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🌍 Environmental Crime

Investigations into illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, toxic dumping, and the criminal networks profiting from ecological destruction. These books expose a shadow economy with devastating planetary consequences.
Green Crime
by Julia Shaw • 2025
Climate collapse isn't inevitable tragedy; it's deliberate crime, and the motives are psychological.
4.10
132
🧠 Criminal Psychology🏢 Corporate Crime🐘 Wildlife Crime
Green Crime Summary
Green Crime 92%
Climate collapse isn't inevitable tragedy; it's deliberate crime, and the motives are psychological.
by Julia Shaw 2025
4.10
132 ratings
🧠 Criminal Psychology🏢 Corporate Crime🐘 Wildlife Crime
Murderland
by Caroline Fraser • 2025
The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.
3.78
14k+
🛢️ Industrial Pollution🔪 Serial Killer Studies💼 Corporate Malfeasance
Murderland Summary
Murderland 91%
The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.
by Caroline Fraser 2025
3.78
14k+ ratings
🛢️ Industrial Pollution🔪 Serial Killer Studies💼 Corporate Malfeasance
Exposure
by Robert Bilott • 2019
A farmer's dying cattle pulled a corporate defense lawyer into a two-decade fight with DuPont.
4.49
2k+
💧 Water Contamination🌍 Environmental Justice🕵️ Corporate Cover-Ups
Exposure Summary
Exposure 90%
A farmer's dying cattle pulled a corporate defense lawyer into a two-decade fight with DuPont.
by Robert Bilott 2019
4.49
2k+ ratings
💧 Water Contamination🌍 Environmental Justice🕵️ Corporate Cover-Ups
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
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth 90%
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
Very Bad People
by Patrick Alley • 2022
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
4.05
799
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism
Very Bad People Summary
Very Bad People 90%
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
by Patrick Alley 2022
4.05
799 ratings
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism
The Story of Stuff
by Annie Leonard • 2010
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
4.08
4k+
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff 90%
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
by Annie Leonard 2010
4.08
4k+ ratings
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice
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
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis 89%
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
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
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic. 89%
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
The Zero Waste Solution
by Paul Connett • 2013
A community roadmap out of landfills and incinerators, built on compost, repair, and local jobs.
3.92
78
🗑️ Waste Reduction🔄 Circular Economy🌱 Composting
The Zero Waste Solution Summary
The Zero Waste Solution 89%
A community roadmap out of landfills and incinerators, built on compost, repair, and local jobs.
by Paul Connett 2013
3.92
78 ratings
🗑️ Waste Reduction🔄 Circular Economy🌱 Composting
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson • 1962
A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.
4.06
55k+
🌍 Environmental Activism☣️ Chemical Pollution🔗 Ecosystem Thinking
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring 89%
A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.
by Rachel Carson 1962
4.06
55k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Activism☣️ Chemical Pollution🔗 Ecosystem Thinking
This Changes Everything
by Naomi Klein • 2014
Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.
4.16
28k+
🏛️ Climate Politics🌹 Eco-Socialism⚖️ Climate Justice
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything 89%
Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.
by Naomi Klein 2014
4.16
28k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Politics🌹 Eco-Socialism⚖️ Climate Justice
Diagnosis
by Jane M. Hightower • 2008
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
3.53
34
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 89%
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
by Jane M. Hightower 2008
3.53
34 ratings
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture
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
Managed Annihilation Summary
Managed Annihilation 89%
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
Traces
by Patricia Wiltshire • 2019
Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.
3.60
3k+
🔬 Forensic Science🌿 Forensic Ecology🔍 Trace Evidence
Traces Summary
Traces 89%
Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.
by Patricia Wiltshire 2019
3.60
3k+ ratings
🔬 Forensic Science🌿 Forensic Ecology🔍 Trace Evidence
Plastic Purge
by Michael SanClements • 2014
A scientist's practical guide to purging plastic from your body, your food, and the ocean.
