The Independent Publishers Caucus has curated a playlist of titles focused on efforts to protect the environment. From books aimed at kids to memoirs and adult fiction, these stories all have something important to say. Explore the selection below!
Published: Milkweed Editions - September 8th, 2020
From a beloved, award-winning poet comes a
debut work of nonfiction—a collection of essays
about the natural world, and the way its
inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.
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There’s an invasive species in our oceans: Plasticus
maritimus. It’s a threat to our world. What can we do
about it? This picture book, illustrated by Bernardo
Cavalho, engagingly introduces kids to the life work
of marine biologist Ana Pego.
Published: Plough Publishing House - March 20th, 2018
In a society uprooted by two world wars,
industrialization, and dehumanizing technology, a
revolutionary farmer turns to poetry to reconnect
his people to the land and one another.
An important and timely recipe for hope for
humans and all forms of life. In The Rights of
Nature, noted environmental lawyer David Boyd
tells this remarkable story of humans as a species
finally growing up.
A bestial Brave New World is upon us: creatures
around the globe are being equipped with digital
tracking devices. The data gathered will not only
aid in conservation efforts, but radically transform
our relationship to the natural world.
These 40 profiles of scientists, doctors, engineers,
inventors, innovators, and disrupters are sure to
energize any teen with a desire to solve problems,
improve lives, and save the world (or maybe just
make it run a little more smoothly).
Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can.
A clear and urgent call for the national, social, and
individual changes required to prevent
catastrophic climate change.
More Americans care about climate change than
we think-but in order to unite across the political
spectrum around solutions, we need a bold,
courageous new narrative about creating a
sustainable world focused on a brighter tomorrow.
“Being fully present to fear, to gratitude, to all that
is—this is the practice of mutual belonging. Even
when faced with cataclysmic changes, nothing can
ever separate us from Earth. We are already home."
The Encounter tells the true story of National
Geographic photographer Loren McIntyre who
became lost in a remote area of Brazil in 1969, leading
to a startling encounter that changed his life.
A pandemic sweeps the country: its chief symptom is
that its victims begin to understand the language of
animals. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed Grandma Jean
finds herself on a strange and illuminating road trip with
a dingo riding shotgun, in this bold and original novel.
