Book Category: Sustainability and Solutions

In "Not the End of the World", data scientist Hannah Ritchie presents an optimistic perspective on environmental challenges, showing that significant progress is already being made toward sustainability. Contrary to the usual doomsday predictions, Ritchie uses data and practical advice to help readers understand what actions truly impact the planet,...

Dive into the world of drinking water from historical struggles to current ecological and social crises caused by the commodification of water. “Unbottled examines the vibrant movements that have emerged to question the need for bottled water and challenge its growth in North America and worldwide.”

Lists 100 “actions” people can take, under such categories as Energy, Travel and Work, Food and Farming, Shopping and Consumer Choices, Actions around the Home and more.

Can the U.S. reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and avoid the biggest impacts of climate change? Experts say it can be done. Here’s the technology that could get us there.

Although it never plumbs the depths of worthy of a full understanding of the climate challenge, this book is well worth reading, and will elevate public awareness as fully as its own position on the Times best-seller list. Hopeful, coolly nerdy, and useful.

This large-format, 300+ page paperback makes an excellent, encyclopedic contribution to the latest information, including a comprehensive discussion of the causes and consequences of climate change. With illustrated articles on 50 Impacts and 59 Solutions, it makes a superb addition to the library of anyone who is serious about communicating...

This remarkable collection brings over sixty scientists, poets, philosophers, artists and writers—all female—together in a chorus of inspiring calls for addressing climate change. Includes Janine Benyus, Mary Oliver, Katharine Hayhoe, Naomi Klein and more.

The sub-title has it right. If you want a comprehensive selection of countless ways we can address climate change, this is it; includes food, energy, buildings, land use, transporta­tion, and more. Loaded with concrete ideas. Google it to find an array of supportive links.

You don’t have to be a Catholic to love this book! Francis goes for broke, giving us the most comprehensive integration of climate science, Christian ethics, and broad social invocation that you will find anywhere. If you want to go big on climate, this is it.