3.86
436
🚮 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health♻️ Waste Reduction
Plastic Purge Summary
Plastic Purge 89%
A scientist's practical guide to purging plastic from your body, your food, and the ocean.
by Michael SanClements 2014
3.86
436 ratings
🚮 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health♻️ Waste Reduction
Plastic
by Susan Freinkel • 2011
Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.
3.97
2k+
🌊 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health🧱 Material Culture
Plastic Summary
Plastic 88%
Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.
by Susan Freinkel 2011
3.97
2k+ ratings
🌊 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health🧱 Material Culture
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
A Life on Our Planet Summary
A Life on Our Planet 88%
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
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
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
California Burning
by Katherine Blunt • 2022
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
4.26
2k+
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation
California Burning Summary
California Burning 88%
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
by Katherine Blunt 2022
4.26
2k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation
Junkyard Planet
by Adam Minter • 2013
What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.
3.91
2k+
♻️ Waste Management🚢 Global Waste Trade🔄 Circular Economy
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet 88%
What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.
by Adam Minter 2013
3.91
2k+ ratings
♻️ Waste Management🚢 Global Waste Trade🔄 Circular Economy
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
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature 88%
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
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
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
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
Falter Summary
Falter 88%
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
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
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green 88%
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
Blowout
by Rachel Maddow • 2019
Fracking, oligarchs, and a 50-kiloton bomb in Colorado: how the oil industry broke global democracy.
4.34
16k+
🛢️ Oil And Gas Industry🌏 Energy Geopolitics💎 Resource Curse
Blowout Summary
Blowout 88%
Fracking, oligarchs, and a 50-kiloton bomb in Colorado: how the oil industry broke global democracy.
by Rachel Maddow 2019
4.34
16k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil And Gas Industry🌏 Energy Geopolitics💎 Resource Curse
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
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us 88%
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
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 88%
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011
3.87
446 ratings
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
Blessed Unrest
by Paul Hawken • 2007
A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.
3.94
2k+
🌍 Environmental Activism⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Grassroots Movements
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest 88%
A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.
by Paul Hawken 2007
3.94
2k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Activism⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Grassroots Movements
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
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
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
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
The Rare Metals War
by Guillame Pitron • 2018
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
4.04
1k+
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War 88%
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
by Guillame Pitron 2018
4.04
1k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains
Megafire
by Michael Kodas • 2017
A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.
4.01
254
🔥 Wildfire🏕️ Forest Ecology🌪️ Climate Disasters
Megafire Summary
Megafire 88%
A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.
by Michael Kodas 2017
4.01
254 ratings
🔥 Wildfire🏕️ Forest Ecology🌪️ Climate Disasters
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
Moby-Duck Summary
Moby-Duck 88%
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
Political Ecology
by 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 Ecology Summary
Political Ecology 88%
Environmental problems are political problems. A critical field guide to the tools that prove it.
by Paul Robbins 2004
3.92
208 ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🏛️ Environmental Politics🗺️ Critical Geography
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 88%
While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.
by Bill McKibben 2013
3.90
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Activism📝 Environmental Memoir✊ Grassroots Organizing
The Triumph of Doubt
by David Michaels • 2020
Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.
4.08
222
🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🩺 Public Health Policy🤥 Science Denialism
The Triumph of Doubt Summary
The Triumph of Doubt 88%
Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.
by David Michaels 2020
4.08
222 ratings
🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🩺 Public Health Policy🤥 Science Denialism
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
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
Planet on Fire
by Mathew Lawrence • 2021
Your carbon footprint is a distraction. The climate fight is about who owns the economy.
3.68
173
🏛️ Environmental Politics💰 Political Economy🌿 Green New Deal
Planet on Fire Summary
Planet on Fire 88%
Your carbon footprint is a distraction. The climate fight is about who owns the economy.
by Mathew Lawrence 2021
3.68
173 ratings
🏛️ Environmental Politics💰 Political Economy🌿 Green New Deal
The Green Collar Economy
by Van Jones • 2008
Climate change and inequality are twin crises, and they share a solution.
