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2030
2030
Mauro F. Guillén
How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
27 min
4.2
The Next Great Migration
The Next Great Migration
Sonia Shah
The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move
26 min
4.1
The Incredible Journey of Plants
The Incredible Journey of Plants
Stefano Mancuso
A fascinating account of natural history
20 min
4.6
Isaac's Storm
Isaac's Storm
Erik Larson
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
28 min
4.1
The Fate of Rome
The Fate of Rome
Kyle Harper
Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
20 min
4.4
The Future We Choose
The Future We Choose
Christiana Figueres
Surviving the Climate Crisis
27 min
4.2
Losing Eden
Losing Eden
Lucy Jones
Why Our Minds Need the Wild
31 min
4.5
Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
Ian Morris
How Human Values Evolve
22 min
4.0

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The Heat Will Kill You First
The Heat Will Kill You First
Jeff Goodell
Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
20 min
Birnam Wood
Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
A Novel
21 min
Waking the Tiger
Waking the Tiger
Peter A. Levine with Ann Frederick
Healing Trauma
14 min
4.2
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
One Man’s Obsession With Revenge Turns Into Self-Destruction
19 min
4.6
Enchantment
Enchantment
Katherine May
Re-awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
18 min
4.1
Guns, Germs and Steel
Guns, Germs and Steel
Jared Diamond
The Fates Of Human Societies
9 min
4.1
The Climate Book
The Climate Book
Greta Thunberg
The Facts and the Solutions
15 min
3.9
River of the Gods
River of the Gods
Candice Millard
Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
19 min
4.2
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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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Losing Earth
Losing Earth
Nathaniel Rich
A Recent History
23 min
4.3
Food Fix
Food Fix
Mark Hyman
How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet – One Bite at a Time
26 min
4.5
Adventures in the Anthropocene
Adventures in the Anthropocene
Gaia Vince
A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made
30 min
4.2
The Fate of Food
The Fate of Food
Amanda Little
What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
20 min
4.1
Novacene
Novacene
James Lovelock
The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence
22 min
4.4
Underbug
Underbug
Lisa Margonelli
An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
23 min
4.7
The Biological Mind
The Biological Mind
Alan Jasanoff
How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
28 min
4.5
We Are the Weather
We Are the Weather
Jonathan Safran Foer
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
21 min
4.3
The Mosquito
The Mosquito
Timothy C. Winegard
A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
45 min
4.7
Drawdown
Drawdown
Paul Hawken (ed.)
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
28 min
4.3
Chernobyl
Chernobyl
Serhii Plokhy
The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
27 min
4.6
Falter
Falter
Bill McKibben
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
27 min
4.2
How Bad Are Bananas?
How Bad Are Bananas?
Mike Berners-Lee
The Carbon Footprint of Everything
26 min
4.2
The Uninhabitable Earth
The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells
A Story of the Future
32 min
4.5
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
Alex & Me
Alex & Me
Irene Pepperberg
How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence – and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
18 min
4.3
Feral
Feral
George Monbiot
Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life
24 min
4.1
Other Minds
Other Minds
Peter Godfrey-Smith
The Octopus And The Evolution Of Intelligent Life
15 min
4.1
The Inner Life of Animals
The Inner Life of Animals
Peter Wohlleben
Love, Grief, and Compassion – Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
24 min
4.5
Scale
Scale
Geoffrey West
The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies and Companies
23 min
4.0
The Grid
The Grid
Gretchen Bakke
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
20 min
4.3
Feathers
Feathers
Thor Hanson
The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
13 min
4.1
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
4.7
Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World
Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World
Jim Brumm
Restoring happiness, balance, and sanity to our lives and our planet
18 min
4.0

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