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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+
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature 89%
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
by Bill McKibben 1989
3.94
3k+ ratings
Migrations
by Charlotte McConaghy • 2020
A woman tracks Arctic terns across a dying sea, her husband's ashes in her pocket.
4.11
109k+
Migrations Summary
Migrations 89%
A woman tracks Arctic terns across a dying sea, her husband's ashes in her pocket.
by Charlotte McConaghy 2020
4.11
109k+ ratings
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+
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
Wild Comfort
by Kathleen Dean Moore • 2010
The natural world holds no cure for grief, only a rhythm vast enough to carry it.
4.12
753
Wild Comfort Summary
Wild Comfort 88%
The natural world holds no cure for grief, only a rhythm vast enough to carry it.
by Kathleen Dean Moore 2010
4.12
753 ratings
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+
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
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
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
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
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth 88%
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
by Isaac Asimov 1991
3.71
126 ratings
The Overstory
by Richard Powers • 2018
Trees summon nine lives across a century to a final stand for the last ancient forests.
4.11
200k+
The Overstory Summary
The Overstory 88%
Trees summon nine lives across a century to a final stand for the last ancient forests.
by Richard Powers 2018
4.11
200k+ ratings
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
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
Active Hope
by Joanna Macy • 2012
Despair for the world is a sign of sanity. A practice for turning that pain into action.
4.10
2k+
Active Hope Summary
Active Hope 88%
Despair for the world is a sign of sanity. A practice for turning that pain into action.
by Joanna Macy 2012
4.10
2k+ ratings
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker • 2004
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
4.15
6k+
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine 88%
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
by J.A. Baker 2004
4.15
6k+ ratings
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson • 2002
Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.
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3k+
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life 88%
Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.
by Edward O. Wilson 2002
4.14
3k+ ratings
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
by Wes Jackson • 2022
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
3.56
198
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse 88%
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
by Wes Jackson 2022
3.56
198 ratings
The Comfort of Crows
by Margaret Renkl • 2023
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
4.16
15k+
The Comfort of Crows Summary
The Comfort of Crows 88%
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
by Margaret Renkl 2023
4.16
15k+ ratings
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
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
The Great Derangement
by Amitav Ghosh • 2016
Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.
4.04
6k+
The Great Derangement Summary
The Great Derangement 88%
Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.
by Amitav Ghosh 2016
4.04
6k+ ratings
Church of the Wild
by Victoria Loorz • 2021
A pastor trades the church for the forest and discovers the sacred was never inside.
4.25
734
Church of the Wild Summary
Church of the Wild 88%
A pastor trades the church for the forest and discovers the sacred was never inside.
by Victoria Loorz 2021
4.25
734 ratings
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+
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring 88%
A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.
by Rachel Carson 1962
4.06
55k+ ratings
Trespassing Across America
by Ken Ilgunas • 2016
He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.
3.82
2k+
Trespassing Across America Summary
Trespassing Across America 88%
He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.
by Ken Ilgunas 2016
3.82
2k+ ratings
Falter
by Bill McKibben • 2019
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
4.00
2k+
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
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política
by Bruno Latour • 2017
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
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2k+
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
Providence
by Daniel Quinn • 1994
A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.
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1k+
Providence Summary
Providence 88%
A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.
by Daniel Quinn 1994
3.70
1k+ ratings
Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver • 2002
A novelist watches hummingbirds and dying rivers and finds the lesson America keeps ignoring.
4.03
11k+
Small Wonder Summary
Small Wonder 88%
A novelist watches hummingbirds and dying rivers and finds the lesson America keeps ignoring.
by Barbara Kingsolver 2002
4.03
11k+ ratings
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
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
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+
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
Life Everlasting
by Bernd Heinrich • 2012
A dead animal in the wild wastes nothing. Scavengers, beetles, and bacteria turn death into fuel.
3.98
1k+
Life Everlasting Summary
Life Everlasting 88%
A dead animal in the wild wastes nothing. Scavengers, beetles, and bacteria turn death into fuel.
by Bernd Heinrich 2012
3.98
1k+ ratings
Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
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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
The Sixth Extinction
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2014
The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.
