Environment & Nature audiobooks

Eläintarha olohuoneessamme

By: Sesse Koivisto

Narrated by: Mona Kortelampi

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Millaista on, kun omassa kodissa kasvaa oikea tiikeri?On joulu 1968, kun biologit Sesse ja Ilkka Koivisto muuttavat asumaan Korkeasaareen. Ilkka Koivisto on hiljattain saanut työpaikan eläintarhan johtajana. Pariskunta ei kuitenkaan vielä arvaa, mitä kaikkea Korkeasaareen muuttaminen tulee pitämään sisällään. Vuosien saatossa vanhaan puuhuvilaan... Read more

Psychedelic Origin of Religion

By: Matthew Weintrub

Narrated by: Jason Michaels & Matthew Weintrub

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Matthew Weintrub, a healer, psychedelic activist, scholar, and entrepreneur, presents "The Psychedelic Origin of Religion," an exploration of the common heritage of psychedelics and shamanism in all world religions. Drawing on extensive research and personal experience, Matthew details how the use of psychedelics in spiritual rituals can be... Read more

Reversible World

By: Alane Rollings

Narrated by: Laura Lambert

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Reversible World addresses threats to our planet and its ecosystem. It is a courageous, Whitmanesque, passionate book that urgently concerns itself with time, hope, climate change, science, mythology, and history. Its dazzling use of metaphor surpasses that of other contemporary poets. It has an aura of being concerned with something bigger than... Read more

A Forest Journey

By: John Perlin

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A Foundational Conservation Story Revived.

Ancient writers observed that forests always recede as civilizations develop and grow. The great Roman poet Ovid wrote that before civilization began, “even the pine tree stood on its own very hills” but when civilization took over, “the mountain oak, the pine were felled.”
This happened for a simple... Read more

The Witch's Garden

By: Sandra Lawrence

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The Witch's Garden describes over fifty of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary, and storied plants—from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits, and to even induce immortality.

Wise women, apothecaries,... Read more

Humpback Whale (Young Zoologist)

By: Dr. Asha de Vos & Neon Squid

Narrated by: Max Meyers

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is Young Zoologist:
Humpback Whale.

Head to the depths of the ocean to study humpback whales in this beautiful nonfiction field guide for kids.

You may know that humpback whales use whale song to communicate with each other, but there’s so much more to discover... Read more

Reading the Glass

By: Elliot Rappaport

Narrated by: Greg Tremblay

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A sea captain’s beautifully written tour of our planet, our oceans, and our ever-changing atmosphere
 
What’s in a cloud? Did you know that water vapor is invisible and actually lighter than dry air? What separates a tropical storm from a winter blizzard? And what exactly is El Niño? Elliot Rappaport, a professional captain of traditional... Read more

CONSTRUYE VALOR - Crea y lidera las empresas que el mundo necesita

By: Alan Moore

Narrated by: Everardo Camacho

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

El mundo de los negocios está cambiando. La búsqueda exclusiva de "ganancias a cualquier precio" está siendo reemplazada por el deseo de construir empresas con propósito, que creen un futuro mejor y sean comercialmente exitosas. Tras años de investigación sobre algunas de las empresas más pioneras y progresistas del mundo, y a través de las... Read more

Primavera

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Gustavo Dardes

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

En primavera reunimos, compilados por Peter Saint-André, fragmentos de distintas fuentes (principalmente de sus diarios), en los que Henry David Thoreau reflexiona, entre marzo y junio, sobre las particularidades que ofrece la primavera en relación con la naturaleza y con la vida de las personas. En la sociedad no encontrarás salud si no es... Read more

Cosmos Weekly's Year of Wonders

By: The Royal Institution of Australia

Narrated by: Daniel Townsend, Renee Garvin, Daniel Lizotte &...

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Cosmos Weekly is the place for conversations, debates, discussions and insights into the science that changes our lives, where working scientists explain how they came to be where they are, and what hopes and breakthroughs keep them forging on. Read more

Turn the Tide on Climate Anxiety

By: Megan Kennedy-Woodard & Dr. Patrick Kennedy-Wil...

Narrated by: Dr. Patrick Kennedy-Williams

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

How to understand and manage your psychological responses to climate change to protect your mental health (and the planet).

