Climate and Environmentalism Books
Our co-founders Luke and Agathe both worked in climate and sustainability jobs for well over a decade before starting Sherlock & Pages. Indeed, Agathe still continues her work in climate diplomacy for cities. Much to their frustration, they often noticed how poorly climate and environmental books were categorised. One homogenous blob of books vaguely nature related were presented to customers, often mixed with a bit of travel. As such, Sherlock & Pages have separated out Climate and Environmentalism books from our nature writing offer - although sometimes difficult - and created several curated sub-categories including ‘Environmental Philosophy’, ‘Climate Impacts,’ ‘Energy Futures,’ and more. In this way, we hope our bookshop can appeal to those with a particular interest in these topics - those who we also hope will play a significant role in building a better future for us all.
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Vendor:Sarah Langford
Rooted : How regenerative farming can change the world
Shortlisted for the esteemed Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, Sarah Langford's 'Rooted' offers a compelling exploration of modern farming. This barrister-turned-author's journey from city life to the agricultural world unveils a landscape vastly different from her grandfather's post-war heroics in feeding a nation. Langford's...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Gaia Vince
Nomad Century : How to Survive the Climate Upheaval
Lauded by the Wainwright Prize 2023 and shortlisted for multiple accolades, Gaia Vince's 'Nomad Century' is a riveting exploration of the most overlooked yet monumental consequence of climate change: the impending mass migration of humanity. As the Observer proclaims, this is a book that...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Ben Rawlence
The Treeline : The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
Embark on a captivating journey to the Arctic Treeline in this pioneering and eloquently crafted exploration, which carries a pressing environmental message. For half a century, the trees have been inching northward, marking the frontline of climate change. Scientists are only now beginning to...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Barry Lopez
Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World : Essays
Barry Lopez, a passionate environmentalist, intrepid explorer, and unparalleled chronicler of nature and culture, passed away on Christmas Day 2020 after a prolonged illness. The preceding summer, a devastating wildfire had ravaged much of his beloved home and community—a stark reminder of the climate...- £12.99 GBP
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Vendor:George Monbiot
Regenesis : Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet
Hailed as a Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the prestigious Wainwright Prize, George Monbiot's "Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet" presents a revolutionary vision for the future of food and humanity. This groundbreaking work, lauded as a Book of the Year...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Nancy Birtwhistle
Green Living Made Easy : 101 Eco Tips, Hacks and Recipes to Save Time and Money
Nancy Birtwhistle, the Sunday Times bestselling author and Great British Bake Off champion, presents a treasure trove of 101 eco-conscious home hacks, tips, and recipes in this indispensable guide. With the belief that even the smallest change can make a significant impact on our...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Nancy Birtwhistle
Clean & Green : 101 Hints and Tips for a More Eco-Friendly Home
Discover a treasure trove of eco-friendly cleaning and maintenance solutions for your home that won't break the bank or harm the planet. This exquisitely illustrated monochrome guide presents 101 clever tips and natural cleaning hacks, from tackling stubborn stains to descaling your kettle. By...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Jane Goodall
The Book of Hope : A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet
Hailed as 'A true hero' by Greta Thunberg and selected as a NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR, this compelling work offers a beacon of light in these turbulent times. In an era plagued by environmental crises and societal turmoil, renowned conservationist Jane Goodall...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Annie Proulx
Fen, Bog and Swamp : A Short History of Peatland Destruction and its Role in the Climate Crisis
Acclaimed as a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and hailed as 'magnificent' by The Guardian, Annie Proulx's 'Fen, Bog and Swamp' is a masterful exploration of the world's most vital yet endangered ecosystems. This 'compact classic', as described by Bill McKibben, offers...- £9.99 GBP
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Vendor:Kirsten Bradley
The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook : Habits for Hope in a Changing World
Imagine if your daily routines could foster a more fulfilling life for you whilst benefiting the planet. The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook serves as your companion in enhancing your home environment, well-being, and contentment - as well as the world around you - through...- £22.00 GBP
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Vendor:Hannah Ritchie
Not the End of the World : Surprising facts, dangerous myths and hopeful solutions for our future on planet Earth
