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As read by James Corden, Fearne Cotton, Jim Chapman and Dougie Poytner. 'We have a responsibility, every one of us' David Attenborough Around 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year, killing over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals. ...

Break your plastic habit with simple, actionable steps and jumpstart your journey toward a minimal, beautiful, low-waste home. "Simply Sustainable guides you through the why and how of zero-waste, while emphasizing the importance of finding the sweet spot between...

A dazzling romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Sara Ackerman.  They say opposites attract, but are they meant to last? 'Iwa Young's life is high in the Maui rainforest. As a field biologist, she's happiest in the company of...

The landmark book about the toxicity of everyday life, updated, revised and re-issued for its 10th anniversary, along with the experiments from Smith and Lourie's second book, Toxin Toxout. It's amazing how little can change in a decade. In 2009, a book transformed the way...

Packed with delicious recipes, natural remedies, gardening know-how, homesteading advice, and more, this indispensable lifestyle reference makes earth-friendly, off-the-grid living approachable and fulfilling. Whether you live in a city, suburb, or the country, this essential...

An exploration of Indigenous cosmology and history in North America * Examines the complexities of Indigenous legends and creation myths and reveals common oral traditions across much of North America * Explores the history of Cahokia, the Mississippian Mound Builder...

THE JAW-DROPPING NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in...

A professor in pandemic isolation rescues books from the flooded and collapsing McPherson Library. A man plants fireweed on the hillside of his depopulated Vancouver Island suburb. An aspiring luthier poaches the last ancient Sitka spruce to make a violin for a child prodigy. Campbell's...

In this "essential guide to the half of our blue planet we call the high seas" (Will McCallum, author of How to Give Up Plastic), one of the world's leading voices on the issue tracks the race to exploit and protect our last frontier. Two thirds of the world's...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Competition in Environmental Literature Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction A Hill Times Top 100 Best Book of 2025 From the celebrated writer,...

Albion explores the complexities of family, trauma, nature, human nature, landscape and escape in language that is as provocative as it is tender."--Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace A finely crafted, propulsive,...

It Stops Here is the story of the spiritual, cultural, and political resurgence of a nation taking action to reclaim their lands, waters, law, and food systems in face of colonization. The book recounts the intergenerational struggle of the Tsleil-Waututh to overcome the harms of colonization and...

*Winner of the Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability* *Named a Best Book of the Year by Scientific American* This timely and captivating look at the hidden impact of light pollution is "rich in revelation and insight...lyrical" (The Wall Street...

In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Michael Pollan, The Nature of Our Cities is a stirring exploration of how innovators from around the world are combining urban nature with emerging technologies, protecting the planet's cities from the effects of climate change and...

*A Library Journal Best Book of 2024* A mix of memoir, travel and popular science, charting journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the most important volcanoes around the world In this captivating book from one of...

With tipping points and extreme global warming looming, the key to understanding our climate future lies in our distant past "If you care at all about our future, you must read Runaway Climate." --Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, With rising emissions, we are...

NUCLEAR POWER WILL SLOW OUR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASE THE RISK OF WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND CATASTROPHE THE CLIMATE CRISIS has propelled nuclear energy back into fashion. Its proponents argue we already have the technology of the future and that it only needs...

A Most Anticipated Book for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Goodreads, LitHub, and Book Riot A Best Book of the Summer for Esquire, Electric Lit, and Town & Country A People Book of the...

If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . "With a thoughtfully curated series of essays, poetry, and conversations, the brilliant scientist and climate expert Ayana Elizabeth Johnson has assembled a group of dynamic people who are willing to imagine what seems impossible, and articulate those visions...

Rediscovering, valuing, and embracing Indigenous spirituality and wisdom is critical for humanity to survive in the future.   Civilization is a western, Eurocentric construct borne from a distrust of nature, a desire to endlessly exploit it and profit from it....

