A Sustainable Life | Nashville Public Library

1) Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love

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As we begin to contemplate death and to embark on practical planning for life's end, many of us long to leave a legacy beyond a transfer of money and property—one that ensures a sustainable earth for our loved ones, our communities, and generations to come. But where do we even begin?

With the sudden deaths of both of her parents, Mallory McDuff found herself in a similar position. Utterly unprepared both emotionally and practically,

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2) Things you can do: how to fight climate change and reduce waste

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Garcia, Eduardo

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"Learn how to reduce your carbon footprint with this inspiring, accessible, stunningly illustrated book based on Eduardo Garcia's popular New York Times column"--

3) Don't Throw That Away!: 1,001 Ways to Reuse Your Stuff

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Yeager, Jeff

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Jeff Yeager, AKA The Ultimate Cheapskate, likes to talk trash, particularly when it saves you money and helps save the planet at the same time. As informative as it is entertaining, Don't Throw That Away! delivers on its promise with hundreds of ways to reuse, repurpose, and upcycle everyday items that would otherwise end up in the landfill. You'll never look at your trash the same way again.

4) Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

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Monbiot, George

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Winner of the 2022 Orwell Prize for Journalism | A Sunday Times (London) Bestseller | Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation
“George Monbiot is one of the most fearless and important voices in the global climate movement today.” —Greta Thunberg

For the first time in millennia, we have the opportunity to transform not only our food system but our entire relationship to...

5) Don't be trashy: a practical guide to living with less waste and more joy

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McKenna, Tara

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"We're all trapped in a convenience-based and wasteful cycle, but Tara McKenna offers an alternative: an approach to reducing waste for a more sustainable and ethical life that emphasizes progress over perfection. This isn't about fitting all of your waste into a Mason jar or going zero waste overnight. For real, long-lasting change that will enhance your life, McKenna guides you through a year of reducing waste, month by month, with lifestyle topics...

6) Generation dread: finding purpose in an age of climate crisis

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Wray, Britt

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"An impassioned generational perspective on why climate anxiety is completely natural and necessary, and how we can be stronger for it. Climate and environment-related fears and anxieties are on the rise everywhere, with few resources to address them. As with any type of stress, eco-anxiety can lead to paralysis, burnout and avoidance. In Generation Dread, Britt Wray seamlessly merges scientific knowledge with emotional insight to show how these complicated...

7) Heal your living: the joy of mindfulness, sustainability, minimalism, and wellness

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Son, Youheum

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"Embark on a transformational journey with this easy-to-use minimalist, mindful guide to physical and emotional decluttering from the founder of Heal Your Living, the Youtube lifestyle channel with over 250,000 subscribers"--

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9) 34 Things to Know about Carbon and Climate

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Godin, Seth

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It’s not too late. We need to take action on the environment, but first we need to understand what’s actually happening. The simple facts of climate change will surprise you. In this course, Seth Godin and a team of volunteer editors and designers cover more than 30 important points from the Carbon Almanac, a thoroughly annotated resource compiled by 1900 people across 91 countries. In this fast-moving overview, you’ll discover insights needed...

10) Requiem for America's Best Idea: National Parks in the Era of Climate Change

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Yochim, Michael J

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In his enthusiastic explorations and fervent writing, Michael J. Yochim "was to Yellowstone what Muir was to Yosemite. . . . Other times, his writing is like that of Edward Abbey, full of passion for the natural world and anger at those who are abusing it," writes foreword contributor William R. Lowry. In 2013 Yochim was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). While fighting the disease, he wrote Requiem for America's Best Idea. The book establishes

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11) The one-straw revolution: an introduction to natural farming

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Fukuoka, Masanobu

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"Call it Zen and the Art of Farming or a Little Green Book, Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book 'is valuable...

12) Forks over knives family: every parent's guide to raising healthy, happy kids on a whole-food, plant-based diet

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Discover how to "feed your family a plant-based diet that is delicious, cost-effective, and easy" (Mayim Bialik, author of Mayim's Vegan Table) with this complete and accessible cookbook filled with more than 125 delicious and kid-friendly recipes and plenty of tips for raising a whole-foods-loving family.
After the trailblazing film Forks Over Knives helped spark a medical and nutritional revolution, more and more...

13) The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

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Boggs, Grace Lee

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The Strategist's Best Books About Asian American Identity, New York Magazine
The pioneering Asian American labor organizer and writer's vision for intersectional and anti-racist activism.

In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis—political, economical, and environmental—and shows...

14) Sustainable Revolution: Permaculture in Ecovillages, Urban Farms, and Communities Worldwide

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Birnbaum, Juliana

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Urban gardeners. Native seed-saving collectives. Ecovillage developments. What is the connection between these seemingly disparate groups? The ecological design system of permaculture is the common thread that weaves them into a powerful, potentially revolutionary—or reevolutionary—movement.
Permaculture is a philosophy based on common ethics of sustainable cultures throughout history that have designed settlements according to nature's...

15) Regeneration: ending the climate crisis in one generation

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Hawken, Paul

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"Regeneration is a response to the urgency of the climate crisis, a what-to-do manual for all levels of society, from individuals to national governments and everything and everyone in between. This four-color illustrated work describes a system of interlocking initiatives that aim to stem the climate crisis in one generation"--

16) Water: a biography

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Boccaletti, Giulio

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"In this richly narrated and authoritative work--combining environmental and societal history--Giulio Boccaletti begins with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. He describes how these societies were made possible by sea level changes from the last glacial melt. He examines how this sedentary farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping, which, in turn, resulted in an explosion...

17) Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

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Doerr, John

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#1 bestselling author and acclaimed venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping action plan to conquer humanity’s greatest challenge: climate change.

In 2006, John Doerr was moved by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and a challenge from his teenage daughter: “Dad, your generation created this problem. You better fix it.” Since then, Doerr has searched for solutions to this existential problem—as...

18) The carbon almanac: it's not too late

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The Carbon Almanac Network

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When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action. The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not...

19) The carbon almanac: it's not too late

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The Carbon Almanac Network

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When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action. The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not...

20) Finding Sustainability: The personal and professional journey of a plastic bag

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Romer, Trent

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What if the foundation of your family business were threatened by something out of your control? What if the livelihood of 70 employees and their families were at stake, as the license to operate your business became called into question? What if 57 years of family history, grown through generations of hard work and sacrifice, were at risk of being lost? What if the reasons were actually one with which you fundamentally agreed? Journey to 8 states,...