RePlanet extended reading list Public
Created by Emil
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Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
4 stars
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier …
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The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams
5 stars
Looking at the headlines--a global pandemic, the worsening climate crisis, political upheaval--it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet …
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Earth in human hands by David Harry Grinspoon
5 stars
"A NASA astrobiologist outlines optimistic messages about humanity's future in the face of climate change, explaining how the human role …
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Apocalypse Never by Michael Shellenberger
3 stars
Climate change is real, but it’s not the end of the world. It is not even our most serious environmental …
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The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow
4 stars
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. …
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Mission-Oriented Finance for Innovation by Mariana Mazzucato, Caetano C. R. Penna
The role of the state in modern capitalism has gone beyond fixing market failures. Those regions and countries that have …
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Our Final Warning by Mark Lynas
5 stars
This book must not be ignored. It really is our final warning. Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the …
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Ending Hunger by Anthony Warner
5 stars
Is worldwide famine just around the corner? And do I really have to go vegan?
‘A provocative vision.’ Sunday Times …
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The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
4 stars
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national …
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Merchants of doubt by Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
"Merchants of Doubt should finally put to rest the question of whether the science of climate change is settled. It …
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Value of a Whale by Adrienne Buller
5 stars
Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Parties …
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Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot
5 stars
In Feral, George Monbiot, one of the world's most celebrated radical thinkers, and the author of Captive State, Heat, The …
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The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
4 stars
Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the …
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A Bright Future by Joshua S. Goldstein, Staffan A. Qvist
5 stars
The first book to offer a proven, fast, inexpensive, and practical way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic …
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The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
4 stars
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and …
