Recs if you like Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed...

Or: reasons I'm not hopeful about our increasingly apocalyptic circumstances, and a defense of despair

I believe hopelessness is unfairly pathologized and scapegoated for our collective failure to take meaningful action against ecocide. Climate catastrophe is accelerating. Collapse is underway, and you're not crazy for noticing. You don't need to feel bad about feeling bad.

SISTER LIST: forthcoming

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A mix of introductory materials for climate/environmental policy and foundational environmental works

Culture, biology, psychology, history. What makes us HUMAN?

This reading list brings together books that explore how ideas, history, and storytelling shape the world we live in. Each selection invites readers to think critically about society, leadership, and change. If you have more recommendations that should be on this list please let me know.