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 — 856 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 — 15,856 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 4.40 — 4,378 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 — 13,947 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 — 1,825 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 — 9,388 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 4.11 — 51,283 ratings — published 2021
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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 4.05 — 6,807 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 4.00 — 1,229 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 — 461,884 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)
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avg rating 3.69 — 11,254 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 — 7,078 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 — 75,017 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 4.17 — 931 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 — 3,271 ratings — published 2022
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 24,637 ratings — published 2011
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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 — 3,795 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 — 17,189 ratings — published 2021
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.34 — 172,692 ratings — published 2019
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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 — 27,860 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 — 22,976 ratings — published 2008
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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 — 80,085 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 — 1,861 ratings — published 2019
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,546 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 — 2,090 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 — 30,062 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 — 43,564 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 4.35 — 203,339 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 3.97 — 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 — 2,373 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 — 2,061 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 — 419 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 — 36,768 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 3.87 — 629 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 — 43,551 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)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,002 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 — 20,218 ratings — published 1961
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Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,905 ratings — published 2003
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What Works: Gender Equality by Design What Works: Gender Equality by Design (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 925 ratings — published 2016
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Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me About Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others) Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me About Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.43 — 86 ratings — published
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The Idea of Justice The Idea of Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,059 ratings — published 2009
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.19 — 27,006 ratings — published 2021
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Development as Freedom Development as Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,142 ratings — published 1999
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Economía liberal para no economistas y no liberales Economía liberal para no economistas y no liberales (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.76 — 189 ratings — published 2001
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Advanced Introduction to Sustainability Transitions (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) Advanced Introduction to Sustainability Transitions (Elgar Advanced Introductions series)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 2024
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Environmentalism Environmentalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.17 — 23 ratings — published 2006
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Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 32 ratings — published 2012
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Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.14 — 7,623 ratings — published 2025
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Collapse: Navigating Civilization's Predicaments With Wisdom and Courage Collapse: Navigating Civilization's Predicaments With Wisdom and Courage (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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Abhijit Naskar
“I'm not a vegetarian, I could eat anything if it's well cooked and tastes good, but preservation of wildlife is nonnegotiable, because it is only by preserving biodiversity, that we ensure a sustainable planet for humanity. It is one thing to consume animals for food, and another to destroy entire ecosystems for profit. There is nothing wrong in development, but development founded on destruction of nature, is the most expensive ticket to human extinction.”
Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

Abhijit Naskar
“Most expensive clothes I own cost 20 dollars, most expensive devices I own cost 200 dollars. Born to a factory worker, I never knew luxury, then I made me a name, but saw the world's condition, I grew an absolute repulsion to lifestyle luxurious.”
Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

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