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    • How the Modern World Was Made
    • By: Vaclav Smil
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 10-19-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
    • What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization - in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics - that have transformed the way we live....

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    • Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
    • By: Charles C. Mann
    • Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
    • Length: 18 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 01-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 859 ratings
    • An incisive portrait of the two little-known 20th-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment.....

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    • A Deep History of the Earliest States
    • By: James C. Scott
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 838 ratings
    • Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Find out....

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    • The Erosion of Civilizations
    • By: David R. Montgomery
    • Narrated by: Tim Lundeen
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 266 ratings
    • Dirt, soil, call it what you want, it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times....

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    • Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
    • By: Brett L. Markham
    • Narrated by: Christopher Solimene
    • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 08-15-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 153 ratings
    • Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre....

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    • The Race to Feed a Crowded World
    • By: Joel K. Bourne Jr.
    • Narrated by: Joel K. Bourne Jr.
    • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 08-21-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • An award-winning environmental journalist introduces a new generation of farmers and scientists on the frontlines of the next green revolution....

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    • Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
    • By: Bill McKibben
    • Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Bill McKibben - foreword
    • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 334 ratings
    • Thirty years ago, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now, he broadens the warning: The entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out....

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    • The Organic Grower's Guide to Mycorrhizae (Science for Gardeners, Book 6)
    • By: Jeff Lowenfels
    • Narrated by: Lane Hakel
    • Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 08-30-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
    • Almost every plant in a garden forms a relationship with fungi, and many plants would not exist without their fungal partners. By better understanding this relationship, home gardeners can take advantage of the benefits of fungi....

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    • By: R. Buckminster Fuller, Kiyoshi Kuromiya
    • Narrated by: Alister Austin
    • Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Critical Path details how humanity found itself in its current situation - at the limits of the planet's natural resources and facing political, economic, environmental, and ethical crises....

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    • Embrace Zero Waste, Build Sustainability Habits that Last, and Become a Minimalist Without Sacrificing the Planet
    • By: Stephanie Marie Seferian
    • Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
    • Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 02-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • Eco-minimalism is a hot-button issue right now, and for good reason: living a life with less can be the key to saving our precious planet....

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    • How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
    • By: Tyson Yunkaporta
    • Narrated by: Tyson Yunkaporta
    • Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 544 ratings
    • A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability - and offers a new template for living....

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    • The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
    • By: Bill Gates
    • Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Bill Gates
    • Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 02-16-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,584 ratings
    • Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions....

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    • The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do about It
    • By: Anna Lappe
    • Narrated by: Lori Blanchard
    • Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 04-15-13
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Beyond what we already know about "food miles" and eating locally, the global food system is a major contributor to climate change, producing as much as one-third of greenhouse gas emissions....

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    • How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
    • By: Barry Estabrook
    • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
    • Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
    • Supermarket produce sections bulging with a year-round supply of perfectly round, bright red-orange tomatoes have become all but a national birthright...

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    • The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming
    • By: Andreas Malm
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 02-18-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power....

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    • 101 Steps to Making Better Places
    • By: Jeff Speck
    • Narrated by: Jeff Speck
    • Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 01-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Jeff Speck’s follow-up to his best-selling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doer’s guide to making change in cities, and making it now....

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    • Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line
    • By: Bob Willard
    • Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
    • Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 03-01-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The New Sustainability Advantage shows how the benefits of the "triple bottom line" can increase a typical company's profit by at least 51 to 81 percent within five years, depending on the company's size and industry sector, while avoiding risks that could jeopardize its financial wellbeing....

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    • Sustainability and Environmental Ethics: Culture of the Land
    • By: Paul B. Thompson
    • Narrated by: David Gilmore
    • Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 03-13-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • As industry and technology proliferate in modern society, sustainability has jumped to the forefront of contemporary political and environmental discussions....

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    • Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans
    • By: Corey Glickman, Jeff Kavanaugh
    • Narrated by: Tristan Wright
    • Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 05-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The race to carbon neutrality is top of mind for C-suite and frontline employees alike, yet we struggle to convert lofty goals into tangible results. Buildings and commerce are vital to this green future, but environmental challenges and market pressures block the path to sustainability....

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    • Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier
    • By: Michael Ableman
    • Narrated by: Michael Canaan
    • Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • During the past seven years, Sole Food Street Farms, North America's largest urban farm project, has transformed acres of vacant urban land into street farms....

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