Best Books

For more information on what you can do, what is being done and where the problems lie, we recommend…

Matt Briggs’ List of Best Books for Environmental Understanding and Action

 

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THE PROBLEMS
Beyond the Limits Donella Meadows
The Sea Around Us Rachel Carson
A Short History of Progress Ronald Wright
The Future of Life E.O. Wilson
The Big Picture David Suzuki
The Diversity of Life E. O. Wilson
Climate Change and Biodiversity Tom Lovejoy
Field Notes from a Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert
The WeatherMakers Tim Flannery
Heat George Monbiot
Boiling Point Ross Gelbspan
The Revenge of Gaia James Lovelock
SOME SOLUTIONS
Plan B 4.0—Mobilizing to Save Civilization Lester Brown
David Suzuki’s Green Guide David Suzuki
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto Stewart Brand
Earth: The Sequel Fred Krupp
How to Live a Low-Carbon Life Chris Goodall
Ecological Literacy (Bioneers Series) Stone and Barlow eds.
Nature’s Operating Instructions (Bioneers Series) Kenny Ausubel ed
Hot, Flat, and Crowded Thomas Friedman
Winning our Energy Independence S David Freeman
Plug In Hybrids Sherry Boschert
Natural Capitalism Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins The
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Jonathon Harris
FOOD, WATER, and CHEMICAL POLLUTION SOLUTIONS
Blue Gold Maude Barlow
Fed Up Susan Okie
Food Politics Marion Nestle
In Defense of Food Michael Pollan
Omnivore’s Dilemma Michael Pollan
Diet for a Small Planet Frances Moore Lappe
Our Stolen Future Colburn, Dumonoski, Myers
Green Chemistry Anastas and Warner