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The Path to Sustainability: An Earth Day list - from Multcolib Alison

Many feel helpless in the face of a changing climate, but there is real, individual and collective action we can take. This list presents viewpoints from a wide range of cultures and people addressing our shared future on planet Earth.

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70 items

  • Hope Dies Last

    Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future

    Weisman, Alan,
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025] — 304.28 W428h 2025
  • The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue

    a Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street

    Tidwell, Mike,
    Book, 2025New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025. — 975.284 T558L 2025
  • The Value of a Whale

    on the Illusions of Green Capitalism

    Buller, Adrienne,
    Book, 2022Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022. — 338.927 B936v 2022
  • The Urban Naturalist

    How to Make the City Your Scientific Playground

    Schilthuizen, Menno,
    Book, 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2025] — 508 S3349u 2025
  • World Without End

    An Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis

    Jancovici, Jean-Marc,
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : Zando, [2025] — GN 363.7 JANCOVICI 2025
  • Apocalypse

    How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures

    Wade, Lizzie,
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — 577.27 W1199a 2025
  • Slow Down

    the Degrowth Manifesto

    Saitō, Kōhei, 1987-
    Book, 2024New York : Astra House, [2024] — 335.412 S1581s 2024
  • The Serviceberry

    Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

    Kimmerer, Robin Wall, 1953-
    Book, 2024New York : Scribner, 2024. — 581.6097 K499s 2024
  • Climate Resilience

    How We Keep Each Other Safe, Care for Our Communities, and Fight Back Against Climate Change : in Conversation With 39 Women, Nonbinary, and Gender-expansive Climate Leaders

    Flanagan, Kylie,
    Book, 2023Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2023] — 363.73874 F583c 2023
  • The 15-minute City

    a Solution to Saving Our Time & Our Planet

    Moreno, Carlos, 1959-
    Book, 2024Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024] — 338.927 M8432f 2024
  • Foodtopia

    Communities in Pursuit of Peace, Love & Homegrown Food

    Kelley, Margot Anne,
    Book, 2022Boston : Godine, 2022. — 334.683 K2944f 2022
  • Healing Grounds

    Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming

    Carlisle, Liz
    Unknown, 2022Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2022. — Electronic Book
  • Do Just One Thing

    365 Ideas for a Better You, Life, and Planet

    Seo, Danny,
    Book, 2024New York : Countryman Press, [2024] — 361.2 S4789d 2024
  • Gaia's Web

    How Digital Environmentalism Can Combat Climate Change, Restore Biodiversity, Cultivate Empathy, and Regenerate the Earth

    Bakker, Karen J.,
    Book, 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024] — 363.706 B1689g 2024
  • Our House Is on Fire

    Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis

    Thunberg, Greta, 2003-
    Book, 2020[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020] — 363.73874 T535o 2020
  • On Fire

    the (burning) Case for a Green New Deal

    Klein, Naomi, 1970-
    Book, 2019New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019] — 363.70561 K644o 2019