Read books about climate change
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Climate change and environmental issues are enormous topics. Reading books on them helps you understand why we have reached this point, what the future could look like, and how you can be part of the solution. This knowledge may make you intrigued, angry, or anxious, but it will also make you want to take action — action to create a better society.
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The Earth Hero Team has examined the available climate action and environmental books. We created the following list that we thought you might be interested in. Take a look and find one or two to start with. Give them a try and go from there!
Naturally, checking out books or audiobooks from the library is a great way to stay informed for free.
Action against the climate crisis
• "Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future" by Saul Griffith
• "The Climate Book" by Greta Thunberg
• "Being the Change" by Peter Kalmus. Available for free on his website.
• "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis" by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
• "How to avoid a climate disaster" by Bill Gates
• "Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming" by Paul Hawken. The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world.
• "All We Can Save" by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
• "The Uninhabitable Earth" by David Wallace-Wells
• "A Life on Our Planet" by David Attenborough
• "Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation" by Paul Hawken
Economy and environment
• "Doughnut Economics" by Kate Raworth
• "Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming" by McKenzie Funk
• "Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World" by Jason Hickle
• "Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change" by Sir Ronald Cohen
Climate Justice
• "A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis" by Vanessa Nakate
• "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• "Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate and Consumerism" by Aja Barber
• "Terrible thing to Waste" by Harriet A. Washington
• "As Long as the Grass Grows" by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Ocean impact
• "The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One" by Sylvia A. Earle
• "Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them" by Ted Danson
• "Seasick: The Hidden Ecological Crisis of the Global Ocean" by Alanna Mitchell
• "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History" by Elizabeth Kolbert
Other books to consider
• "This Changes Everything" by Naomi Klein.
• "Falter" by Bill McKibben. A powerful and sobering call to arms to save not only our planet but also our humanity.
• "101 Ways to Go Zero Waste" by Kathryn Kellogg
• "The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here" by Hope Jahren
• "Losing Earth: A Recent History" by Nathaniel Rich
• "Our House in on Fire" by Greta Thunberg. The story of how Greta decided to go on strike from school, which ignited a worldwide rebellion.
• "Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World" by Katharine Hayhoe
• "Spiritual Ecology" by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (Editor)
Do you have a book to recommend for this list? Please let us know at contact@earthhero.org.
Naturally, checking out books or audiobooks from the library is a great way to stay informed for free.
Action against the climate crisis
• "Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future" by Saul Griffith
• "The Climate Book" by Greta Thunberg
• "Being the Change" by Peter Kalmus. Available for free on his website.
• "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis" by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
• "How to avoid a climate disaster" by Bill Gates
• "Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming" by Paul Hawken. The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world.
• "All We Can Save" by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
• "The Uninhabitable Earth" by David Wallace-Wells
• "A Life on Our Planet" by David Attenborough
• "Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation" by Paul Hawken
Economy and environment
• "Doughnut Economics" by Kate Raworth
• "Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming" by McKenzie Funk
• "Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World" by Jason Hickle
• "Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change" by Sir Ronald Cohen
Climate Justice
• "A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis" by Vanessa Nakate
• "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• "Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate and Consumerism" by Aja Barber
• "Terrible thing to Waste" by Harriet A. Washington
• "As Long as the Grass Grows" by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Ocean impact
• "The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One" by Sylvia A. Earle
• "Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them" by Ted Danson
• "Seasick: The Hidden Ecological Crisis of the Global Ocean" by Alanna Mitchell
• "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History" by Elizabeth Kolbert
Other books to consider
• "This Changes Everything" by Naomi Klein.
• "Falter" by Bill McKibben. A powerful and sobering call to arms to save not only our planet but also our humanity.
• "101 Ways to Go Zero Waste" by Kathryn Kellogg
• "The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here" by Hope Jahren
• "Losing Earth: A Recent History" by Nathaniel Rich
• "Our House in on Fire" by Greta Thunberg. The story of how Greta decided to go on strike from school, which ignited a worldwide rebellion.
• "Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World" by Katharine Hayhoe
• "Spiritual Ecology" by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (Editor)
Do you have a book to recommend for this list? Please let us know at contact@earthhero.org.
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