20 of the Best Books to Read on Climate Change, the Plastic Problem and Other Environmental Issues

With a growing range of books on climate change, the plastic problem and other environmental issues (some good, some not so) hitting the shelves, here’s our helpful guide to 20 of the best reads to get you started. And, if you’re after suggestions for children, check out our blog here.

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future, Sir David Attenborough

How to Give Up Plastic – A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time, Will McCallum

How Bad are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything, Mike Berners-Lee

Rebirding: Restoring Britain’s Wildlife, Benedict Macdonald

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, Bill Gates

There is No Planet B, Mike Berners-Lee

F*** Plastic, Surfers Against Sewage

This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, Greta Thunberg

This is Not a Drill, Extinction Rebellion

No More Plastic, Martin Dorey

A Life Less Throwaway, Tara Button

Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again, Lucy Siegle

Eating Animals – Should We Stop? Jonathan Safran Foer

The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future, David Wallace-Wells

Climate Emergency Atlas: What’s Happening – What We Can Do, Dan Hooke

Clean & Green: 101 Hints and Tips for a More Eco-Friendly Home, Nancy Birtwhistle

For the Love of Trees, Vicky Allan

2040: A Handbook for the Regeneration: Based on the Documentary 2040, Damon Gameau

The Future of Energy: The 2021 Guide to the Energy Transition, John Armstrong

Have you read some of the above books? Let us know what you think… and do share with us any suggestions of other books you have enjoyed.

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