It's hard to watch the news, scroll through social media, or listen to the radio without hearing or seeing something disturbing about the climate emergency. This can trigger all sorts of emotions: worry, anger, sadness,... Read more

At Work in the Ruins

By: Dougald Hine

Narrated by: Dougald Hine

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

'One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books yet written about the multiple intersecting crises that are now upending our once-familiar world. . . Essential reading for these turbulent times.' Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement Dougald Hine, author and social thinker, has spent most of his life talking to people about... Read more

The Paleozoic Era: The History of the Geologic and Evolutionary Changes that Began Over 500 Million Years Ago

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Michelle Humphries

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The current view of science is that Earth is around 4.6 billion years old, and the first 4 billion years of its development are known as the Precambrian period. For the first billion years or so, there was no life in Earth. Then the first single-celled life-forms, early bacteria and algae, began to emerge. It’s unclear where they came from or... Read more

Not Zero

By: Ross Clark

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The British government has embarked on an ambitious and legally-binding climate change target: reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050. The Net Zero policy was subject to almost no parliamentary or public scrutiny, and is universally approved by our political class. But what will its consequences be?

Ross Clark argues... Read more

One Thousand Shades of Green

By: Mike Dilger

Narrated by: Mike Dilger

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents One Thousand Shades of Green written and read by Mike Dilger.

‘A cracking read.’ IOLO WILLIAMS
‘What an incredible achievement!’ ALISON STEADMAN
‘An inspirational odyssey.’ NICK BAKER
'Immediately accessible.' BBC COUNTRYFILE

Mike Dilger's nationwide quest to find 1,000 wild plant species in a single year.

For most of 2020, Mike... Read more

Canyon Echoes

By: Henry H. Gray

Narrated by: Larry Herron

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The poems herein–drawn from a life of 100 years–are reflections on nature, travel, writing, ageing, philosophy, and yes, life. Some of these poems have appeared in the Meadowood Anthology, a periodical publication by and for residents of the Meadowood Retirement Community where he now lives. Read more

Der Supermarkt-Kompass - Informiert einkaufen, was wir essen (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Thilo Bode

Narrated by: Tim Gössler

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Was uns der Supermarkt serviert - und was sich ändern muss Wir alle gehen in den Supermarkt. Doch zwischen Preissteigerungen und dem Wunsch nach guten Lebensmitteln gleicht der Wocheneinkauf einem Blindflug: Billig ist nicht schlecht, teuer ist nicht gut. Unverständliche Zutatenlisten, undurchsichtige Qualitätsversprechen und fehlende... Read more

Schockwellen - Letzte Chance für sichere Energie und Frieden (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Claudia Kemfert

Narrated by: Ulrike Kapfer

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Energiekrise erschüttert die globale Wirtschaft. Gas und Öl werden als geopolitische Waffen eingesetzt. Zugleich spüren wir die Vorboten der drohenden Klimakatastrophe. Daraus baut eine mächtige Lobby den künstlichen Gegensatz zwischen Klima und Frieden auf. Plötzlich sind Kohle, Fracking und Atomkraft wieder auf der Tagesordnung. Doch wer... Read more

Wild American Ginseng

By: James McGraw

Narrated by: Eric Smies

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Wild American ginseng, America's most famous medicinal plant, is in trouble. In plain prose, James McGraw explains why as he translates the latest in ecological and conservation science findings on this unassuming understory herb. As the world's foremost authority on wild ginseng, McGraw is uniquely poised to present this story based on more... Read more

Insects

By: Simon Leather

Narrated by: Gareth Richards

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

To date, more than a million insect species have been described, with probably at least another 5-8 million species waiting in the wings for a name. Insects are a fascinatingly diverse and beautiful spectrum of animals. They range in size from the tiny parasitic wasp, measuring a mere 139µm, to the aptly named Titan beetle, which can reach... Read more

Jewels

By: Victoria Finlay

Narrated by: Victoria Finlay

Length: 14 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure travel, geology, exciting new research, and... Read more

Home Detox

By: Daniella Chace

Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A professional toxicologist and health writer offers an enlightening and accessible room-by-room guide to identifying and removing potentially toxic items, along with suggestions for safe, affordable alternatives.

From the bedroom mattress and pillows to daily cleaning products for the kitchen and bath, toothbrushes, and even furniture and... Read more

Holistic Homesteading

By: Roxanne Ahern

Narrated by: April Doty

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Make healthier life choices to heal yourself and the environment through self-sufficiency. Holistic Homesteading by Roxanne Ahern provides the tools for living slowly, intentionally, and better through permaculture, edible gardening, and organic farming.



Live the Homestead Life. Ahern's book guides new and seasoned homesteaders in improving... Read more

Finance Made Sustainable

By: Dominick Mitchell

Narrated by: Preston Geer

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This text serves as your contemporary guide to sustainable finance.
With a world that's running at 2x speed, becoming more dynamic each day, sustainable finance finds itself becoming more and more important. From the shock waves of the pandemic to the rise and fall of digital currency, ethics of finance are taking center stage in our day-to-day... Read more