[Ecodharma] Suggested Reading

[Kokuu]

These are some books, articles and websites that we consider worth reading on ecodharma, the climate crisis and other environmental issues. Feel free to make suggestions to add to the list.

Ecodharma
Active Hope by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
Ecodharma by David Loy
Green Buddhism by Stephanie Kaza

One Earth Sangha has a whole bunch of articles: https://oneearthsangha.org/articles/

Biodiversity
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life by E O Wilson (see also his Half-Earth Project)
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

Our current rate of planetary species lost is estimated to be 1000 to 10 000 times the normal background rate: https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_f.../biodiversity/

Climate Crisis
The Climate Book by Greta
Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
NASA website on climate change
Not Too Late by Rebecca Solnit

Food and Agriculture
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Who Really Feeds the World? By Vandana Shiva (and pretty much anything Vandana has ever written)

Zero Growth/Degrowth/Environmental Economics
Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth
Less is More by Jason Hickel.
Prosperity Without Growth by Tim Jackson also his more recent, Post Growth.
Small is Beautiful by E F Schumacher

A short piece on zero growth and degrowth: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/...limate-change/

[Naiko]

Thank you, Kokuu!
Gassho,
Naiko
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[WorkerB]

Thank you for this list of resources. I’ve only read maybe a quarter of what you’ve listed, and am now reading Active Hope as a result of earlier posts. Not a scientist here by any means, just an urban ag advocate and person who cares and wants to understand how to make wiser choices that affect our ecology.

Gassho,
b.

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[Kokuu]

No worries, B. Those are not there are a suggestion that everyone needs to read all of them, just resources if people are looking for something more.

The great thing about this group is that everyone comes from different backgrounds and there is no need to be a scientist to be concerned about what is happening to the planet.

Gassho
Kokuu
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