Ecology Books
The Democracy of Species
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.
In The Democracy of Species Robin Wall Kimmerer guides us towards a more reciprocal, grateful and joyful... (more)
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you're standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike,... (more)
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
See the world. Then make it better. I am David Attenborough. At time of writing, I am 93 years old. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man,... (more)
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Harvard's acclaimed geologist charts Earth's history in accessible style (AP) A sublime chronicle of our planet. -Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds... (more)
Wild Earth, Wild Soul: A Manual for an Ecstatic Culture
Humankind has the capacity and know-how to create Earth-honoring cultures in a new way for new times. Through tapping into ancestral memories, taking what's best from the human potential movement,... (more)
Rewilding: The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery
Rewilding is the first popular book on the ground-breaking science behind the restoration of wild nature.
As ecologists Paul Jepson and Cain Blythe show, rewilding is a new and progressive... (more)
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate
Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings?
In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben makes the case that the forest is a... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Ecology: The Unconscious and the Environment
This book presents the psychoanalyst with the question of how our enormously modified environmental conditions determine our subjective mental changes and vice versa. The gravity of the environmental... (more)
Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet
Five stunningly large forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska's Bering... (more)
The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District
Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and... (more)
The Environmentalist Dilemma: Promise and Peril in an Age of Climate Crisis
In The Environmentalist's Dilemma, award-winning journalist Arno Kopecky zeroes in on the core predicament of our times: the planet may be dying, but humanity's doing better than ever. To acknowledge... (more)
Nature and Selected Essays
Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own... (more)
What I Stand for Is What I Stand On
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.
From the ravages of the global economy to the great pleasures of growing a garden, Wendell Berry's powerful... (more)
Think Like a Mountain
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.
In this lyrical meditation on America's wildlands, Aldo Leopold considers the different ways humans shape... (more)
There is No Point of No Return
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.
Emphasizing joy in the world, human cooperation and the value of all living things, this selection of Arne... (more)
Man's War Against Nature
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.
With the precision of a scientist and the simplicity of a fable, Rachel Carson reveals how man-made... (more)
The Last Tree on Easter Island
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.
This is Jared Diamond's haunting account of visiting the mysterious stone statues of Easter Island, showing... (more)
The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.
In The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah, the celebrated pioneer of the 'do-nothing' farming method reflects on... (more)
All Art is Ecological
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.
Provocative and playful, All Art is Ecological explores the strangeness of living in an age of mass... (more)
Ecological Integrity, Law and Governance
This book celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Global Ecological Integrity Group (GEIG), which includes more than 250 scholars and independent researchers worldwide, from diverse disciplines,... (more)
Ecology and Environmental Ethics: Green Wood in the Bundle of Sticks
Originally published in 2004. Examining the successes and failures of three decades of environmental law, this absorbing book reconsiders some of the policies devised to remedy centuries of abuse of... (more)
Psychoanalytic Ecology: The Talking Cure for Environmental Illness and Health
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental psychology, psychoanalysis and the environmental humanities. (more)
Introduction to Systems Ecology
Possibly the first textbook to present a practically applicable ecosystems theory, Introduction to Systems Ecology helps readers understand how ecosystems work and how they react to disturbances. (more)
Positive Ecology: Sustainability and the 'Good Life'
While newspapers and other popular media tend to focus on the negative aspects of environmental change, this volume examines the alternative notion of 'positive ecology'. (more)
Routledge Handbook of Sustainability Indicators
This handbook provides researchers and students with an overview of the field of sustainability indicators (SIs) as applied in the interdisciplinary field of sustainable development. (more)
Nature and Culture: Rebuilding Lost Connections
This book goes beyond divisive definitions and investigates the bridges linking biological and cultural diversity. (more)
Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services
It is shown how these are essential to resolving challenges such as sustainable development and poverty reduction, and the creation of a green economy in developing and developed world contexts. (more)
Peatlands: Ecology, Conservation and Heritage
Interest in peatlands is currently high due to the degradation of global peatlands which is disrupting hydrology and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. (more)
Ecological Exile: Spatial Injustice and Environmental Humanities
This interdisciplinary book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals studying literary, film, and media texts that draw on environment and sustainability, cultural geography, energy... (more)
Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development
'The scope and clarity of this book make it accessible and informative to a wide readership. (more)