Sustainable Development Books

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The Age of Sustainable Development The Age of Sustainable Development (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 843 ratings — published 2015
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 15,278 ratings — published 2017
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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)
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avg rating 4.40 — 4,311 ratings — published 2017
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 13,913 ratings — published 2008
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,739 ratings — published
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 50,428 ratings — published 2021
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 6,691 ratings — published 2020
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 449,111 ratings — published 1997
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 11,209 ratings — published 2005
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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,948 ratings — published 1973
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The Limits to Growth The Limits to Growth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 847 ratings — published
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 3,092 ratings — published 2022
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Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 8,583 ratings — published 2020
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 12,440 ratings — published 2002
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 3,484 ratings — published 2021
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 16,193 ratings — published 2021
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 27,429 ratings — published 2014
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 21,247 ratings — published 2008
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 78,056 ratings — published 2014
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There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,823 ratings — published 2019
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 53,914 ratings — published 1962
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 1,922 ratings — published 2019
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 29,525 ratings — published 2019
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.21 — 42,108 ratings — published 2014
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 198,880 ratings — published 2018
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,055 ratings — published 2006
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The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,351 ratings — published 1993
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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,217 ratings — published 2013
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Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,008 ratings — published 2009
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Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 256 ratings — published 1996
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What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.20 — 414 ratings — published 2013
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 35,525 ratings — published 1949
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The World Without Us The World Without Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 43,086 ratings — published 2007
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.93 — 74,140 ratings — published 2004
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 11,742 ratings — published 1986
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 19,433 ratings — published 1961
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Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options (Initiative for Policy Dialogue) Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options (Initiative for Policy Dialogue)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2006
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Postcolonial Green: Environmental Politics and World Narratives (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Environmental Humanities) Postcolonial Green: Environmental Politics and World Narratives (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Environmental Humanities)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 2010
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Energy and the English Industrial Revolution Energy and the English Industrial Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.46 — 35 ratings — published 2010
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Le développement soutenable Le développement soutenable (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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The Time of the City (Interventions) The Time of the City (Interventions)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2010
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Une mer propre, mission impossible ?  70 clés pour comprendre les déchets en mer Une mer propre, mission impossible ? 70 clés pour comprendre les déchets en mer (Broché)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 2.50 — 2 ratings — published 2013
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An Introduction to Sustainable Development (Routledge Perspectives on Development) An Introduction to Sustainable Development (Routledge Perspectives on Development)
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avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 2002
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Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 362 ratings — published 2018
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The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths That Hinder Progress The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths That Hinder Progress (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.30 — 158 ratings — published 2020
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Philosophy and the City: Classic to Contemporary Writings Philosophy and the City: Classic to Contemporary Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published 2008
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Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business (The Conscientious Commerce Series) Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business (The Conscientious Commerce Series)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.89 — 89 ratings — published 1997
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p+sitive book p+sitive book (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2014
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Les forêts meurent aussi : Pluies acides et dépérissement forestier Les forêts meurent aussi : Pluies acides et dépérissement forestier (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published
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Quand les abeilles meurent, les jours de l'homme sont comptés Quand les abeilles meurent, les jours de l'homme sont comptés (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 1.50 — 2 ratings — published 2004
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