3.70
868
🌿 Green Politics✊ Environmental Justice🔄 Sustainable Economy
The Green Collar Economy Summary
The Green Collar Economy 88%
Climate change and inequality are twin crises, and they share a solution.
by Van Jones 2008
3.70
868 ratings
🌿 Green Politics✊ Environmental Justice🔄 Sustainable Economy
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
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy 88%
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
Private Empire
by Steve Coll • 2012
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
4.00
4k+
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire 88%
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
by Steve Coll 2012
4.00
4k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism
Heroes of the Environment
by Harriet Rohmer • 2009
A teen cleans polluted water. A wrestler teaches recycling. Twelve environmental heroes in action.
3.95
147
🪧 Environmental Activism🌱 Grassroots Organizing⭐ Youth Leadership
Heroes of the Environment Summary
Heroes of the Environment 88%
A teen cleans polluted water. A wrestler teaches recycling. Twelve environmental heroes in action.
by Harriet Rohmer 2009
3.95
147 ratings
🪧 Environmental Activism🌱 Grassroots Organizing⭐ Youth Leadership
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política
by Bruno Latour • 2017
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
3.74
2k+
🌍 Political Ecology🌡️ Climate Politics🧠 Continental Philosophy
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política Summary
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política 88%
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
Fatal Conveniences
by Darin Olien • 2023
Your morning routine exposes you to 126 chemicals. The simple swaps that will save your health.
3.74
1k+
☠️ Hidden Toxins🌿 Natural Alternatives♻️ Green Consumerism
Fatal Conveniences Summary
Fatal Conveniences 88%
Your morning routine exposes you to 126 chemicals. The simple swaps that will save your health.
by Darin Olien 2023
3.74
1k+ ratings
☠️ Hidden Toxins🌿 Natural Alternatives♻️ Green Consumerism
The Waste-Free World
by Ron Gonen • 2021
Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.
4.11
174
🔄 Circular Economy♻️ Sustainable Business🎭 Greenwashing
The Waste-Free World Summary
The Waste-Free World 88%
Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.
by Ron Gonen 2021
4.11
174 ratings
🔄 Circular Economy♻️ Sustainable Business🎭 Greenwashing
Earth Democracy
by Vandana Shiva • 2005
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
3.97
749
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 88%
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
by Vandana Shiva 2005
3.97
749 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Future We Choose
by Christiana Figueres • 2020
Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.
4.05
7k+
🌍 Climate Crisis⚡ Climate Action😢 Climate Grief
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose 88%
Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.
by Christiana Figueres 2020
4.05
7k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Crisis⚡ Climate Action😢 Climate Grief
The Chemical Age
by Frank von Hippel • 2020
Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.
4.17
184
🧪 Environmental Chemistry📜 Chemical History🦟 Pesticide History
The Chemical Age Summary
The Chemical Age 88%
Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.
by Frank von Hippel 2020
4.17
184 ratings
🧪 Environmental Chemistry📜 Chemical History🦟 Pesticide History
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide
by Jen Gale • 2020
Practical sustainability for people who can't go zero-waste: room-by-room swaps that actually stick.
4.08
645
🏡 Sustainable Living🛒 Conscious Consumerism🗑️ Waste Reduction
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide Summary
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide 88%
Practical sustainability for people who can't go zero-waste: room-by-room swaps that actually stick.
by Jen Gale 2020
4.08
645 ratings
🏡 Sustainable Living🛒 Conscious Consumerism🗑️ Waste Reduction
Gomorrah
by Roberto Saviano • 2006
Camorra bosses control the factories, ports, and supply chains that dress Europe.
3.80
23k+
🧠 Organized Crime🪙 Illicit Economies🔍 Investigative Journalism
Gomorrah Summary
Gomorrah 88%
Camorra bosses control the factories, ports, and supply chains that dress Europe.
by Roberto Saviano 2006
3.80
23k+ ratings
🧠 Organized Crime🪙 Illicit Economies🔍 Investigative Journalism
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