Most Read This Week In Sustainability

In ecology, sustainability (from sustain and ability) is the property of biological systems to remain diverse and productive indefinitely. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. In more general terms, sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes.

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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away

Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It

The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better

The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World

Value(s): Building a Better World for All

Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters

Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World

Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash

California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration

The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science

Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World

Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment

La moda justa: Una invitación a vestir con ética

This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse

Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future

The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them

Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism

Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race

The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests

The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It

The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years

The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability

The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives

Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists

The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables

To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back

Climate Optimism: Climate Wins and Creating Systemic Change Around the World

The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe

Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less

What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society

The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet

Speed & Scale: A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

Consumed: On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change

Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science

Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future

On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America

Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life

De klimaatschok: 20 oplossingen voor België (Dutch Edition)

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World

The New Fish: The Truth about Farmed Salmon and the Consequences We Can No Longer Ignore

Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time

Breaking Together: A freedom-loving response to collapse

Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone

Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World

The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism

The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth

Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives

Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis

Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World

Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World

Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book

How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

Can I Recycle This? A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics

Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World

Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource

Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions About Climate Justice (Myths Made in America)

We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate

How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard

Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what’s next?

Továrna na lži: Výroba klimatických dezinformací

The Longevity Imperative: How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives

The Nature of Our Cities: Harnessing the Power of the Natural World to Survive a Changing Planet

The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World

Terra Viva : My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements

How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World

How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet

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Quotes Tagged “Sustainability”

“ Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) had a growth schema with only two factors of production—natural resources and labour—with no allowance for technical progress, capital formation, or gains from international specialization. In 1798, he portrayed the general situation of humanity as one where population pressure put such strains on the ability of natural resources to produce subsistence that equilibrium would be attained only by various catastrophes. His influence has been strong and persistent, largely ...more ”
― Angus Maddison, Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History

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“ Joey was surprised that plants could be used to clean water. Then, he had a funny thought. He imagined a dandelion standing at a sink while it washed Water just like his parents when they washed the dishes. He started to laugh. ”
― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water

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