Environmental movement books
Environmental movement books to start from. Open one to see books like it, or tell BookSense what you loved for four picks made for you.
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
Silent Spring
Rachel CarsonA study of pesticide damage to birds and ecosystems that is often credited with starting the modern environmental movement in the United States.
A Sand County Almanac
Aldo LeopoldEssays that propose a land ethic, treating land and its communities as things humans have moral obligations to.
The Population Bomb
Paul R. EhrlichA widely read warning about overpopulation and food shortage; it shaped debate for decades and many of its predictions did not come true.
The Limits to Growth
et alA systems-modelling report for the Club of Rome that projected the consequences of resource limits and population and industrial growth.
Environmentalism
Ramachandra GuhaA history of environmental thought and action across regions, useful for seeing the movement beyond its North American and European origins. The publication year is uncertain; see the unsure list.
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More environmental movement books
- Half-Earth
Half-EarthEdward Osborne Wilson - The Green Imperative
The Green ImperativeVictor J. Papanek - Green Illusions
Green IllusionsOzzie Zehner - The Day the World Stops Shopping
The Day the World Stops ShoppingJ.B. MacKinnon - No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
No One Is Too Small to Make a DifferenceGreta Thunberg - The Intersectional Environmentalist
The Intersectional EnvironmentalistLeah Thomas - Apocalypse Never
Apocalypse NeverMichael Shellenberger - American Earth
American EarthBill McKibben2008 - Perspectives in environmental studies
Perspectives in environmental studiesAnubha Kaushik2006 - Time for outrage!
Time for outrage!Stéphane Hessel2010 - The long emergency
The long emergencyJames Howard Kunstler2005 - Ecopsychology
EcopsychologyRoszak, Theodore1995