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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 56,938 ratings — published 1962
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 187,182 ratings — published 2013
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 28,109 ratings — published 2014
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 81,699 ratings — published 2014
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 30,447 ratings — published 2019
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 207,358 ratings — published 2018
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 92,487 ratings — published 2015
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The World Without Us The World Without Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 43,852 ratings — published 2007
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 212,069 ratings — published 2006
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 75,529 ratings — published 2004
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 37,570 ratings — published 1949
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 51,712 ratings — published 2021
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 54,874 ratings — published 2020
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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 13,531 ratings — published 2021
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 73,446 ratings — published 2024
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 35,963 ratings — published 2020
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Desert Solitaire Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 262 times as environment)
avg rating 4.18 — 56,004 ratings — published 1968
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Walden or, Life in the Woods Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 207,868 ratings — published 1854
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 12,594 ratings — published 2002
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 8,342 ratings — published 2010
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 28,254 ratings — published 2019
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The Ministry for the Future The Ministry for the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 45,055 ratings — published 2020
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 4,414 ratings — published 2017
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Flight Behavior Flight Behavior (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 104,284 ratings — published 2012
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 30,975 ratings — published 2015
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 13,973 ratings — published 2008
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 114,233 ratings — published 2007
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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 6,660 ratings — published 2020
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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 6,117 ratings — published 2016
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Eating Animals Eating Animals (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 81,461 ratings — published 2009
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 17,993 ratings — published 2021
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On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 184 times as environment)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,546 ratings — published 2019
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 6,882 ratings — published 2020
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The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 7,467 ratings — published 2020
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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 17,649 ratings — published 2019
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The Lorax The Lorax (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 375,922 ratings — published 1971
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes The Death and Life of the Great Lakes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 11,908 ratings — published 2017
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as environment)
avg rating 4.07 — 456,404 ratings — published 1998
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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 22,651 ratings — published 2003
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 12,205 ratings — published 1986
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as environment)
avg rating 4.22 — 22,253 ratings — published 2019
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.06 — 60,402 ratings — published 2001
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 164 times as environment)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,916 ratings — published 2006
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The End of Nature The End of Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as environment)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,159 ratings — published 1989
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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 159 times as environment)
avg rating 4.46 — 38,619 ratings — published 2022
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
by (shelved 156 times as environment)
avg rating 4.08 — 30,301 ratings — published 1975
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Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 9,876 ratings — published 2020
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as environment)
avg rating 4.07 — 120,536 ratings — published 2008
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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 153 times as environment)
avg rating 4.21 — 24,573 ratings — published 2021
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Migrations Migrations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as environment)
avg rating 4.10 — 116,720 ratings — published 2020
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Wendell Berry
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. ... We have been wrong. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us. . . We must recover the sense of the majesty of the creation and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.”
Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House

Ursula K. Le Guin
“My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.”
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

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