Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Definitive List Of Green Books?

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I was pondering at the turn of the year that I hadn't read many "green" books during 2009. I mentioned previously that Conversations with Green Gurus came on holiday with me, but beyond that there was...well, nothing really.

It's not as if there's a lack of material out there to keep the green reader satisfied, although a cursory glance at Amazon's Top 25 selling environmental books will send shivers down your spine - climate skeptics abound!

Cambridge University has just released a Top 50 list of environmental books, and I don't know whether to be proud that I've read four of them, or ashamed that I've only read four of them!

For the record, those four are Silent Spring, Heat, No Logo and Fast Food Nation.

There are certainly some on the list which have been in the back of my mind for some time, like Collapse and Cradle to Cradle.

Perhaps this year I'll make more of an effort on the book front. On the other hand, I do still have most of the James Bond series of books to read...

1 comments:

Crafty Green Poet said...

I'm going to read Collapse this year, Jared Diamond is one of the great thinkers of our time. Have you read The Rise and fall of the Third Chimpanzee (which you should read before you read Collapse by the way!)?