Sustainable Development Books

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The Age of Sustainable Development The Age of Sustainable Development (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 855 ratings — published 2015
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,712 ratings — published 2017
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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)
by (shelved 5 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,361 ratings — published 2017
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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)
by (shelved 5 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.71 — 13,943 ratings — published 2008
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,819 ratings — published 1972
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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 — 9,188 ratings — published 2020
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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)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.12 — 51,101 ratings — published 2021
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,777 ratings — published 2020
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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,226 ratings — published 2013
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.04 — 458,851 ratings — published 1997
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.69 — 11,248 ratings — published 2005
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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,045 ratings — published 1973
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 74,762 ratings — published 2004
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The Limits to Growth The Limits to Growth (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.18 — 920 ratings — published
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,235 ratings — published 2022
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 3,733 ratings — published 2021
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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)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.21 — 16,920 ratings — published 2021
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,752 ratings — published 2014
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.18 — 22,475 ratings — published 2008
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 79,553 ratings — published 2014
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There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,855 ratings — published 2019
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,085 ratings — published 1962
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,030 ratings — published 2019
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.99 — 29,911 ratings — published 2019
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.21 — 43,166 ratings — published 2014
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.36 — 202,249 ratings — published 2018
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,066 ratings — published 2006
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The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,369 ratings — published 1993
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Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,048 ratings — published 2009
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Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.14 — 257 ratings — published 1996
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What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.19 — 418 ratings — published 2013
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.31 — 36,433 ratings — published 1949
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Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (The Global Century Series) Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (The Global Century Series)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.86 — 628 ratings — published 2000
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The World Without Us The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.81 — 43,420 ratings — published 2007
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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 — 11,930 ratings — published 1986
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.29 — 19,988 ratings — published 1961
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The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 743 ratings — published 2013
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The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.56 — 119 ratings — published 2021
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End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken – and how we can fix it End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken – and how we can fix it (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 143 ratings — published
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Economical Writing Economical Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 897 ratings — published 1999
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The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Ecological Rift The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Ecological Rift (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 28 ratings — published
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Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.32 — 805 ratings — published 2015
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Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published
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The Ecological Rift The Ecological Rift (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 334 ratings — published 2010
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The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,018 ratings — published 1965
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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,965 ratings — published 2024
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Climate Change and the Course of Global History: A Rough Journey (Studies in Environment and History) Climate Change and the Course of Global History: A Rough Journey (Studies in Environment and History)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.70 — 23 ratings — published 2014
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Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000 Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.52 — 25 ratings — published 2005
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The Path to Sustained Growth: England's Transition from an Organic Economy to an Industrial Revolution The Path to Sustained Growth: England's Transition from an Organic Economy to an Industrial Revolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 12 ratings — published
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Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,118 ratings — published 2021
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Abhijit Naskar
“Monkeys define civilization by the capacity to kill, humans define civilization by sustainable development.”
Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

Abhijit Naskar
“The world doesn't need another climate summit, the world needs a climate summon.”
Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

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