electrolyzer.
3.62
222
🚰 Water Management💧 Green Hydrogen🔬 Water Quality📋 Environmental Planning⚡ Energy Infrastructure
Ciencias de la Tierra Summary
Ciencias de la Tierra 88%
You cannot electrolyze tap water. The source matters more than the electrolyzer.
by Eduard J. Tarbuck 2011
3.62
222 ratings
🚰 Water Management💧 Green Hydrogen🔬 Water Quality📋 Environmental Planning⚡ Energy Infrastructure
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
by John Kay • 2009
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
3.95
615
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in 88%
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009
3.95
615 ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
After Lockdown
by Bruno Latour • 2021
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
3.50
311
🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism🐾 More-Than-Human🌱 Degrowth
After Lockdown Summary
After Lockdown 87%
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
by Bruno Latour 2021
3.50
311 ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism🐾 More-Than-Human🌱 Degrowth
Back to Earth
by Nicole Stott • 2021
From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.
3.91
219
🚀 Astronaut Memoirs🌿 Ecological Memoir🌎 The Overview Effect🛡️ Environmental Stewardship⚡ Climate Action
Back to Earth Summary
Back to Earth 87%
From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.
by Nicole Stott 2021
3.91
219 ratings
🚀 Astronaut Memoirs🌿 Ecological Memoir🌎 The Overview Effect🛡️ Environmental Stewardship⚡ Climate Action
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman • 2007
What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.
3.81
44k+
🕰️ Deep Time🌿 Rewilding🧴 Plastic Pollution☢️ Nuclear Legacy🏚️ Infrastructure Decay
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us 87%
What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.
by Alan Weisman 2007
3.81
44k+ ratings
🕰️ Deep Time🌿 Rewilding🧴 Plastic Pollution☢️ Nuclear Legacy🏚️ Infrastructure Decay
We Are the Weather
by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2019
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
3.69
17k+
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🐄 Animal Agriculture
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather 87%
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019
3.69
17k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🐄 Animal Agriculture
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben • 1989
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
3.94
3k+
🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy🌿 Deep Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics🏭 Greenhouse Effect🐾 Biodiversity Loss
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature 87%
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
by Bill McKibben 1989
3.94
3k+ ratings
🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy🌿 Deep Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics🏭 Greenhouse Effect🐾 Biodiversity Loss
Our Angry Earth
by Isaac Asimov • 1991
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
3.71
126
🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution🌳 Habitat Loss☀️ Renewable Energy
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth 87%
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
by Isaac Asimov 1991
3.71
126 ratings
🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution🌳 Habitat Loss☀️ Renewable Energy
Falter
by Bill McKibben • 2019
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
4.00
2k+
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception☀️ Renewable Energy✊ Nonviolent Resistance
Falter Summary
Falter 87%
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
by Bill McKibben 2019
4.00
2k+ ratings
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception☀️ Renewable Energy✊ Nonviolent Resistance
Moby-Duck
by Donovan Hohn • 2011
One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.
3.31
3k+
🌊 Oceanography🧴 Plastic Pollution🏭 Global Supply Chain📝 Narrative Journalism🧭 Modern Odyssey
Moby-Duck Summary
Moby-Duck 87%
One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.
by Donovan Hohn 2011
3.31
3k+ ratings
🌊 Oceanography🧴 Plastic Pollution🏭 Global Supply Chain📝 Narrative Journalism🧭 Modern Odyssey
Resilience Thinking
by Brian Walker • 2006
Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.
3.87
362
🌿 Ecosystem Management🧩 Systems Thinking⚖️ Regime Shifts🔄 Adaptive Management🏗️ Resilience Theory
Resilience Thinking Summary
Resilience Thinking 87%
Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.
by Brian Walker 2006
3.87
362 ratings
🌿 Ecosystem Management🧩 Systems Thinking⚖️ Regime Shifts🔄 Adaptive Management🏗️ Resilience Theory
The Legacy
by David Suzuki • 2010
GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.
4.21
492
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge📉 Post-Growth Economics🌳 Ecosystem Services💚 Biophilia
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy 87%
GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.
by David Suzuki 2010
4.21
492 ratings
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge📉 Post-Growth Economics🌳 Ecosystem Services💚 Biophilia
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope 87%
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Getting to Green
by Frederic C. Rich • 2016
No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.
4.02
106
🌿 Environmental Policy🇺🇸 American Conservation🪓 Political Polarization🌡️ Climate Change Politics🛡️ Stewardship Ethics
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green 87%
No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.
by Frederic C. Rich 2016
4.02
106 ratings
🌿 Environmental Policy🇺🇸 American Conservation🪓 Political Polarization🌡️ Climate Change Politics🛡️ Stewardship Ethics
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
by Hannah Testa • 2020
Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.
3.90
629
🛢️ Plastic Pollution⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Waste Reduction🟢 Greenwashing🛒 Consumer Activism
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis 87%
Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.
by Hannah Testa 2020
3.90
629 ratings
🛢️ Plastic Pollution⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Waste Reduction🟢 Greenwashing🛒 Consumer Activism
The Climate Book
by Greta Thunberg • 2022
Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.
4.41
3k+
⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition✊ Climate Activism🌿 Indigenous Knowledge🚫 Climate Denialism
The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book 87%
Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.
by Greta Thunberg 2022
4.41
3k+ ratings
⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition✊ Climate Activism🌿 Indigenous Knowledge🚫 Climate Denialism
The Next Species
by Michael Tennesen • 2015
Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.
3.71
310
🦴 Mass Extinctions🌍 Anthropocene🦜 Biodiversity Loss🧬 Human Evolution🔮 Future Evolution
The Next Species Summary
The Next Species 87%
Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.
by Michael Tennesen 2015
3.71
310 ratings
🦴 Mass Extinctions🌍 Anthropocene🦜 Biodiversity Loss🧬 Human Evolution🔮 Future Evolution
Our Green Heart
by Diana Beresford-Kroeger • 2024
Chlorophyll and hemoglobin are subatomic twins. When forests die, so does the animal kingdom.
4.09
521
🌲 Forest Ecology🌳 Tree Communication🌿 Forest Medicine☘️ Celtic Animism⚛️ Quantum Biology
Our Green Heart Summary
Our Green Heart 87%
Chlorophyll and hemoglobin are subatomic twins. When forests die, so does the animal kingdom.
by Diana Beresford-Kroeger 2024
4.09
521 ratings
🌲 Forest Ecology🌳 Tree Communication🌿 Forest Medicine☘️ Celtic Animism⚛️ Quantum Biology
The Breath of the Gods
by Simon Winchester • 2025
Polynesian canoes, the Spanish Armada, and Japan's salvation all turned on wind. Its full biography.
3.79
616
🧱 Microhistories🌬️ Atmospheric Science🌍 Climate And Civilization🌪️ Forces Of Nature📖 Popular Science
The Breath of the Gods Summary
The Breath of the Gods 87%
Polynesian canoes, the Spanish Armada, and Japan's salvation all turned on wind. Its full biography.
by Simon Winchester 2025
3.79
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Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Summary
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster 87%
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4.11
51k+ ratings
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The Big Thirst Summary
The Big Thirst 87%
For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.
by Charles Fishman 2010
3.94
2k+ ratings
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3.74
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Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política Summary
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política 87%
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
by Bruno Latour 2017
3.74
2k+ ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🌡️ Climate Politics🧠 Continental Philosophy📰 Post-Truth Politics🌿 Environmental Philosophy
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