Prepare to have your perspective on our planet's most pressing environmental challenges completely transformed. This groundbreaking book not only illuminates these issues but also reveals how we can collectively tackle them. ** A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ** 'Absolutely essential' - MARGARET ATWOOD...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Aldo Leopold
Think Like a Mountain
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. In this lyrical meditation on America's wildlands, Aldo Leopold considers the different ways humans shape the natural landscape, and describes for the first time the far-reaching phenomenon now known as 'trophic...- £4.99 GBP
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Vendor:Wendell Berry
The World-Ending Fire : The Essential Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry stands as a singular voice in contemporary literature, a fact Andrew Marr emphasises as crucial in our post-Trump era. This American sage, as James Rebanks dubs him, embodies the essence of radical America that we must rediscover. Though few can emulate his...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Ed Conway
Material World : A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future
Embark on a riveting journey through the annals of human progress with Ed Conway's Sunday Times bestseller and Radio 4 Book of the Week. This critically acclaimed work, shortlisted for prestigious accolades and lauded by luminaries, unravels the profound impact of six essential materials...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Kate Raworth
Doughnut Economics : Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Uncover the groundbreaking bestseller that exposes the flaws in conventional economics and presents a revolutionary solution for our times, now featuring an enlightening new afterword. Acclaimed by The Sunday Times, Financial Times, and Forbes, this thought-provoking work has been longlisted for the prestigious FT/McKinsey...- £11.99 GBP
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Vendor:John Vaillant
Fire Weather : A True Story from a Hotter World - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE WINNER Shortlisted for multiple prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Writers' Trust Award, and Wainwright Conservation Prize Named a Book of the Year by The Guardian and The New York Times Hailed as 'timely', 'superb',...- £12.99 GBP
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Vendor:Rachel Carson
Silent Spring
Silent Spring is a groundbreaking work of non-fiction that sounded the alarm on the devastating environmental impacts of chemical pesticides like DDT. With meticulous research and a gripping narrative, Rachel Carson exposes the unintended consequences of mankind's war against nature, from the near-extinction of...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Aldo Leopold
A Sand County Almanac : And Sketches Here and There
Hailed as "one of the most influential books about the natural world ever published" by Paul Kingsnorth of The Guardian, Aldo Leopold's seminal work of ecological thought, A Sand County Almanac, commences with the profound statement: "There are some who can live without wild...- £9.99 GBP
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Vendor:Nancy Birtwhistle
The Green Budget Guide : 101 Planet and Money Saving Tips, Ideas and Recipes
Hailed as 'worth its weight in gold' by Gaby Roslin and 'great for the pocket and the planet' by Daisy Upton of Five Minute Mum fame, this ingenious guide is a treasure trove of economical wisdom. Fancy tackling stubborn stains, maximising your microwave's potential,...- £14.99 GBP
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Vendor:Chris Goodall
Possible : Ways To Net Zero
As Chris Goodall explains, removing fossil fuels from our energy system is technologically feasible ... and we should take heart that these steps to fight climate change will also lead to large and immediate gains in our day-to-day health' Tim HarfordA carbon neutral future...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Henry Dimbleby
Ravenous : How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
WINNER OF THE ANDR� SIMON FOOD BOOK AWARD 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARDS 2024THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Brilliant - a must read' Tim Spector'Ravenous is a truly important book ... we need a food revolution to ensure children don't go hungry, eat...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Wendell Berry
What I Stand for Is What I Stand On
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. From the ravages of the global economy to the great pleasures of growing a garden, Wendell Berry's powerful essays represent a heartfelt call for humankind to mend our broken relationship with...- £4.99 GBP
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Vendor:David Wallace-Wells
The Uninhabitable Earth : A Story of the Future
**SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'An epoch-defining book' Matt Haig'If you read just one work of non-fiction this year, it should probably be this' David Sexton, Evening StandardSelected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times, Spectator and New...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Amitav Ghosh
The Nutmeg's Curse : Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Do not miss this book' NAOMI KLEIN, author of This Changes EverythingThe history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation - of both human life and the natural environment - and the origin of our contemporary climate crisis. Tracing the threats to...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:John Vaillant
Fire Weather : A True Story from a Hotter World - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
