Environmentalist


Freedom
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Silent Spring
The Overstory
Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)
Desert Solitaire
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Endling
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings by Karl MarxThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiThe Will to Power by Friedrich NietzscheThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Third Position
157 books — 17 voters
Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward AbbeyDown the River by Edward AbbeyThe Best of Edward Abbey by Edward AbbeyFire on the Mountain by Edward Abbey
The Best of Edward Abbey
16 books — 5 voters

White Fragility by Robin DiAngeloHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiHow To Stop Being A Racist and Encourage Someone Else To by Ray MathisHow to Argue With a Racist by Adam RutherfordThe Clapback by Elijah Lawal
Third Position Books
96 books — 10 voters

“ Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the welder, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist. ”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Janisse Ray
“ If you haven't heard what's happening with seeds, let me tell you. They're disappearing, about like every damn thing else. You know the story already, you know it better than I do, the forests and the songbirds, the Appalachian Mountains, the fish in the ocean. But I'm not going to talk about anything that makes us feel hopeless, or despairing, because there's no despair in a seed. There's only life, waiting for the right conditions--sun and water, warmth and soil--to be set free. Every day mill ...more ”
― Janisse Ray, The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food

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