Environment books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
Silent Spring
Rachel CarsonDocuments the harm of synthetic pesticides to birds and ecosystems and is widely credited with starting the modern environmental movement in public debate.
A Sand County Almanac
Aldo LeopoldEssays on land, seasons and wildlife, plus the essay that sets out the idea of a land ethic; published after Leopold's death.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall KimmererCombines botany with Indigenous knowledge and personal essays on reciprocity between people and plants.
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth KolbertReportage on past mass extinctions and the current loss of species caused by human activity.
The control of nature
John McPheeFour long reported essays on human attempts to control nature, including volcanoes, floods and urban sprawl.
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Reading lists
More environment books
- Earth in the Balance
Earth in the BalanceAl Gore - Gaia
GaiaJames Lovelock - Desert solitaire
Desert solitaireEdward Abbey - Walden
WaldenHenry David Thoreau - The environmental imagination
The environmental imaginationLawrence Buell - Under a White Sky
Under a White SkyElizabeth Kolbert - The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of LifeEdward Osborne Wilson - No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
No One Is Too Small to Make a DifferenceGreta Thunberg - Hot, flat, and crowded
Hot, flat, and crowdedThomas L. Friedman - Ring of bright water
Ring of bright waterGavin Maxwell - Expert Systems and Geographic Information Systems for Impact
Expert Systems and Geographic Information Systems for Impact AssessmentAgustin Rodriguez-Bachiller2004 - Principles of EcologyPrinciples of EcologyJennifer Heath2020