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Technological Slavery: Enhanced Edition (1)
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Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How
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Industrial Society and Its Future
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
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Aurora
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Too Smart for our Own Good: The Ecological Predicament of Humankind
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The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence
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Ishi Nobu (Goodreads Author)
4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet: Assessing and Adapting to Planetary Limits
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4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
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Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
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David Wallace-Wells (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 29,525 ratings
score: 94,
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Hot Earth Dreams: What if severe climate change happens, and humans survive?
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3.82 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
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4.16 avg rating — 27,429 ratings
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Deep Adaptation
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4.08 avg rating — 163 ratings
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The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
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4.15 avg rating — 4,765 ratings
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Beyond Climate Grief: A journey of love, snow, fire and an enchanted beer can
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Jonica Newby (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 93 ratings
score: 88,
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Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
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Peter Kalmus (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 478 ratings
score: 87,
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How Everything Can Collapse: A Manual for our Times
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Dark Age America: Climate Change, Cultural Collapse, and the Hard Future Ahead
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4.20 avg rating — 329 ratings
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Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse
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3.69 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Another End of the World is Possible: Living the Collapse (and Not Merely Surviving It)
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3.75 avg rating — 253 ratings
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A Green History of the World: The Environment & the Collapse of Great Civilizations
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3.94 avg rating — 784 ratings
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How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference
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3.89 avg rating — 361 ratings
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