Environment & Nature audiobooks

Miracles in Permaculture

By: Bill Mollison

Narrated by: Neil Harvey

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

We hate to be reminded of the dangerous degradation of our air, water and soil quality because it is so widespread and seems so hopeless. Mollison, one of the originators of permaculture, tells us how to make land and water healthy and supportive of human and countless other forms of life. Read more

Dinosaur in a Haystack

By: Stephen Gould

Narrated by: Meredith MacRae & Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Length: 18 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called “The View of Life” for Natural History magazine. More than thirty entries from that column comprise this collection, which covers topics from dinosaurs to baseball and nearly everything in between related to natural history and evolution. Among the essays... Read more

When Elephants Weep - Abridged

By: Jeffrey Masson & Susan McCarthy

Narrated by: David Ackroyd

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the late 19th century, Charles Darwin was sure that humans and animals showed emotion through remarkably similar behaviors, noting, "The Indian elephant is said sometimes to weep." For over 100 years, animal lovers have known that their dogs, cats, and other pets have complex emotional lives. When Elephants Weep is the first book since... Read more

Wild Heart: The Politics Of Place

By: Terry Tempest Williams

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Environmental politics becomes a matter of sensual passion rather than political correctness in this rich, colorful mosaic of thoughts on wildness, landscape, animals, and humans. It sparkles with gems of insight mined from Williams' own profound sense of belonging in nature and includes the voice of the late Edward Abbey, maverick... Read more

The Medicine Way of Life

By: Hyemeyohsts Storm & Swan Storm

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This is Hyemeyosts Storm's very personal story of overcoming drunken violence, spiritual ignorance and lack of self-respect. He describes the difficult but life-changing lessons he learned from his spiritual teachers about how to relate to self and the world, and asks us to discover first-hand for ourselves and our children what it means to be... Read more

Reclaiming Native Culture

By: Winona Laduke

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Passionate, outspoken, and articulate, Winona LaDuke is an internationally known activist for indigenous rights and environmental and women's issues. All over the world, she observes, colonialism is encroaching upon natural ecosystems and the people who have lived in them for many centuries--but destroying land and cultures is not a sustainable... Read more

Sanity Through Ecopsychology

By: Theodore Roszak, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Roszak calls for "a new psychology that sees us as part of an evolving universe." This requires learning from more natural and ancient modes of integrating the person and habitat, and developing a respect for primal mental processes such as those of children. "Let's keep the kids as sane as they were born," he says. Read more

Communication and Healing With Animals

By: Linda Tellington-Jones

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Have a favorite animal in your life? Want to relate to animals in a different way? Linda Tellington-Jones opens our eyes to an innovative, effective method of improving our animals' health and temperament, and of experiencing the deep joy of communicating with another species. Read more

The Meaning of Refuge

By: Terry Tempest Williams

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Williams connects two catastrophic events: living downwind of atomic nuclear testing in the deserts of Utah and the record breaking flooding of the Great Salt Lake. These events have deeply affected her sense of the need for refuge. She poetically conveys to us her personal perspectives on grief, love, and the spirituality of nature, lake and... Read more

The Dream of the Earth - Abridged

By: Thomas Berry

Narrated by: Thomas Berry

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This landmark work— a foundational volume in the ecological canon— points to a necessary transformation of consciousness if mankind and the planet are to survive. Drawing upon the wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers, Thomas Berry forges a balanced, deeply felt declaration of planetary independence from the... Read more

Bulow Hammock - Abridged

By: David Wallace

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Florida, there exists a very special ecosystem where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meet— Bulow Hammock. Saved by conservationists, it is one of the last stands of forest on the East Coast. This hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine wood is now a State Park where complex life thrives. In the tradition of... Read more

Images of Tibet

By: Galen Rowell

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Adventurer, award-winning photographer and collaborator with the Dalai Lama on the book My Tibet (University of California Press 1990), Galen Rowell speaks of the environmental and cultural devastation brought upon Tibet by Communist Chinese occupation. He shares his adventures in mountaineering, and what is needed for true nature conservation. Read more

365 Ways You Can Save the Earth

By: Michael Viner

Narrated by: Ed Begley Jr.

