Environmentalism Books


Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale PermacultureGaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Best Price: $15.62
This was recommended by someone when I started asking questions about permaculture. I am glad he...
The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a TimeThe Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
Best Price: $6.82
Great book for understanding environmental issues and how to address them in a daily...
Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your HomeEasy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home
Best Price: $12.79
EASY GREEN LIVING arrived before expected and brand new as promised. I loved it, it was a real...
Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone MadGetting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad
Best Price: $7.94
It feels like now is the time in history for the People to stand up and shake off the fear and...
Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)
Best Price: $14.48
I got a lot from this book. Its entertaining and well written, but also presents a refreshing...


It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly LivingIt's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living
Best Price: $4.30
This book is a very interesting little handbook that lists various things that you can do to...
A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming PoliciesA Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies
Best Price: $14.00
The author accepts global warming as a given and a very serious problem. He considers what we...
Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of PossibilityBreak Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility
Best Price: $4.95
As opposed to myopic, one-dimentional rants about climate change, its causes and purtianical...
Green Guide: The Complete Reference for Consuming WiselyGreen Guide: The Complete Reference for Consuming Wisely
Best Price: $12.37
I agree that this book provides almost everything one would need - from the beginner to the...
Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living RoofsBuilding Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs
Best Price: $14.98
My daughter and I purchased this wonderfully complete volume for a granddaughter who with her...


Wake Up and Smell the Planet: The Non-Pompous, Non-Preachy Grist Guide to Greening Your DayWake Up and Smell the Planet: The Non-Pompous, Non-Preachy Grist Guide to Greening Your Day
Best Price: $8.75
Well written, concise and precise in our fast moving world , of twoo much inofration.
The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green LivingThe Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living
Best Price: $4.99
One of the few environment frienldy-go green books that I am actually hanging onto. Great...
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It ComingBlessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
Best Price: $5.63
I heard about Paul Hawken few weeks ago and I decided to buy his book. I just feel that I learnt...
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st CenturyWorldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
Best Price: $16.00
A nonsensical belief that we can solve the environmental crisis by avoiding self change. Never...
The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned ScientistsThe Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists
Best Price: $3.95
The goals of this book are admirable, but the authors (on behalf of the Union of Concerned...

365 Ways to Live Green: Your Everyday Guide to Saving the Environment365 Ways to Live Green: Your Everyday Guide to Saving the Environment
Best Price: $3.79
365 Ways to Live Green will educate, inspire, and motivate you to do your part. With...
Gaia: A New Look at Life on EarthGaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
Best Price: $6.45
I read this book sometime ago and is impacted me significantly as it has with many others. I...
Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our WorldComing Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World
Best Price: $10.36
This is a great book written by a wise elder. While my sentiments are in agreement with the...
Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-CleansingClean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing
Best Price: $0.91
If you care about the environment and/or your health (or your family's health) you'll find the...
The Philosophy of Sustainable DesignThe Philosophy of Sustainable Design
Best Price: $29.95
I came late to bioneering, after I was inspired by Herman Daly's Ecological Economics:...

Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable FutureDeep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Best Price: $8.08
Many books have come along in the last several years that try to explain why MORE is not making...
Loving and Leaving the Good LifeLoving and Leaving the Good Life
Best Price: $6.95
For the reader who is interested in principled people who made a series of transitions out of...
A Contract with the EarthA Contract with the Earth
Best Price: $4.48
A lot of rehash of old ideas and trite science. I was disappointed, especially since i have...
The Better World Handbook: Small Changes That Make A Big DifferenceThe Better World Handbook: Small Changes That Make A Big Difference
Best Price: $11.25
This is an incredible book for anyone interested in finding ways to better his/her life and the...
Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the MindEcopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind
Best Price: $6.00
Traditional psychology posits a strict distinction between me, in here, and everything else, out...

Living Energies: An Exposition of Concepts Related to the Theories of Viktor SchaubergerLiving Energies: An Exposition of Concepts Related to the Theories of Viktor Schauberger
Best Price: $24.44
This is one of my all time favorite books--even though much of it I had to read and re-read...
Environmentalism: A Global History (Longman World History Series)Environmentalism: A Global History (Longman World History Series)
Best Price: $23.55
Guha's book is a short, but very well written book about the history of the Environmentalism...
The Empty OceanThe Empty Ocean
Best Price: $15.64
This is a truly frightening book. Most people are really unaware of what's going on today out...
Simple Food for the Good LifeSimple Food for the Good Life
Best Price: $17.03
I own about 50 cookbooks, but since buying "Simple Food for the Good Life" I am...
The Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of EcopsychologyThe Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of Ecopsychology
Best Price: $11.45
This book makes it crystal clear that as a society we are functioning beyond the bounds of...

