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Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? By Bill McKibben Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250256850
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - January 21st, 2020

Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out.


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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist By Kate Raworth Cover Image
$22.95
ISBN: 9781603587969
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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing Company - March 29th, 2018

*The Sunday Times Bestseller

*A Financial Times Book of the Year

*A Forbes Book of the Year

*Winner of the Transmission Prize 2018

*Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2017


Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet By Ben Goldfarb Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781324005896
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 12th, 2023

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 • Named a Fall 2023 Must-Read by Outside, Sierra, and the Boston Globe


Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis By Annie Proulx Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982173364
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Published: Scribner - June 27th, 2023

*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Literary Hub!* A Finalist for the 2022 NBCC Awards in Nonfiction, the 2023 Phillip D.


A Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-Provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared Ear By Chris Smaje Cover Image
$22.50
ISBN: 9781603589024
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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing UK - October 21st, 2020

A modern classic of the new agrarianism

"Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear. Either we have a small farm future, or we face collapse and extinction."--Vandana Shiva

"Every young person should read this book."--Richard Heinberg


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Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good By Chuck Collins, Morris Pearl (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Chuck Collins, Morris Pearl (Foreword by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781603586832
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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing Company - September 23rd, 2016

As heard on NPR's Fresh Air

"This empowering light into a brighter future is a narrative you won't want to miss." - Ralph Nader

"Collins not only talks the talk but walks the walk...this is a worthwhile book to read, digest, and share" - Publishers Weekly


The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables By Adam Alexander, Tim Lang (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Adam Alexander, Tim Lang (Foreword by)
$22.00
ISBN: 9781915294081
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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing UK - September 29th, 2022

Meet the Indiana Jones of vegetables and join him on his quest to save our heritage produce.

*Named BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme "Book of the Year"

*2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement

*Shortlisted for the Garden Media Guild's Garden Book of the Year Award 2023


Defending Beef: The Ecological and Nutritional Case for Meat, 2nd Edition By Nicolette Hahn Niman Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781645020141
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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing Company - July 20th, 2021

"Nicolette Hahn Niman sets out to debunk just about everything you think you know . . . She's not trying to change your mind; she's trying to save your world."--Los Angeles Times

"Elegant, strongly argued."--The Atlantic (named a "Best Food Book")


Silent Spring By Rachel Carson Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780618249060
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Published: Mariner Books Classics - February 1st, 2022

First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. “Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct . . .


A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food By Will Harris Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780593300473
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Published: Viking - October 10th, 2023

"If I could have one wish it is that every eater in America would read this book." —Ruth Reichl

From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate


Farming on the Wild Side: The Evolution of a Regenerative Organic Farm and Nursery By Nancy J. Hayden, John P. Hayden Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9781603588287
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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing Company - September 19th, 2019

One farm's decades-long journey into regenerative agriculture--and how these methods enhance biodiversity, pollinators, and soil health


The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial By David Lipsky Cover Image
$32.50
ISBN: 9780393866704
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - July 11th, 2023

A New York Times Editors' Choice • A New Yorker and Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023 • A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of 2023 • A USA Today Must-Read Summer Book • A Next Big Idea Must-Read Book • A Library Journal What To Read In 2023 Book