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Books about the environment, ecology, and the human activities with planetary impacts. Including interviews with authors reporting from the front lines of the climate crisis, recommended reading to better understand the issues and history that brought us here, and fiction that imagines our possible futures.

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John Vaillant sees more fire weather in the forecast

Michael spoke with writer John Vaillant, whose work examines our relationship to the natural world. His new book is Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast.

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Fiction that deals with the fact of climate change

Andrew F. Sullivan, author of Waste, All We Want is Everything, and The Marigold recommends works of fiction that deal with climate change.

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Making change close to home

Empowering Indigenous communities with carbon offsets and land stewardship through the Great Bear Forest Carbon Project.

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Britt Wray on bringing emotions to bear on climate science

Nathan spoke with researcher and science communicator Britt Wray about her work on climate anxiety—where the climate crisis and mental health intersect.

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Books for understanding the climate crisis now

Books for understanding the climate crisis now, including perspectives on climate justice and the neuroscience of climate anxiety (and its absence).

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Suzanne Simard on the language of trees and telling her own story

Dr. Suzanne Simard, author of Finding the Mother Tree, spoke with us about the astonishing science of how trees communicate with one another.

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Books for understanding climate change

We've collected some of the best recent eBooks and audiobooks that explain what climate change means for our future, and how we can fight against it.

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How one carbon offset program is changing lives

What does carbon neutrality mean for tree farmers in Kenya? We take a deep dive into how carbon offsets can transform communities.

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Jared Diamond on how nations learn lessons from crises... or not

Historian Jared Diamond spoke with us about his new book, and explained the difference between nations that find growth in crisis, and those that don't.

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