John Vaillant's 'Fire Weather' has garnered critical acclaim, clinching the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and achieving international bestseller status. This riveting account of the 21st century's most intense urban inferno offers a panoramic exploration of humanity's evolving relationship with fire's ferocious energy. The...- £25.00 GBP
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Vendor:Jeff VanderMeer
Annihilation
Hailed as a 'contemporary masterpiece' by The Guardian and praised by Stephen King as 'creepy and fascinating', Jeff VanderMeer's 'Annihilation' has captivated readers worldwide. This New York Times bestseller and Nebula Award winner for Best Novel has been adapted into a major motion picture,...- £9.99 GBP
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Vendor:Amelie Boue
The Handmade Spa: Natural Soaps : Indulge Yourself with 16 ECO-Friendly Recipes to Make at Home
Create your own sumptuous range of skin-kind, eco-friendly artisanal soaps. Whether you're a seasoned soap maker or a complete beginner, learn to create stunning and sustainable soaps to keep or to gift.�Delve into the science behind soap making and gain a deep understanding of...- £9.99 GBP
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Vendor:Roman Krznaric
The Good Ancestor : How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
This is the book our children's children will thank us for reading' - The Edge, U2How can we be good ancestors?From the first seeds sown thousands of years ago, to the construction of the cities we still inhabit, to the scientific discoveries that have...- £14.99 GBP
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Vendor:Dougald Hine
At Work in the Ruins : Finding Our Place in the Time of Climate Crises and Other Emergencies
One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books .Essential reading for these turbulent times.'�Amitav Ghosh, author of�The Great Derangement'Dougald Hine's brilliant book demands we stare into that abyss and rethink our securest certainties about what is actually going on in the climate crisis. It's...- £12.99 GBP
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Vendor:Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
The Mushroom at the End of the World : On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Venture into the captivating world of the matsutake mushroom, a resilient organism that thrives in the aftermath of ecological destruction. In "The Mushroom at the End of the World," renowned anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing takes you on an extraordinary journey, unraveling the intricate threads...- £15.99 GBP
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Vendor:Vanessa Nakate
A Bigger Picture : My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis
�_~Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat.�_T - Greta ThunbergNo matter your age, location or skin colour, you can be an...- £9.99 GBP
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Vendor:Jason Hickel
Less is More : How Degrowth Will Save the World
A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut EconomicsA Financial Times Book of the Year______________________________________Our planet is in trouble. But how can we reverse the current...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Bill Gates
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster : The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes...- £10.99 GBP
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Vendor:Greta Thunberg
The Climate Book
Hailed as a seminal work by The Times, Financial Times, Observer, and Nature, this essential guide offers a beacon of hope in our fight against climate change. Greta Thunberg, the world's foremost climate activist, presents a comprehensive handbook for effecting real change. While the...- £25.00 GBP
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Vendor:Martin Dorey
No. More. Plastic. : What you can do to make a difference - the #2minutesolution
Discover what you can do to save the planet from plastic. Start now. All it takes is 2 minutes of your time. 'I read this book yesterday and I've done three things today and that is testament to Martin's brilliant vision and ideas. Now...- £7.99 GBP
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Vendor:James Canton
Renaturing : Small Ways to Wild the World
Two decades ago, James Canton traded the bustling streets of London for the tranquil English countryside. Adjacent to his rustic farm labourer's cottage lay a modest field, ripe with possibility. Initially serving as a quaint spot for family gatherings and friendly cricket matches, Canton...- £18.99 GBP
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Top Climate and Environmentalism Books for Eco-Conscious Readers
More people are becoming environmentally aware and want to live more sustainably. This growing interest in green living has led to greater demand for books about climate change, environmentalism, conservation, and going zero waste. Our collection of climate and environmentalism books has something for everyone, from thought-provoking nonfiction to inspiring memoirs.
Learn about the science behind climate change and the state of the environment. Gain insights from visionary thinkers leading grassroots green movements. Discover practical tips for reducing your carbon footprint at home. Find motivation to get involved and be part of the solution to our planetary crisis.
It's easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of the climate emergency. But knowledge is power. Our handpicked selection of the best books on climate and environmentalism will give you a deeper understanding of the problems we face - and reasons to feel hopeful about creating a sustainable future.