Book List 2020

Book list

This is a hub for you to find books related to sustainability, from food to ethical fashion and plastic. It's a great idea to check your library stock, charity shops or second hand book shops before buying new. Some books we have read and reviewed, links for reviews are provided with those books. This book list is being constantly updated, if you'd like to suggest a book or would like us to review your book, please contact hello@makingroots.co.uk. We haven't read and verified all books listed and should not be taken as recommendations.

General Books on Sustainable Living: ​ Every Womans Guide to Saving the Planet: Natalie Issacs. ​ Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and The Teachings of Plants- Robin Wall Kimmerer. ​ Does Living Green Make a Difference? (Where am I now?) Imperfect Environmentalist: A Practical guide to Clearing your home and saving the earth (Without losing  your mind)- Sara Gilbert ​ Doughnut Economics- Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist: Kate Raworth. ​ Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World- Brooke McAlary. ​ Tools for Slow Living: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness and Coziness- Collective. ​ Women who run Run With the Wolves: Contacting the Power of The Wild Women- Clarissa Pinkola Estes. ​ Rise and Resist: Clare Press ​ Simple Matters: Living with Less and Ending up With More- Erin Boyle. ​ The Human Planet: How We Create the Anthropocene- Simon Lewis, Mark A. Maslin ​ The Life Changing Magic of Tidy- Marie Kondo ​ Wellth: Jacob Wachob ​ Slow, live life simply: Brooke McAlary ​ Heat- George Monbiot  ​ Living Green- Greg Horn ​ Active Hope- How to Face The Mess We’re in without going crazy- Anna Macy & Chris Johnstone ​ Weconomy- Craig, Holly Branson, Marc Kielburger ​ 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos- Jordan B. Peterson ​ Saving The Earth As A Career: Malcolm Hunter ​ This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate- Naomi Klein ​ Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less- Greg McKeown. ​ Botanical Skin Care: Herbal Academy ​ How To Save The World: Katie Patrick ​ There Is No Planet B: Mike Berners-Lee 

Plastic/ Waste Free Living Guides: ​ Low Tox Life: A handbook for a healthy you and happy planet- Alexx Stuart ​ My Zero- Waste Kitchen: Easy Ways to Eat Waste Free- Kate Turner ​ How To Live Plastic Free: A day in the life of plastic detox- Luca Bonaccorsi, Marine Conservation Society, ​ How to Give Up Plastic- A Guide to Changing the world, one plastic bottle at a time. - Will McCallum. ​ Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again.- Lucy Siegle. ​ No. More. Plastic. What you can do to make a difference- #2minutesolution- Martin Dorey, Chris Packham ​ A Life Less Throwaway- Tara Button ​ Plastic Ocean- Captain Charles Moore ​ Silo: The Zero Waste Blueprint- Douglas McMaster ​ ​ Food ​ Kiss The Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World- Josh Tickell, Terry Tamminen  Cooked- A Natural History of Transformation- Michael Pollan ​ The Omnivores Dilemma- Michael Pollan Food Rules: An Eaters Manual- Michael Pollan ​ In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating- Michael Pollan.  Land & Sea: Secrets to simple sustainable sensational food: Alexandra Dudley  The Reducetarian Solution: How the Surprisingly Simple Act of Reducing the Amount of Meat in Your Diet Can Transform Your Health and Planet: Brian Katmen, Mark Bittman. Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City- Dr Robert Biel PhD. I Quit Sugar, Simplicious Flow- Sarah Wilson. Sustainable Diets: How Ecological Nutrition Can Transform Consumption and the Food System- Palema Laxon Tim Lang. ​ Less Meat More Veg- Rachel de Thample Much More Veg: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Everyday Flexitarian- Recipes for Vegetarians and Meat Lovers Alike- Nettie Cronish. ​ On Eating Meat- Matthew Evans. ​ ​The Ethical Carnivore-

Ethical Fashion: ​ To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out The World? Lucy Siegle ​ Wardrobe Crisis: How We Went From Sunday Best to Fast Fashion: Clare Press ​ Clothing Poverty- Andrew Brooks

Ecology & Conservation: ​ The Extinction Market: Wildlife Trafficking and How to Counter It- Vanda Felbab Brown  ​ Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking- Rachel Love Nuwer ​ Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for WIldlife- Nancy Lawson  ​ What has Nature Ever Done for Us? How Money Really really does grow on trees?- Tony Juniper. ​ The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History- Elizatbeth Kolbert. ​ Seeds of Hope: Jane Goodall  ​ A Sting in the Tale: Dave Goulson. ​ Feral- George Monbiot ​ The Reef- A Passionate History- Iain McCalman

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