Life goes on in the face of a climate crisis in this astonishing and unforgettable debut novel that follows four characters as they struggle to survive in a burning world. Even when the climate crisis escalates beyond our worst nightmares and people become refugees, the world...

This "eye-opening and essential" book (Bill Gates) will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems--and explains how we can solve them. It's become common to tell kids that they're going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines...

WINNER OF THE SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING From the National Business Book Award winner and GG finalist, a very different book about facing the climate crisis, and what awaits us on the other side. Chris Turner has reported from the places where the...

A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability--and offers a new template for living. As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems...

In the absence of motorized boats and gondolas, Venice's waters have returned to a sparkling blue color. Deer have been spotted roaming cities in Italy, and mountain goats recently took over a small seaside town in Wales. Taking advantage of the decreased boat traffic, whales have returned to...

Traveling alone through the climate-crisis-ravaged wilds of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 19-year-old Reid Graham battles the elements and her lifelong chronic illness to reach the utopia of Howse University. But life in one of the storied 'domes' - the last remnants of pre-collapse society - isn't...

Eat homegrown food all year round and save money on your weekly shop by following a simple plan for self-sufficiency. Huw Richards and Sam Cooper have spent the past two years planning and trialing their very own self-sufficiency garden in a 10x12.5m plot and now they've worked...

From the founder of Naturally, Danny Seo, the ultimate tip-a-day guide to being environmentally conscious without breaking the bank. Danny Seo is known for his ability to make natural, healthy living accessible. In his nationally syndicated column, "Do Just One Thing," Danny...

From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to...

Explore and experience nature with your kids with these 30 fun and educational family activities dedicated to spending more time outside. Less screen, more green! In the world of smartphones, tablets, and online learning, the need for children to engage with nature...

Join the global movement and challenge your family to match screen time with outdoor time--with hundreds of fun, fresh-air ideas. Did you know that the average American child spends 1,200 hours a year in front of a screen? And that outside play can boost children in every area of...

Entertain young children for hours with innovative and creative activities that all use one free, natural, kid-approved material - mud! Sophie Pickles, founder of the blog Sophie Pickles, is here to usher in a new era of playtime with mud kitchens: an outdoor area perfect for art projects, games,...

"A magnificent resource for transforming backyards into stimulating environments which enhance children's creativity, learning, and fun." --Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, The Nature Principle, and Vitamin N ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . The eagerly anticipated new cookbook with 100+ recipes from the author of The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook In his previous books, outdoorsman and hunter Steven Rinella brought wild game into the kitchen, teaching readers how to...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AN EPICURIOUS AND GLOBE AND MAIL BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR Say goodbye to ho-hum canned beans and freeze-dried camping meals. With prep-ahead recipes and field-tested advice, flavor-packed dishes suchas herby lemon chicken and fire...

Plan your family camping adventure! Whether you're a first-time camper or a veteran backpacker befuddled by the challenges of carting a brood--and all the requisite gear--into the great outdoors, here you'll find all the tips and tools you need to plan the perfect nature adventure with...

In fall 2015, the newly elected Trudeau government endorsed the Paris Agreement and promised to tackle global warming. In 2016, it released a major report which set out a national energy strategy embracing clean growth, technological innovation and carbon pricing. Rather than putting in place tough...

FINALIST - Hubert-Reeves Prize, 2025 "Evocative and poetic ... Highlighting the diverse sounds of wild places, Lost Songs of Nature is an engrossing, haunting book with an urgent environmental message."-- STARRED Review, Foreword Reviews This is an invitation to...

A Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year * Shortlisted for the Booker Prize "More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced -- a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, The New Wilderness is really...

From Laurie Frankel, the New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is, a Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick, comes One Two Three, a timely, topical novel about love and family that will make you laugh and cry...and laugh again. ...

Winner of Canada Reads 2024 * Longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award * Longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction * One of Tor.com's Can't Miss Speculative Fiction for Fall 2023 * Listed in CBC Books Fiction to Read in Fall 2023 * One of Kirkus...