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The Sixth Extinction Summary
The Sixth Extinction 87%
The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014
4.15
80k+ ratings
Becoming Animal
by David Abram • 2010
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
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2k+
Becoming Animal Summary
Becoming Animal 87%
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
by David Abram 2010
4.18
2k+ ratings
The Arrogance of Humanism
by David W. Ehrenfeld • 1978
Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.
3.97
91
The Arrogance of Humanism Summary
The Arrogance of Humanism 87%
Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.
by David W. Ehrenfeld 1978
3.97
91 ratings
The Diversity of Life
by Edward O. Wilson • 1992
Earth holds 10 to 100 million species. We have named 1.4 million. The rest are vanishing now.
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6k+
The Diversity of Life Summary
The Diversity of Life 87%
Earth holds 10 to 100 million species. We have named 1.4 million. The rest are vanishing now.
by Edward O. Wilson 1992
4.22
6k+ ratings
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
by Jennifer Grenz • 2024
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
4.31
558
Medicine Wheel for the Planet Summary
Medicine Wheel for the Planet 87%
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
by Jennifer Grenz 2024
4.31
558 ratings
After Lockdown
by Bruno Latour • 2021
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
3.50
311
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
Coming Back to Life
by Joanna Macy • 1998
Apathy is more dangerous than apocalypse. The pain we avoid contains the power to act.
4.28
552
Coming Back to Life Summary
Coming Back to Life 87%
Apathy is more dangerous than apocalypse. The pain we avoid contains the power to act.
by Joanna Macy 1998
4.28
552 ratings
Apocalypse Never
by Michael Shellenberger • 2020
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
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6k+
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 87%
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
by Michael Shellenberger 2020
4.16
6k+ ratings
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.
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10k+
When Women Were Birds Summary
When Women Were Birds 87%
Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.
by Terry Tempest Williams 2012
4.21
10k+ ratings
How Everything Can Collapse
by Pablo Servigne • 2015
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
4.16
1k+
How Everything Can Collapse Summary
How Everything Can Collapse 87%
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
by Pablo Servigne 2015
4.16
1k+ ratings
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
Megafire Summary
Megafire 87%
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
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner • 2003
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
3.91
6k+
The Sheep Look Up Summary
The Sheep Look Up 87%
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
by John Brunner 2003
3.91
6k+ ratings
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost • 1969
The collected poems where New England woods and stone walls map every human decision.
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The Poetry of Robert Frost Summary
The Poetry of Robert Frost 87%
The collected poems where New England woods and stone walls map every human decision.
by Robert Frost 1969
4.24
49k+ ratings
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+
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff 87%
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
by Annie Leonard 2010
4.08
4k+ ratings
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
4.16
2k+
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature 87%
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
by Marc Hamer 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
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+
The Sea Around Us Summary
The Sea Around Us 87%
Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.
by Rachel Carson 1951
4.17
5k+ ratings
This Changes Everything
by Naomi Klein • 2014
Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.
4.16
28k+
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything 87%
Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.
by Naomi Klein 2014
4.16
28k+ ratings
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty • 2021
All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.
3.68
142
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age 87%
All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021
3.68
142 ratings
Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
4.51
177k+
Braiding Sweetgrass Summary
Braiding Sweetgrass 87%
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013
4.51
177k+ ratings
Underland
by Robert Macfarlane • 2019
Fungal networks, catacombs, nuclear tombs: the vast underground that shapes our fate and our future.
4.22
22k+
Underland Summary
Underland 87%
Fungal networks, catacombs, nuclear tombs: the vast underground that shapes our fate and our future.
by Robert Macfarlane 2019
4.22
22k+ ratings
The Great Displacement
by Jake Bittle • 2023
Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.
4.28
4k+
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement 87%
Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.
by Jake Bittle 2023
4.28
4k+ ratings
Collapse
by Jared Diamond • 2004
Civilizations don't just run out of resources. They fail to decide.
3.94
75k+
Collapse Summary
Collapse 87%
Civilizations don't just run out of resources. They fail to decide.
by Jared Diamond 2004
3.94
75k+ ratings
The Sacred Balance
by David Suzuki • 1997
You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.
4.14
2k+
The Sacred Balance Summary
The Sacred Balance 87%
You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.
by David Suzuki 1997
4.14
2k+ ratings
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