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Environmental Books
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items Amazing books if you’re interested in the environment or looking to learn more! 🌎🌿🌊
Sections
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Indigenous wisdom
Fiction
Non-fiction
Indigenous wisdom
nonfiction book by Potawatomi professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, about the role of Indigenous knowledge as an alternative or complementary approach to Western mainstream scientific methodologies
Braiding Sweetgrass book by Robin Wall Kimmerer
an accessible history of Indigenous resistance to government and corporate incursions on their lands and offers new approaches to environmental justice activism and policy
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
Fiction
weaves together three interconnected stories set in rural Virginia during one summer
Prodigal Summer book by Barbara Kingsolver
won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, following the interconnected lives of nine strangers whose experiences with trees bring them together to fight for the preservation of forests
The Overstory book by Richard Powers
explores hopeful, actionable visions for a sustainable future by featuring interviews with diverse experts, alongside poetry and art
What If We Get It Right?: Visions of... book by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
serves as a stark, detailed account of the potential catastrophic impacts of climate change, arguing that warming will transform nearly every aspect of human life, from politics and culture to food supply and public health, within the lifespan of a s...
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After... book by David Wallace-Wells
Non-fiction
argues that the climate crisis is not just an environmental issue but a fundamental challenge to our capitalist economic system
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs.... book by Naomi Klein
anthology of essays, poetry, and art about the climate crisis, co-edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson
All We Can Save book by Katharine K. Wilkinson
will empower you to stand up to climate change and environmental pollution by making simple but impactful everyday choices
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have|Paperback
explores the hidden world of fungi
Entangled Life : How Fungi Make Our Worlds, ...
More than simply a handbook for survival or a doomsday catalog of scientific prediction, this classic, soulful lament on Nature is required reading for nature enthusiasts, activists, and concerned citizens alike
The End of Nature|Paperback
explores the world of trees through Pakenham's travels and features illustrations by Lucille Clerc
Around the World in Eighty Trees book by Jonathan Drori
blends scientific knowledge with indigenous wisdom to explore the world of mosses
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
provides a comprehensive, accessible narrative of Earth's 4.6-billion-year history, from its formation to the present day
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight C…
definitive account of the coming water, why and how this will happen, and what it will all mean
The Water Will Come
The classic chronicle of a "terribly misguided and terribly funny" (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods book by Bill Bryson
presents 100 substantive, economically viable solutions to reverse global warming by reducing atmospheric carbon
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan... book by Paul Hawken