Member Recommended Books

Gardening is stewardship— when done by understanding the advantages of working with ecological systems and natural processes. This is a fundamental and exciting re-think of conventional landscaping practices.

A persuasive call to action— and a thorough explanation of the essential importance of native plants to our lives, our ecosystems, and the future of life on earth.

How to make an impact on climate change by taking actions that bring you joy. While most climate advice demands self-denial–eat less, travel less, want less–this groundbreaking book offers a counterintuitive truth: you can make your life better while saving our species at the same time.

A sustainable seafood bible, including a guide to environmentally friendly practices for buying and cooking food from oceans, lakes, and rivers, with over 145 recipes.

Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.

Adam Minter travels deep into a vast, often hidden, five-hundred-billion-dollar industry that’s transforming our economy and environment.

More than a critique, The Problem with Plastic emphasizes the urgent need for action against plastic’s toxic legacy. 

Here Comes the Sun tells the story of the sudden spike in power from the sun and wind—and the desperate fight of the fossil fuel industry and their politicians to hold this new power at bay.

Moody focuses on issues of critical importance: aging in place; health and age in a warming world; responsibility for the climate crisis; options for climate-conscious consumers; planning for investment for a green retirement; and opportunities for political action.

As a follow up to his widely acclaimed Sustainable Urbanism, this new book from author Douglas Farr embraces the idea that the humanitarian, population, and climate crises are three facets of one interrelated human existential challenge, one with impossibly short deadlines.

Read about the science behind the key inventions—from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles—that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. This author explains the current and projected consequences of global warming—from superstorms to rising sea levels—and the actions that we all can take to fight back.

In Net Zero the economist Professor Dieter Helm addresses the action we would all need to take, whether personal, local, national or global, if we really wanted to stop causing climate change.