These core books, films and podcasts are among the many incredible resources that represent critical and inspired thinking towards a kinder future.  They are among my favorites!

Generosity Farm Giles Blunden
Callings Gregg Levoy 
Cradle to Cradle William McDonough BioMimicry Janine Benyus
EarthDance Elisabet Sahtouris
The Way of Conflict Deidre Combs
The Last Child in the Woods Richard Louv Replenishing the Earth Wangaari Matthai 
An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore
Crossing the Unknown Sea David Whyte
Nature and the Human Soul Bill Plotkin
Blessed Unrest Paul Hawken
The Hidden Forest Jon Luoma
What the Robin Knows  Jon Young
Like a Tree  Jean Shinoda Bolen
Twelve by Twelve  William Powers
Bringing Nature Home  Doug Tallamy
Countdown  Alan Weisman
Love 2.0  Barbara Fredrickson
The Tipping Point  Malcolm Gladwell
Coming Back to Life  Joanna Macy
Nature's Best Hope Doug Tallamy
Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth

Films

"Roots" (story of Wangari Maathai and Kenya)

"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" (women standing for peace rather than civil war in Liberia)

"The Power of Community" (Cuba after Soviet oil left.  Permaculture, sustainability and community.)

​Podcasts

"Scene on Radio" from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies: esp. Season 4- The Land That Never Has Been Yet

"How to Survive the End of the World- Learning from the Apocalypse with Grace, Rigor & Curiosity" from Autumn Brown & Adrienne Maree Brow

The Peoples' History of the United States  Howard Zinn
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Conscious Living, Conscious Aging Ron Pevny

​The Way of Council Jack Zimmerman, Virginia Coyle 

The Limits to Growth and Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System Donella Meadows 

The World Cafe  Juanita Brown & David Isaacs

Natural Capitalism Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins 

The Open Space of Democracy Terry Tempest Williams 

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Paul Hawken

Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities Diana Leafe Christian 

​Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City            Eric Toensmeier, Jonathan Bates

Together Resilient: Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption Ma'ikwe Ludwig
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants  Robin Wall Kimmerer