For the Winter of 2023

Written By

GlobalOwls

Top Sustainability Books 

1.  Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things By Michael Braungart

Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, William McDonough and Michael Braungart make an exciting and viable case for change.

2.  Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies

3.  Drawdown by  Paul Hawken

The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world

4.  Our Next Evolution by Laura Calandrella

Our Next Evolution delivers a framework for 21st century collaboration through four interlinked leadership practices: Cultivating Presence, Creating Space, Leveraging Diversity, and Sustaining Dialogue.

5.  The Story of More by  Hope Jahren

Hope takes us through the science behind the key inventions—from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles—that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before.

6.  This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by  Naomi Klein

A brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.

7.  Wisdom for a Livable Planet by  Carl N. McDaniel

The author profiles the work of eight visionaries who have dedicated their lives to various environmental issues. Each story provides a portrait of an individual's valiant and inspiring campaign to improve the conditions for life on our planet.

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