These seven books will give you insight into the greatest threat facing our planet as well as clear steps that can be taken to address it.
Tag: Book review
Book review: Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker’s latest book, Enlightenment Now, misses the mark on climate change and plastic pollution. And this is a problem.
Book review: Climate of hope
A review of Climate of Hope, written by Carl Pope and Michael Bloomberg. Published this year it offers a comprehensive look on climate solutions.
Book review: Big World, Small Planet
It seems that I found my Sustainability Must Read of the Year just by asking a librarian at the Seattle Central Public Library. Published last September before the Paris Agreements this book combines the latest climate and sustainability science with great photos.
Book review : Thinking in systems, a primer
For our System Thinking class this quarter at Pinchot, we had to read this book and I daresay it is an excellent primer indeed.
Book review : Immunity to Change
For last quarter’s Leadership and Professional Development class at Pinchot University, I had to read this book and reflect about its teachings.
Book review : Conscious Capitalism
I just finished reading another stellar read, a book that should be on the reading lists of everyone either working or studying Business nowadays. Conscious Capitalism was written by Raj Sisodia and John Mackey, the co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, a very successful company.
Book review : The Shareholder Value Myth
What if one of the core principles of Capitalism today was wrong, utterly wrong, even from a legal and economic standpoint ? This is the thesis defended by Lynn Stout in this brilliant book.
Book review : the Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
I had this book on my reading list for two years as it is at the crossroads of my previous education in international management and my new one in sustainability. So I took the opportunity of my break between quarters to actually read this one.
Book review : Making Sustainability Stick, by Kevin Wilhelm
A great book containing a huge amount of information on how to implement sustainability measures in your company or organization.
Book review : Energy for Future Presidents
Having access to the Seattle Public Library I was able to borrow this book that was strongly recommended to me by Jimmy Jia, one of the many bright faculty of Pinchot University.
Book review : Ecomind, by Frances Moore Lappé
Here is an inspiring book replete with paradigm shifting ideas and examples. Frances Moore Lappé provides here a real must-read book that will energize its readers and give them all hope for a better world.
