I’ve been enjoying climate books recently. I’ve just finished How to be a Climate Optimist by Chris Turner, and before that The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken.

Are there any books that you consider foundational/required reading for climate issues?

Some users from c/degrowth recommended The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber & David Wengrow and Survival of the Friendliest by Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods which I’m looking forward to checking out.

  • Yaky@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Not just about climate, but Less Is More by Jason Hinckel. It is anticapitalist and pro-animist (!), and I found the historical parts interesting, particularly the philosophical angle of how separating the human from the rest of nature happened (and how it played into abuse of both nature and humans)

    Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hanson is about climate change, how animals adapt to it, how forests can migrate, and local climate anomalies.

    • RATL@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I noticed there is an animist community here, that’s something I’d like to learn more about. I believe it’s about respecting non-living things? It reminds me of the Japanese idea of tsukonogabi, where items gain a spirit after 100 years.

  • Deme@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason. A bit more philosophically inclined book about the subject.

  • Mysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    For some less optimistic, but still combative climate literature:

    Climate Change as Class War, by Matthew T. Huber

    Slow Down, by Kohei Saito

    and right now I’m reading I Want a Better Catastrophe, by Andrew Boyd, and so far it’s interesting (and accessible).

  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    I recently listened to the solutions are already here by Peter Gelderlos, which I found quite enjoyable. Once folks like Bill Gates recommend a book on clima e I kinda lose interest. This one he probably won’t recommend. ;)

    It’s also available as an audiobook on the audible anarchist podcast.

    The dawn of everything isn’t strictly about climate, but still quite good.