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Falter
Falter
Bill McKibben
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
27 min
4.2
The Inner Life of Animals
The Inner Life of Animals
Peter Wohlleben
Love, Grief, and Compassion – Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
24 min
4.4
The Biological Mind
The Biological Mind
Alan Jasanoff
How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
28 min
4.4
Energy
Energy
Vaclav Smil
A Beginner’s Guide
17 min
3.5
To Dye For
To Dye For
Alden Wicker
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick
21 min
4.3
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
One Man’s Obsession With Revenge Turns Into Self-Destruction
19 min
4.4
2030
2030
Mauro F. Guillén
How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
27 min
4.2
Forest Bathing
Forest Bathing
Qing Li
How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
20 min
4.7

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The Wide Wide Sea
The Wide Wide Sea
Hampton Sides
The Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
21 min
4.4
The Horse
The Horse
Timothy C. Winegard
A Galloping History of Humanity
19 min
4.5
The Light Eaters
The Light Eaters
Zoë Schlanger
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
18 min
4.6
Atlas of AI
Atlas of AI
Kate Crawford
Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
15 min
3.4
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
17 min
4.3
Quantum Body
Quantum Body
Deepak Chopra
The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life
22 min
3.1
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Das ist Natur
Das ist Natur
Erlebe die geheimnisvolle Welt der Pflanzen 
8 items
Blinks to Get You Camping
Blinks to Get You Camping
Inspiration to plan your next outdoor adventure
6 items
Outrage + Optimism's Book Recommendations
Outrage + Optimism's Book Recommendations
Titles to get you revved up to take action on climate change
11 items
Water, Our Life Force
Water, Our Life Force
The power and importance of water
5 items
Rowan Hooper's Book Recommendations
Rowan Hooper's Book Recommendations
The state of our world and where we should be heading towards
14 items
Nurturing Mother Nature
Nurturing Mother Nature
Why our relationship with nature matters—and how to work on it
10 items
The Insect Mind
The Insect Mind
What we can learn from insects, and why we need them
5 items
Earth Day: How To Be More Sustainable
Earth Day: How To Be More Sustainable
Hands-on advice on living a more conscious and sustainable life
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte
A New History of a Lost World
28 min
4.6
Drawdown
Drawdown
Paul Hawken (ed.)
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
28 min
4.2
Not the End of the World
Not the End of the World
Hannah Ritchie
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
21 min
4.1
Comfortably Unaware
Comfortably Unaware
Richard A. Oppenlander
What We Choose to Eat is Killing Us and Our Planet
13 min
3.7
The Hidden Life of Trees
The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World
21 min
4.7
Chernobyl
Chernobyl
Serhii Plokhy
The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
27 min
4.6
On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
23 min
4.6
Farmageddon
Farmageddon
Philip Lymbery with Isabel Oakeshott
The True Cost of Cheap Meat
31 min
4.6
The Grid
The Grid
Gretchen Bakke
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
20 min
4.2
Wintering
Wintering
Katherine May
The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
20 min
4.5
Cradle to Cradle
Cradle to Cradle
William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Remaking the Way We Make Things
16 min
4.3
Energy Myths and Realities
Energy Myths and Realities
Vaclav Smil
Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate
14 min
3.7
Cod
Cod
Mark Kurlansky
A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
14 min
4.3
The Uninhabitable Earth
The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells
A Story of the Future
32 min
4.5
Other Minds
Other Minds
Peter Godfrey-Smith
The Octopus And The Evolution Of Intelligent Life
15 min
4.1
Entangled Life
Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change our Minds and Shape Our Futures
26 min
4.7
The River of Doubt
The River of Doubt
Candice Millard
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
16 min
4.2
The Laws of Human Nature
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
What affects your day-to-day life
29 min
4.5
Cat
Cat
Katharine M. Rogers
How humanity fell in love with our feline companions
11 min
4.1
The Bird Way
The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman
A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
22 min
4.3
Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
16 min
4.5
Under a White Sky
Under a White Sky
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Nature of the Future
24 min
4.3
Oxygen
Oxygen
Nick Lane
The Molecule That Made the World
16 min
4.1
LIT
LIT
Jeff Karp
Using Nature's Playbook to Spark Energy, Ideas, and Action
18 min
4.2

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