Affluenza: The All-Consuming EpidemicAffluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
Best Price: $5.74
Odds are you're infected with affluenza but, don't worry, there is a cure. You'll just need to...
The Dream of the EarthThe Dream of the Earth
Best Price: $12.71
The change in consciousness that is needed for the human race to achieve the nobility and wisdom...
Making Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth- and Animal-Friendly LivingMaking Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth- and Animal-Friendly Living
Best Price: $5.94
All around a very informative and well-written book. Great for anyone that would like to see...
The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial AgeThe Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
Best Price: $12.89
Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices,...
Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth (New Catalyst Bioregional Series) (Paperback)Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth (New Catalyst Bioregional Series) (Paperback)
Best Price: $7.50
This wonderful little book presents an excellent tool for evaluating human impact on our planet....

The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of HierarchyThe Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy
Best Price: $14.81
Combining radical political theory with anthropology and nature studies, "The Ecology of...
The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the ExperienceThe Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience
Best Price: $6.25
this is a historic epistle written by the nobel prize laureate of Kenya regarding her all round...
The Only Kayak: A Journey into the Heart of AlaskaThe Only Kayak: A Journey into the Heart of Alaska
Best Price: $6.72
Kim Heacox freely gives readers what he knows of and loves about Glacier Bay, one of the most...
Environmental Ethics: An Introduction to Environmental PhilosophyEnvironmental Ethics: An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy
Best Price: $62.40
I purchased this book for an environmental ethics class, and found it to be very interesting! ...
The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: America's Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern EnvironmentalismThe Battle over Hetch Hetchy: America's Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism
Best Price: $13.09
Note/question: Are a certain breed of modern environmentalists giving my review...

Good News for a Change: How Everyday People are Helping the PlanetGood News for a Change: How Everyday People are Helping the Planet
Best Price: $3.85
This book will give you hope. It also will uncover the devastation on our planet, BUT with...
Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism (CultureAmerica)Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism (CultureAmerica)
Best Price: $19.84
Living in London in the early eighties I used to frequent a sort of leftie/anarchist bookshop...
Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate PowerSoil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power
Best Price: $10.44
I am getting a PhD in 'Religion and Nature,' and McIntosh's book is one of the 5 best books that...
Green Urbanism: Learning From European CitiesGreen Urbanism: Learning From European Cities
Best Price: $39.20
Timothy Beateley did an excellent job describing European cities and their sustainability...
Nature and Other WritingsNature and Other Writings
Best Price: $7.79
This was a good introduction to emerson. It's a small book, and far from a complete collection...

The Findhorn Book of Connecting with Nature (The Findhorn Book Of series)The Findhorn Book of Connecting with Nature (The Findhorn Book Of series)
Best Price: $5.36
The Findhorn Book of CONNECTING WITH NATURE explores an entertaining range of topics designed to...
Environment: An Interdisciplinary AnthologyEnvironment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology
Best Price: $34.64
One of the difficulties of the field we call "environmental studies" is that seemingly...
Capitalism as if the World MattersCapitalism as if the World Matters
Best Price: $15.00
Activist Jonathon Porritt offers the startling proposal that capitalism may provide the best...
Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really WorksEnvironmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works
Best Price: $39.36
Featuring sixty-two accessible selections--from classic articles to examples of cutting-edge...
Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle (The Lamar Series in Western History)Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle (The Lamar Series in Western History)
Best Price: $15.00
If you are interested in both history and the environment, and a new, rigorous and thoughtful...

Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable DesignWomen in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design
Best Price: $24.94
I purchased this book as a gift for my granddaughter who will soon be licensed as an architect. ...
Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's WorldBelieving Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World
Best Price: $1.94
A brilliant, sensitive, amusing, personal and deeply profound look at the current attitude...
The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?, Second EditionThe Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?, Second Edition
Best Price: $19.24
As a socialist with relatively unfocused environmental concerns, I had long looked forward to...
The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics (History of American Thought and Culture)The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics (History of American Thought and Culture)
Best Price: $11.50
The Rights of Nature is primarily written as an intellectual history of the progression of...
Environmental Justice and Environmentalism: The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement (Urban and Industrial Environments)Environmental Justice and Environmentalism: The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement (Urban and Industrial Environments)
Best Price: $17.65
Although the environmental movement and the environmental justice movement would seem to be...

Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon CrisisSalmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis
Best Price: $22.35
This is a must read book for anyone interested in salmon, rivers and the ecology and history of...
Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the EarthIgniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth
Best Price: $13.10
I was impressed with the chapter by Charlotte Laws on Jainism. I have spent years searching for...
The Environment in Anthropology: A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable LivingThe Environment in Anthropology: A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living
Best Price: $25.20
?[A] solid demonstration of the contributions of anthropology to understanding and developing...
The Environmental Case: Translating Values into PolicyThe Environmental Case: Translating Values into Policy
Best Price: $34.36
The Environmental Case gives readers a unique, first-hand feel for some of the most...
 
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