This essential guide helps readers grasp what is happening to the world’s seas and oceans before it leads to real harm, while offering practical solutions to safeguard them. The title hints at a sea of human age under threat from our everyday choices. At the same time, every action we take reverberates back to us. The book explains the problems facing the oceans, their root causes, and the steps needed to address them in an engaging, accessible style grounded in real stories and scientific research. It suggests that the mistakes of today can be corrected if action starts now.
against sustainability
In today’s world, almost everything carries a sustainability label, even activities and companies causing clear damage to the planet. The author argues that sustainability has become a broken compass, pulling us away from true progress with empty promises. To build a better future, the book contends, it is necessary to dismantle the current economic, environmental, and social scaffolding upon which modern growth rests. The blinding glare of hollow promises blocks the truth from being seen.
To reduce
A simple, overlooked fact stands out: a planet with finite resources cannot support infinite growth. With this in mind, the book invites readers to save what has been taken, downsize sprawling infrastructures, restore damaged habitats, and embrace voluntary simplicity. Without renouncing core beliefs, the author advocates a thoughtful economic contraction to live better, supporting these arguments with numbers, reasons, and solid data.
intelligence
Humans share the planet with many animals, yet often mistreat them. Rather than adopting extreme views, the book highlights the life of a single animal—the pig—to illustrate a broader point. It presents pigs as intelligent and highly social creatures, fond of play and family, with strong memory, navigation skills, and keen drive to obtain what they want. In many ways, pigs demonstrate similarities to humans that challenge common stereotypes.
hope book
The great primate expert serves as a mentor to the next generation of environmental activists. Drawing on decades of defending nature, she teaches how to summon resilience in the face of climate disruption and explains why there remains cause for hope. Alongside co-author Douglas Abrams, they share concrete stories and practical steps to foster hope in individuals and communities, even amid mounting planetary challenges.
weather book
This volume brings together scientists, researchers, activists, and writers such as Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, David Wallace-Wells, and Naomi Klein to deliver rigorous, up-to-date insights on the climate emergency. It spells out the remaining solutions, explains how the climate system works, describes ongoing changes to the planet, and outlines what people can do. Critics have called it a Climate Bible for its breadth and authority.
Spain is not for rivers
With a provocative title, the book examines the status of about 40 of Spain’s roughly 30,000 rivers. It highlights the threats these waters face—the construction of reservoirs that block flow and renewal, invasive species, industrial pollution, energy projects, and over-irrigation. All of these pressures are eroding river systems, and in the face of climate change, the suggested remedies often circle back to more damming and greater water compression.
behavior of birds
Jennifer Ackermann’s earlier work on avian intelligence is expanded in this volume, which reveals a much richer tapestry of bird life. Rather than a single mode of existence, birds display remarkable behavioral diversity even within a single species. By focusing on daily activities, the author highlights mental agility and flexible behavior, offering readers a closer look at these winged creatures that are near at hand yet frequently misunderstood.
wounded earth
Dating back to 1975, Miguel Delibes expressed deep concern for environmental destruction in his Royal Academy address. Wounded Earth, his final collaboration with his son, Miguel Delibes de Castro, centers on the planet’s future. The dialogue underscores looming signs such as climate change, desertification, species loss, and greenhouse effects that have only worsened over time.
quiet spring
As a foundational environmental work, this title surveys pollution from chemicals and its long-standing impact. Published in 1962, it was pivotal in revealing the dangers of widespread pesticide use, contributing to landmark actions in U.S. policy and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Rachel Carson’s writing remains a touchstone in the environmental movement, underscoring the power of timely, informed advocacy.
revival
This book centers on agriculture and the pressures of feeding a growing population. It describes how forests are cleared, wildlife is harmed, and rivers and oceans suffer to sustain eaters. Yet it also offers a different path, rooted in soil ecology breakthroughs that show how more food can be produced with less farming. It highlights systems that have succeeded in reshaping food production to protect the planet while feeding people.
we are the thinking water
Water remains essential, yet drought, pollution, waste, and climate disruption threaten this vital resource. The author traces water’s roles in biology and geography, urging readers to sharpen sensitivity to the first essential element of life. Water’s many benefits remind us why it must be safeguarded, and the message lands with the reminder that the brain itself is mostly water, a metaphor for interconnected dependence.
A life on our planet
The renowned researcher and conservationist, at 94, reflects on nature’s meaning and the decline it has suffered. The narrative chronicles how humanity has altered wilderness and biodiversity, stressing that the tragedy of the present unfolds gradually around us. It calls for determined action now, insisting that a collective will can restore the world we depend on.
last month
On Bear Island, a young girl and her father witness a distant, shifting figure on the horizon. The story blends adventure with reflection on ecological crisis, making it an engaging entry point for younger readers who are just beginning to grasp the scale of environmental change.
we are change
With striking illustrations and clear infographics, this large-format work demonstrates concrete steps people can take for the planet. It centers on young activists who are driving real change and shows readers aged 12 and up that small, accessible actions can add up to meaningful impact.
We are the last generation that can save the planet
Five young voices join forces to defend the environment, united in the belief that the current climate emergency demands urgent action. They challenge readers to recognize their responsibility to safeguard the future and emphasize the urgency of youth-led leadership in changing the trajectory of climate risks.
Everything good is free and wild
This collection weaves together essays on beauty, friendship, imagination, fashion, diet, freedom, rebellion, music, nature, and the rhythms of life. It serves as an antidote to a toxic society, inviting readers to rediscover wonder and resilience through everyday experiences with nature, people, and ideas.
A bag of potato chips in Polynesia
A novel that blends fantasy with reality to illuminate climate change. Shiya lives on the small Polynesian island of Takuu, where rising seas threaten the community. A mysterious bag of chips washed ashore leads Shiya and a loyal red-winged bird on a quest to uncover the origin of the bag and, in doing so, confront the forces shaping their world.