Environment & Nature audiobooks

Skogluft

By: Jorn Viumdal

Narrated by: TBD

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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The Reality Bubble

By: Ziya Tong

Narrated by: Ziya Tong

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2020 LANE ANDERSON AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 RBC TAYLOR PRIZE

From one of the world's most engaging science journalists, a groundbreaking and wonder-filled look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways.

Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality.

We are blind in comparison to the... Read more

Forest Bathing

By: Dr. Cyndi Gilbert

Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Author and naturopathic physician Dr. Cyndi Gilbert introduces listeners to the art and science of forest bathing, the deceptively simple Japanese practice of spending time in the forest as a way to find peace, rejuvenation, and to promote health.



Dr. Gilbert shares her own personal history with the practice—how in the midst of an urban sprawl... Read more

Power Trip

By: Michael E. Webber

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A global tour of energy--the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat.

Energy is humanity's single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert Michael E. Webber argues in Power Trip, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the story of how they manage energy sources through time. In 2019, as we face down... Read more

The Farmer's Son

By: John Connell

Narrated by: Alan Smyth

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of The Shepherd's Life, a poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world



Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade... Read more

The Secret Knowledge of Water

By: Craig Childs

Narrated by: Craig Childs

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Naturalist Craig Childs's "utterly memorable and fantastic" study of the desert's dangerous beauty is based on years of adventures in the deserts of the American West (Washington Post). 

Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the... Read more

Thus Spoke the Plant

By: Monica Gagliano

Narrated by: Julie Slater

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

An accessible and compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication and how it influenced her research and changed her life.

In this "phytobiography"--a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant--research scientist Monica Gagliano reveals the dynamic role plants play in genuine first-hand accounts from her... Read more

Birds by the Shore

By: Jennifer Ackerman

Narrated by: Jennifer Ackerman

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore

For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern... Read more

Hypertalks S4 E1

By: Linn Jansson, Erik Granholm, Nitin George & Ku ...

Narrated by: Hyper Island

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first episode of HyperTalks Season 4, we are joined by learningdesigners, Åsa Höistad Jonsgården and Nina Sandström in the studio.Through their work, they foster group dynamic and leadership skills in ourrapidly evolving industry. As diverse, creative, team oriented environmentslead to productivity and employee motivation, it's more... Read more

Who Owns England?

By: Guy Shrubsole

Narrated by: Malk Williams

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how... Read more

Water in Plain Sight

By: Judith D. Schwartz

Narrated by: Tia Rider

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Water scarcity is on everyone’s mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has become dependent on economics, politics, and people’s food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts—and even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow, and extremist groups worldwide exploit the desperation of people losing livelihoods to... Read more

Sacred Instructions

By: Sherri Mitchell

Narrated by: Sherri Mitchell

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A “profound and inspiring” collection of ancient indigenous wisdom for “anyone wanting the healing of self, society, and of our shared planet” (Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma).

A Penobscot Indian draws on the experiences and wisdom of the First Nations to address environmental justice, water protection, generational... Read more

Cry of the Kalahari

By: Mark Owens & Delia Owens

Narrated by: Donna Postel & Sean Runnette

Length: 14 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the story of the Owens' travel and life in the Kalahari Desert. Here they met and studied unique animals and were confronted with danger from drought, fire, storms, and the animals they loved. This bestselling book is for both travelers and animal lovers. Read more

Szenen aus dem Herzen - Unser Leben für das Klima (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg & Malena Ernman

Narrated by: Eva Gosciejewicz

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Greta Thunberg bringt die Jugend auf die Straße "Szenen aus dem Herzen" erzählt aus dem Inneren der Familie: Wie die Eltern Malena und Svante mit Gretas Asperger-Syndrom umgehen. Wie Greta erstmals vom Klimawandel hörte und seitdem nicht mehr aufhören konnte, darüber nachzudenken. Wie sie ihre kleine Schwester Beata und ihre Eltern davon... Read more

Choked

By: Beth Gardiner

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Nothing is as elemental, as essential to human life, as the air we breathe. Yet around the world, in rich countries and poor ones, it is quietly poisoning us. Air pollution prematurely kills seven million people every year, including more than one hundred thousand Americans. It is strongly linked to strokes, heart attacks, many kinds of cancer,... Read more

The B Corp Handbook, Second Edition

By: Ryan Honeyman & Tiffany Jana

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“This book shows how using business as a force for good, not just pursuing short-term profits, can be better for consumers, employees, local communities, the environment, and your company's long-term bottom line.”
—Tony Hsieh, New York Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness and CEO, Zappos.com, Inc. 

B Corps are a global movement of more... Read more

Forest Sounds with Soft Rains & Gentle Winds (without music) for Deep Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation

By: Yella A. Deeken

Narrated by: Ian Brannan

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The sounds of the nature: A hammock for the soul! With this audiobook, experience the power of nature like on a dreamlike vacation. Nature Sounds - with over 4 hours of ambient sounds, recorded all over the world. Using state-of-the-art recording technology, with extremely high fidelity, and the best spatial atmosphere.  Your audiobook... Read more

The Deep

By: Alex Rogers

Narrated by: James Price

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

There's so much we don't know about what lies deep beneath the ocean's surface - and the time to find out is growing increasingly precious . . .

Professor Alex Rogers is one of the world's leading experts in marine biology and oceanology, and has spent his life studying the deep ocean - and in particular the impact of human activity on the... Read more

Heida

By: Steinunn Sigurðardóttir

Narrated by: Lucy Paterson

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring story of Icelandic sheep farmer, former model and feminist heroine has become an international bestseller and won both the Icelandic Booksellers' Prize and Women's Literature Prize.

I'm not on my own because I've been sitting crying into a handkerchief or apron over a lack of interested men. I've been made every offer imaginable... Read more

Protecting Pollinators

By: Jodi Helmer

Narrated by: Laura Jennings

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 2,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America and Europe, bee populations have already... Read more

The Social Profit Handbook

By: David Grant

Narrated by: David Grant

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

How to Articulate and Assess What Success Looks Like The Social Profit Handbook offers those who lead, govern, and support mission-driven organizations and businesses new ways to assess their impact in order to improve future work rather than merely judge past performance.   For-profit institutions measure their success primarily by monetary... Read more

Falter

By: Bill McKibben

Narrated by: Bill McKibben & Oliver Wyman

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"[Oliver Wyman's] skillful, nuanced performance is enough to keep listeners from tossing their earbuds aside in despair...This isn't easy listening, but it's essential for anyone concerned about humanity's future." — AudioFile Magazine

This program includes a foreword read by the author.

Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest... Read more

Down from the Mountain

By: Bryce Andrews

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The grizzly is one of North America's few remaining large predators. Their range is diminished, but they're spreading across the West again. Descending into valleys where once they were king, bears find the landscape they'd known for eons utterly changed by the new most dominant animal: humans. As the grizzlies approach, the people of the region... Read more

Jubilee Circles

By: Lee Van Ham

Narrated by: David Wogahn

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Three Jubilee Circles—one in the U.S. and two in Mexico—provide the lived experience for this minibook. Three traffic signs in the opening pages signal what is to follow. “Stop!” MultiEarth living. “Turn!” to OneEarth ways. “Merge!”, i.e. “Join!” a Jubilee Circle. When you do, you become engaged in actions that reverse climate change, correct... Read more