Piecing together the story of the past, while being firmly rooted in the present, cognisant that this could change in the future as new discoveries dawn, lends The People of the Indus its dialogic charm. This graphic novel attempts to tell the story of the Indus Valley civilization based on archaeological evidence found so far, … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The People of the Indus
Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism, by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Published by: North Atlantic Books Pages: 304 Publish date: Sep 21, 2021 ISBN 9781623176242 A challenging yet important book for anyone involved in trying to change the world, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira asks us "are we doing really enough?" … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Hospicing Modernity
Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kohei Saito, translated by Brian Bergstrom Publisher: Astra Publishing House Pages: 288 ISBN: 9781662602368 Published: 2024-01-09 It is probably a little unusual to include a book which hasn't yet been published in English (and therefore I have not read yet), in a list of must-read books, however the Japanese edition of … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto
Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe Published by Magabala books Pages: 278 ISBN: 9781921248016 Release date: March 1, 2014 Dark Emu is an incredibly well-researched book which uses the diaries and notes of British colonizers to paint a very different picture of pre-colonial Australia than that which we are often told. Far from being "primitive hunter-gatherers", … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Dark Emu
Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era, edited by Giacomo D'Alisa, Federico Demaria and Giorgos Kallis. 248 pages 12th November, 2014 ISBN: 978-1138000773 First published by Routledge A truly fabulous and necessary book, it includes 51 essays on various topics related the degrowth movement, including Ubuntu, Unions, Nowtopias, Cooperatives, Conviviality, Simplicity, Decolonization of the Imaginary, … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era
Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating, by Jeff Sparrow 240 pages Scribe publishing Published 2nd November 2021 ISBN: 9781922310705 I read this book last year and have quoted from it many times. I include it in my top eight books of the last few years. It's a very well-written compilation of essays on our … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Crimes Against Nature
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, by Kate Raworth. 320 pages Chelsea Green Publishing 29th March, 2018 ISBN: 9781603587969 An essential read for anyone who understands that infinite growth on a finite planet is a bad idea, Kate Raworth explores how our economies can be distributive and regenerative by design. Using … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Doughnut Economics
The Case for Degrowth, by Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D'Alisa and Federico Demaria. 140 pages Published by Polity Press First published April, 2020 ISBN: 978-1-509-53563-7 A short and concise book about the need for, and benefits of, degrowth, written by some of the experts on the topic. Published just as the world was experiencing … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: The Case for Degrowth
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, by Tyson Yunkaporta 256/288 pages Publisher: Harper One in the United States ISBN: 978-0062975621 Publisher: Text publishing in Australia Published: 3rd Sept 2019 ISBN: 9781922790514 In Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta brings an Indigenous perspective to various aspects of our lives, including money, eduction, power, economics and … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Sand Talk
Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It, by Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith and Max Wilbert. Monkfish Book Publishing Company Published March 2021 500 pages ISBN: 978-1-948626-39-2 One of a handful of books that I wish everyone would read, I think this book is important for … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Bright Green Lies
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