Environmentalist Books

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Freedom Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.79 — 174,591 ratings — published 2010
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.51 — 167,584 ratings — published 2013
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.06 — 54,330 ratings — published 1962
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.31 — 35,848 ratings — published 1949
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.11 — 192,735 ratings — published 2018
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Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2) Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.15 — 36,200 ratings — published 2002
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Desert Solitaire Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.18 — 53,980 ratings — published 1968
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.09 — 12,473 ratings — published 2002
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As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,271 ratings — published 2019
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.99 — 29,659 ratings — published 2019
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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,456 ratings — published 2018
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.07 — 87,710 ratings — published 2015
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.15 — 78,606 ratings — published 2014
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Endling Endling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,315 ratings — published 2025
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.30 — 46,657 ratings — published 2024
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Birnam Wood Birnam Wood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.80 — 52,631 ratings — published 2023
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Hoot Hoot (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.84 — 110,279 ratings — published 2002
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,730 ratings — published 2020
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,334 ratings — published 2017
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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.10 — 13,013 ratings — published 2021
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We Are Water Protectors We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.49 — 8,785 ratings — published 2020
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.01 — 34,681 ratings — published 2018
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.85 — 27,625 ratings — published 2019
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,561,363 ratings — published 2018
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.08 — 28,986 ratings — published 1975
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Plastic: A Toxic Love Story Plastic: A Toxic Love Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,605 ratings — published 2011
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All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,441 ratings — published 2015
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Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,612 ratings — published 2012
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Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,023 ratings — published 2017
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes The Death and Life of the Great Lakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.34 — 11,313 ratings — published 2017
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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,908 ratings — published 2016
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,558 ratings — published 1974
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The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,421 ratings — published 2014
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I Want to Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth I Want to Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.63 — 233 ratings — published 2009
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Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,090 ratings — published 2011
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.07 — 442,083 ratings — published 1998
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,823 ratings — published 1986
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On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.91 — 936 ratings — published 2012
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Flight Behavior Flight Behavior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.82 — 101,527 ratings — published 2012
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Prodigal Summer Prodigal Summer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.05 — 126,775 ratings — published 2000
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Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.89 — 581 ratings — published 2009
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Walden or, Life in the Woods Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.77 — 203,031 ratings — published 1854
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,978 ratings — published 2006
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.05 — 112,882 ratings — published 2007
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The Sea Around Us The Sea Around Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,979 ratings — published
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What We Can Know What We Can Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.95 — 7,635 ratings — published 2025
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Red Desert: History of a Place Red Desert: History of a Place (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.79 — 19 ratings — published 2008
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Bog Queen Bog Queen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,337 ratings — published 2025
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The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey (On Location Book 1) The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey (On Location Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as environmentalist)
avg rating 4.16 — 128 ratings — published
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Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935 Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as environmentalist)
avg rating 3.50 — 6 ratings — published 2002
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“In 1991, 56.2% of all clothes purchased in the United States were American-made. By 2012, it was down to 2.5%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 1990 and 2012, the U.S. textile and garment industry lost 1.2 million jobs. That was more than 3/4s the sectors labor force, said it to Latin America and Asia. Once-vibrant industrial centers down the Eastern Seaboard and across the South faded into ghost towns, as factories sat empty and those who were laid off went on unemployment. In the United Kingdom in the 1980s, one million worked in the UK textile industry; now, only 100,000 do. The same went down across most of Western Europe. All of heroin textile jobs globally nearly doubled, from 34.2 million to 57.8 million.”
Dana Thomas, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

“Just because I disagree with you does not mean that I hate you. We need to relearn that in our society.”
Morgan Freeman

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