Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
10 best books like Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (William McDonough): Silent Spring, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, Natural Capitalism, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming, The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Health—and a Vision for Change, Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste, The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
| Author | Rachel Carson |
| ISBN | 0618249060 |
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land,...
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
| Author | Naomi Klein |
| ISBN | 1451697384 |
Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon – it's about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something radically better.
In her most provocative book yet, Naomi Klein, author of...
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
| Author | Paul Hawken |
| ISBN | 0143130447 |
- New York Times bestseller -
The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world
"At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution...
| Author | Bill McKibben |
| ISBN | 0805076263 |
The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our livesIn this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy.
For the...
| Author | Bill McKibben |
| ISBN | 0805090568 |
Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. We've created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth.
That new planet is filled with new binds...
| Author | Paul Hawken |
| ISBN | 0316353000 |
I chose this book for my reading list this quarter because it is one of the most widely discussed books on the transition from our current unsustainable economic system to a more sustainable system. Natural Capitalism is listed amongst the books on Evergreen’s sustainability webpage, so I thought...
| Author | Paul Hawken |
| ISBN | 0670038520 |
One of the world’s most influential environmentalists reveals a worldwide grassroots movement of hope and humanity
Blessed Unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist and author, has spent more than a...
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Health—and a Vision for Change
We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world's population, we're consuming 30 percent of the world's resources and creating 30 percent of the world's waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet...
Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
| Author | Bea Johnson |
| ISBN | 1451697686 |
Part inspirational story of Bea Johnson (the “Priestess of Waste-Free Living”) and how she transformed her family’s life for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing one liter per year; part practical, step-by-step guide that gives readers tools and tips to diminish their footprint...
| Author | James Howard Kunstler |
| ISBN | 0802142494 |
Kunstler is like that super-intelligent, yet vitriolic friend whose opinions you totally jibe with but find yourself apologizing to others after he's totally ripped them a new one at the cocktail party you hosted last saturday night.
Yeah, he's kind of bitter. But then again, he's so right....
The Responsible Company: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years
| Author | Yvon Chouinard |
| ISBN | 0980122783 |
The Responsible Company , by Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of Patagonia, and Vincent Stanley, co-editor of its Footprint Chronicles, draw on the their 40 years' experience at Patagonia – and knowledge of current efforts by other companies – to articulate the elements of responsible business...
