I am a rather prolific reader and love having a good book on hand at all times. So much that my bookshelves are all currently well over carrying capacity (or K for all ecology nerds out there hehe). I’ll be moving in a few months and my boyfriend has already told me I am on my own with all those books and shakes his head after each return from a used book sale. Just can’t help myself, but after all these years in University hauling books around the key is an army of rolling suitcases to make the book moving flow. Anyway, the point of me bringing up books was that I splurged and picked up a new one the other day, The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us by Diane Ackerman. Which got me thinking I have a list of great environmental books that inspired me and I want to share them. so here comes the list!
- Fire in the Turtle House by Osha Gray Davidson, recommended by a Geology professor during my 2nd yr undergrad and this is when I never looked back hehe. I switched from pre-vet to environmental with this book.
- Enchanted Braid by Osha Gray Davidson, possibly one of my ALL TIME FAVS!
- Tuna: A Love Story by Richard Ellis
- Bottomfeeder: Taras Grescoe
- Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn
- David Quammen- Monster of God, Spillover, The Song of the Dodo, Wild Thoughts from Wild Place, Natural Acts, The flight of the Iguana
- Where the Wild Things Were by William Stolzenburg
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson this book is what got me interested in toxicology
- Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel
- The Last Fish Tale by Mark Kurlansky
- The Future of Life by E.O Wilson
- Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
- The Vanishing Face of Gaia by James Lovelock
- The Devil’s Teeth by Susan Casey……I have a deep love and respect for sharks.
- The Coming Plaque by Laurie Garrett..This book is massive and rather technical in parts also a bit dated but a fantastic read when it comes to human health and how our current agencies came to be and how even then the US government was denying and hiding evidence that was clear as day.
Also, a great documentary easily viewed on Netflix is Mission Blue. I absolutely have the greatest and utmost respect Dr. Sylvia Earle and all of her work. Others would be Resistance and Plastic: A toxic love story and really anything Planet Earth or Life (David Attenborough is another favourite of mine). Recently Racing Extinction was also fantastic, I really liked how they showed the uncomfortable images people really need to see to know us scientists aren’t just running our mouths for fun. There are very serious concerns that we need to address and now.
Well, that’s my short list of favs hehe. Feel free to pass along any of your favourites or comments!
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