In a world grappling with the escalating impacts of climate change, environmental degradation, and social inequality, Hannah Ritchie's Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet offers a hopeful yet realistic perspective on building a sustainable future. Ritchie's work is a compelling guide for individuals, policymakers, and organizations seeking actionable solutions to the urgent environmental challenges we face. With a balance of optimism and evidence-based research, this book presents a nuanced approach to sustainability, presenting a future where collaboration, innovation, and community effort drive meaningful change.

Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit is a profoundly moving meditation on our relationship with the natural world. With a blend of lyrical prose, ecological insight, and personal reflection, Haupt offers readers a vision of a life grounded — both literally and metaphorically — in the rhythms of the Earth.

James Rebanks’ The Place of Tides is an evocative journey into the rugged beauty of Norway’s coastal landscapes, interwoven with themes of solitude, renewal, and humanity’s deep relationship with nature.

Best known for his chronicles of life as a shepherd in the Lake District, Rebanks ventures further afield in this book, immersing himself in the rhythms of an island and its eider ducks. Yet, the heart of the book is unmistakably Rebanks: a thoughtful and deeply personal meditation on how the land shapes us and how we, in turn, shape it.

Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures is an engaging exploration of an often-overlooked kingdom that underpins the very fabric of life on Earth.

With a rare combination of scientific rigor and literary grace, Sheldrake unveils the fascinating roles fungi play in ecosystems, economies, and even human consciousness. This book is not just a study of fungi but an invitation to reconsider our understanding of life itself.

In The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance, Robin Wall Kimmerer offers a profoundly insightful exploration of how the principles of reciprocity and generosity — so deeply embedded in the natural world — can inspire a reimagining of our human economies.

Through her characteristic blend of scientific inquiry, indigenous wisdom, and lyrical storytelling, Kimmerer weaves together a vision of abundance that directly challenges the scarcity-driven narratives underpinning modern capitalism.

Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants has, since its publication in 2013, transcended the boundaries of traditional environmental literature to become a cornerstone in conversations about ecology, sustainability, and the human relationship with the natural world.

A blend of memoir, scientific insight, and Indigenous storytelling, the book offers profound lessons that ripple far beyond its pages, shaping both individual lives and collective movements.