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Favorite books with a climate change focus.

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Elizabeth Kolbert Reporting style coverage of events https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/elizabeth-kolbert
The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet Hal Harvey, Justin Gillis offering everyday citizens a guide to the seven essential changes our communities must enact to bring our greenhouse gas emissions down to zero — and sharing stories of people who are making those changes reality. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59366099-the-big-fix
It's Not Too Late Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua collection of essays about how to live with what’s happening now, what works in fighting climate change, and how to transform the climate narrative from tales of doom to stories about promise — https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2041-not-too-late
Natural Capitalism Amory Lovins, L Lovins, Paul Hawken 2000 Primer to incorporating environmentalism into the economy through business https://www.natcap.org/
Saving Us: A climate scientist's case for hope and healing in a divided world Katherine Hayoe How to talk climate with divergent groups https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Saving-Us/Katharine-Hayhoe/9781982143831
A Brighter Future: Illustrating Climate Change and Solutions https://store.bookbaby.com/book/a-brighter-future
All We Can Save https://www.allwecansave.earth/anthology
Big World, Small Planet: Abundance within Planetary Boundaries https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25785924-big-world-small-planet
Braiding Sweetgrass
Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow Goldstein & Qvist http://www.brightfuturebook.com/
Children's Health & the Peril of Climate Change
Climate Career Transition Field Guide
Climate of Hope
Climate Resistance Handbook Daniel Hunter https://www.activisthandbook.org/en/resources/climate-resistance-handbook
Climatenomics: Washington, Wall Street and the Economic Battle to Save Our Planet
Cradle to Cradle
Deep Economy
Drawdown Paul Hawken https://drawdown.org/the-book
Eat Like A Fish Bret Smith https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/547069/eat-like-a-fish-by-bren-smith/
Electrify https://www.rewiringamerica.org/electrify-the-book
Falter
Finance Policy for Renewable Energy and a Sustainable Environment Michael Curley
For The Love of Soil Nicole Masters
Freeing Energy Bill Nussey https://www.freeingenergy.com/about-the-book/
Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58678656-generation-dread
Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming
How bad are bananas: The Carbon Footprint of Everything
How to Avoid a Climate a Disaster Bill Gates https://www.amazon.com/How-Avoid-Climate-Disaster-Breakthroughs-ebook/dp/B07YRY461Y
How to Blow Up a Pipeline https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51686708-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5ZHTvjkviE&rank=1
Intersectional Environmentalist Leah Thomas https://www.greengirlleah.com/
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World Jason Hickel
Media and Climate Change Making Sense of Press Narratives https://www.amazon.com/Media-Climate-Change-Making-Narratives-ebook/dp/B09L5CBZQQ
Ministry for the Future https://www.amazon.com/Ministry-Future-Kim-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0316300136
Net Positive: Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take https://www.amazon.com/Net-Positive-Courageous-Companies-Thrive/dp/1647821304
The Jaguar and the Cacao Tree Birgitte Rasine Fiction. Two children from vastly disparate cultures are brought together in the forests of Guatemala in a fight for the survival of the world's most ancient foods, chocolate. An allegory of what can happen to our food if we don't protect the forests it grows in.


'Review: "The Jaguar and the Cacao Tree'' is a magical tale that weaves together history, science, ecology, adventure, friendship and rivalry into a compelling read that is hard to put down." ~ Craig Wiesner, Co-founder, Reach & Teach bookstore'

https://www.amazon.com/Jaguar-Cacao-Tree-Code-Harvests/dp/1938284925/
Speed And Scale John Doer Kleiner Perkins Action guide for transformational leaders and people to get to NET ZERO by 2050 https://speedandscale.com/
The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses Peter Brannen Paleoclimates. How bad they were, what caused them, and what we can learn from them. Realistic and engaging, its fascinating even for casual readers. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/32075449
Near To Far Dan Sturges A primer for mobility solutions, adventurous ideas, and the concept of changing our car quiver to a near car and a far car. Lots of photos and great ideas with real world installations https://www.amazon.com/Near-Far-equitable-sustainable-transportation/dp/B0C1J1RK3L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21J7WC0V0KB2I&keywords=dan+sturges&qid=1702937479&sprefix=dan+sturges%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1
How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner About the planning and execution of large, complex projects. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61327449