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Environment
The Carbon Almanac: What Seth Godin and 300 Contributors Made — and Why It Matters

Not a typical book — this is a reference work and a collaborative act. Seth Godin assembled 300+ contributors to create a fact-based, solutions-focused almanac on climate. Here's how to use it.

Nature Writing
Nature Writing for People Who Don't Think They Like Nature Writing

Most people bounce off the genre because they expect dry field guides or purple prose about sunsets. These 5 books don't feel like nature writing — until they do.

Reading Lists
The Simple Living Reading Order: Where to Start, Where to Go Deep

There are 20+ simple living books on the site. They contradict each other in interesting ways. Here's how to navigate them without wasting time on the wrong ones first.

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Zero Waste
Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale
Adam Minter

What happens to your donated clothes, appliances, and furniture? Minter follows the global secondhand trade from American donation bins to markets in Ghana, Japan, and Mexico.

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Zero Waste
The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows
Ken Webster

The definitive intellectual framework for the circular economy — rigorous, readable, and more radical than the corporate sustainability language it is often wrapped in.

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Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
Adam Minter

A journalist who grew up in the scrap trade takes you inside the global recycling industry — and forces a reckoning with what 'recycling' actually means.

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Zero Waste
The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance
William McDonough and Michael Braungart

The sequel to Cradle to Cradle — moving from the theory of circular design to its practical implementation, and arguing that sustainability is not the ceiling but the floor.

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Zero Waste
Repair Revolution: How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture
John Wackman and Elizabeth Knight

A celebration of the repair movement — the community repair cafés, right-to-repair advocates, and skilled fixers building an alternative to throwaway culture.

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The Sustainability Secret
Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn

The book companion to Cowspiracy — making the case that animal agriculture is the leading driver of environmental destruction.

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Less Stuff: Simple Zero-Clutter Zones to Change Your Life
Clare Mackintosh

A gentle, room-by-room guide to decluttering and simplifying — less intense than KonMari, more practical than most minimalism manifestos.

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Zero Waste
Sustainably Vegan
Imogen Allen

A guide to low-waste vegan living that tackles the inconvenient truth: vegan doesn't automatically mean sustainable.

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A Zero Waste Life: In Thirty Days
Anita Vandyke

Vandyke's follow-up goes deeper — applying zero-waste thinking not just to physical consumption but to time, energy, and digital life.