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Green Reads: Suggested Reading

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Suggested Reading for Adults

 

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

 Walden by Henry David Thoreau An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it by Al Gore Dawn at Mineral King Valley: the Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the rise of environmental law by Daniel P. Selmi Guardians of the valley: John Muir and the friendship that saved Yosemite by Dean King
Braiding sweetgrass: indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Swamp: the Everglades, Florida, and the politics of paradise by Michael Grunwald The Gulf: the making of an American sea by Jack E. Davis The accidental ecosystem: people and wildlife in American cities by Peter S. Alagona What climate justice means: and why we should care by Elizabeth Cripps
Silent spring revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening by Douglas Brinkley American Earth: environmental writing since Thoreau by Bill McKibben The sixth extinction: an unnatural history by Elizabeth Kolbert Superman's not coming: our national water crisis and what we the people can do about it by Erin Brockovich The intersectional environmentalist: how to dismantle systems of oppression to protect people + planet by Leah Thomas
The hidden life of trees: what they feel, how they communicate: discoveries from a secret world by Peter Wohlleben Saving Grand Canyon: dams, deals, and a noble myth by Byron E. Pearson Where the deer and the antelope play: the pastoral observations of one ignorant American who loves to walk outside by Nick Offerman National Wildlife Federation field guide to birds of North America by Edward S. Brinkley The blue wonder: why the sea glows, fish sing, and other astonishing insights from the ocean by Frauke Bagusche
Native American archaeology in the parks: a guide to heritage sites in our national parks and monuments by Kenneth L. Feder The national parks: an illustrated history by Kim Heacox The nature of nature: why we need the wild by Enric Sala Last child in the woods: saving our children from nature-deficit disorder by Richard Louv Explore Texas: a nature travel guide by Mary O. Parker

Suggested Reading For Kids