*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award* "If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may...

Near the Ontario-Michigan border, Canada's densest concentration of chemical manufacturing surrounds the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Living in the polluted heart of Chemical Valley, Indigenous community members express concern about a declining rate of male births in addition to abnormal incidences...

"A richly detailed, slow-burning family saga distinguished by incisive psychological insight and masterful research. . . Shattuck is such a good writer, giving us swaths of cultural and historical background as gracefully and intelligently as she parses the emotional depths of her characters....

An award-winning natural-history writer presents "the perfect mix of science and story" (Sy Montgomery), opening the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks: "I couldn't put it down" (Doug Tallamy).    We all live on nature's...

Nyla has an affinity to fire. A neglected teen in a small northern town--trying to escape a mother battling her own terrors--she is kicked out and struggles through life on the streets. Desperate for love, Nyla accidentally sets fire to her ex's building and is then incarcerated for arson. Through...

From the acclaimed founder of environmental neuroscience, Dr. Marc Berman, comes a groundbreaking guide that reveals how interacting with nature can be the secret to improved mental and physical health. Dr. Marc Berman, the pioneering creator of the field of environmental...

Help Save Our Planet with Money-Saving Sustainable Tips for Your House Households are among the biggest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Could the secrets of saving the environment (and money) be closer to home than we thought? Looking...

* "A zany, wildly gripping, dark futuristic fantasy." --Vogue, Most Anticipated Books of the Year * "Fascinating...a propulsive ride...through a well-built world." --The Christian Science Monitor * From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 and...

From award-winning sustainability expert Ashlee Piper, a witty, no-nonsense guide to regaining control over your time, consumerist impulses, and financial and mental wellness For nearly two years, Ashlee Piper challenged herself to buy nothing new. And in the process, she got...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . "An imperative call to action" (Nick Offerman)to get children off their screens and into nature, with tips for bonding activities that teach the importance of outside timeand build tough, curious, competent kids-from thehost of the Netflix series and podcast...

In The Environmentalist's Dilemma, award-winning journalist Arno Kopecky zeroes in on the core predicament of our times: the planet may be dying, but humanity's doing better than ever. Inquisitive and relatable, he guides us through the moral minefields of our polarised world.

The climate crisis is here, and the end of this world--a world built on land theft, resource extraction, and colonial genocide--is on the horizon. In this compelling roadmap to a livable future, Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice go hand in hand. Drawing on their work in Indigenous...

In a climate-ravaged landscape where AI and humans vie for political power, a journalist must unravel a murderous plot that will either upend the world or save it. 2050: Investigative journalist Marcus Tully is grieving his wife and unborn child, ten years after they perished in...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A TODAY SHOW READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF THE GLOBE AND MAIL'S BEST BOOKS OF 2024 "Thrilling. . . . This remarkable debut delivers its big ideas with suspense, endlessly surprising twists, and abundant heart." -...

2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2025 NAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS "Exceptional. . . . When It All Burns is one of...

A group of scientists and soldiers are hunted by mysterious enemies in a terrifying new climate thriller from the "Master of British SF" Doctor Jasmine Marks is going back into hell. The Hygrometric Dehabitation Region, or the "Zone," is a growing band of...

Crime Writers of Canada Best First Novel Award Finalist Evergreen Award Nominee "Crackles with urgency and humanity...a book made to meet the moment. A must read." - Katie Lattari, author of Dark Things I Adore For fans of The Last Thing He Told Me<...

A sexy, unforgettable story about love and longing in a time of chaos by Scotiabank Giller Prize-longlisted author Eva Crocker. Back in the Land of the Living brings us a year in the life of Marcy, a young queer woman who moves to Montreal in the fall of 2019 after making a mess of her...

WINNER OF THE 2023 BMO WINTERSET AWARD * FINALIST FOR THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 SCIENCE WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS BOOK AWARD * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 LANE ANDERSON AWARD From the heart of the Labrador...