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Our earth home is in trouble: plastic pollution, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, and hazardous waste all affect many processes that shape global climate and ecosystems. However, we don't have to go out with a whimper. We can fight back. Even better, we can win. The battlegrounds are our homes, schools, workplaces, and vacation... Read more

Loving Kindness and Active Peace

By: Dalai Lama & H.E. Tai Situpa Rinpoche

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Peace, the Dalai Lama has emerged as one of the great spiritual figures of this century. Here, in an exclusive interview with Michael Toms, he speaks of his positive impressions of Costa Rica, the purpose of religion, and his memorable meeting with Thomas Merton. Read more

The Philosophy Of Wildness

By: Paul Shepard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Shepard intimates that, In contrast to the modern technological world, wildness is part of our heritage. Even though suppressed, its lure is constant. He spent a lifetime exploring the wonders of the wild. He reveals the dangers of domesticating animals. He tells some great stories about bears and encourages us to recognize our kinship with all... Read more

Resist Much, Obey Little: The Writer As Social Critic

By: Edward Abbey

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The environmental movement stands on the shoulders of one of the American West’s leading advocates, the late Edward Abbey. Here he admonishes us to make a difference, “to oppose injustice, to defy the powerful, to speak for the voiceless.” With wry humor and candor, he points to the serious environmental crises caused by “simple greed” and... Read more

Sustaining the Land

By: Wes Jackson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Re-connecting to the land and living in harmony with the natural environment are the twin touchstones of this eloquent advocacy of sustainable agriculture. Jackson says that only by returning to nature's roots can we see a valid way out of the fossil fuel farm, which breeds costly high technology, ecological damage and bankrupt small farmers. Read more

Daily Bread

By: Wendell Berry

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This farmer, ecologist, and writer Berry speaks of enduring values, the wholeness of life, and the interdependence of all creatures (including humans). Berry’s self-discipline and ethical sense come through as he leads us from the microcosm of his Kentucky hill farm to the macrocosm of a sane and reasoned planetary vision based on personal... Read more

Walking the Earth

By: Colin Fletcher

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Hard-core wilderness lovers and deep ecology buffs will especially appreciate this conversation with the quintessential walker, Colin Fletcher, author of The Complete Walker III. Fletcher speaks of the joys and wonders of trekking in the real wilderness. Read more

Morphic Resonance and the Mind

By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Further explorations into the revolutionary "hypothesis of formative causation" put forth by British biochemist Rupert Sheldrake. Since its debut in 1981, Sheldrake's theory has sent large ripples through the scientific community, and has inspired experimental testing that so far has tended to confirm the theory Read more

Ecotopia Revisited

By: Ernest Callenbach

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The creator of the visionary "ecotopian" view of the world, made famous through his classic book, Ecotopia returns with a fresh vision of an energy-efficient, ecologically responsible future society spread across Northwest America. Read more

A New Science Of Life

By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In the provocative concepts of morphogenetic fields and morphic resonance, we may indeed be more than the sum of our parts; we may have access to all that has gone before. Sheldrake, a biochemist, has postulated an extraordinary new theory that, if correct, could overturn our fundamental concepts about nature, brain function and consciousness. Read more

The Dawn of the Solar Age

By: Hazel Henderson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Hazel Henderson provides some penetrating insights to help light our way through the darkness. Here she speaks of the death of the old socio/political model and the rise of new ways. Read more

The Turning Point

By: Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A renowned physicist and author of The Tao of Physics turns his attention to the sweeping social changes brought about by what he describes as "the rising culture." As in his book The Turning Point, Dr. Capra addresses the state of the environment, modern industrial economy, and the choices individuals make in everyday life. Read more