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
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 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer |