On This Day: Earth Day.
By: Meg Matthais
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz & Melissa Petruzzello
Length: 13 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: special podcast on Earth Day; the day's origins plus interview with Britannica botany editor Melissa Petruzzello Read more
View audiobookEarth's Acidifying Oceans
By: John Rafferty
Narrated by: John Rafferty & Chris Langdon
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No
John Rafferty of Encyclopædia Britannica and Dr. Chris Langdon of the University of Miami examine the processes of ocean acidification and coral bleaching. This is the 11th part of the Postcards from the 6th Mass Extinction audio series. Read more
View audiobookLosing the Vaquita in the Northern Gulf of California: What Would It Mean?
By: John Rafferty
Narrated by: John Rafferty
Length: 14 minutes
Abridged: No
John Rafferty of Encyclopædia Britannica discusses the challenges of protecting the world's smallest porpoise, the vaquita, from extinction. This is the first part of the Postcards from the 6th Mass Extinction audio series. Read more
View audiobookWeltretten für Anfänger - Von guten Vorsätzen, miesen CO2-Bilanzen und dem Versuch, ein besserer Mensch zu werden (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged
By: Susanne Fröhlich & Constanze Kleis
Narrated by: Susanne Fröhlich
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Was können wir für die Zukunft unseres Planeten tun? Das fragen sich Susanne Fröhlich und Constanze Kleis und stellen auf der Suche nach der Antwort ihr Leben und das ihrer Lieben auf den Kopf. Auf ihrer Reise zu einem nachhaltigeren Ich erleben Susanne Fröhlich und Constanze Kleis ihr grünes Wunder. Sie klammern sich beim Sundowner an den... Read more
View audiobookThe Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary
By: Catherine Gray
Narrated by: Catherine Gray
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
**From the Sunday Times Bestselling Author**
We're told that happiness is in the extraordinary. It's on a Caribbean sun lounger, in the driving seat of a luxury car, inside an expensive golden locket, watching sunrise from Machu Picchu. We strive, reach, push, shoot for more. 'Enough' is a moving target we never quite reach.
When we do brush our... Read more
Cool It
By: Bjorn Lomborg
Narrated by: John McLain
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concernsBjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional... Read more
View audiobookBakteriernas kraft
By: Orage
Narrated by: Kim Rhedin Hüttner
Length: 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Bakterier. För många är det ett negativt laddat ord - synonymt med en smutsig invasion som måste bekämpas med rengöringsmedel. Sanningen är dock att du består av mer bakterier än kroppsceller, och mikroorganismer är den allra bästa medicinen mot många sjukdomar. Totalt väger bakterierna i tarmen ungefär lika mycket som en människas hjärna.... Read more
View audiobookThe Case for Climate Capitalism
By: Tom Rand
Narrated by: Jim Seybert
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide: anti-market critics from Naomi Klein to the Pope target capitalism itself as a root cause of climate change, while neoconservatives who diminish the climate threat are in favor of market fundamentalism. Tom Rand argues that both sides in this emerging... Read more
View audiobookThe Double Dangerous Book for Boys
By: Conn Iggulden
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Conn Iggulden returns with more information, insights, and diversions for boys from eight to eighty. This companion volume to The Dangerous Book for Boys includes more than seventy new chapters and important skills, fascinating historical information, and essential stories, including: How to pick a padlock Making a Flying Machine Tying a... Read more
View audiobookTree Wisdom
By: Vincent Karche
Narrated by: Peter Marinker
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Trees are our constant companions. They stand tall above us, shading us from the sun. They breathe in and out, feeding us oxygen. They weather the storms, protecting us from danger.
As children we intuitively understand the impact trees have on our lives. We sit beneath their branches, we collect their fallen leaves, we hug their trunks in... Read more
The Essence of Erosion and Evolution
By: Terry Tempest Williams
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Here we stare down our present situation without flinching but with radical hope as Williams reminds us that love and beauty is felt in chaos and heartbreak. Healing is going beyond anger; It’s a process of eroding and evolving at once. We must let go of our certainty to come back into a place of communion and communication with each other and... Read more
View audiobookEric Sloane's Weather Book
By: Eric Sloane
Narrated by: Chris Mattews
Length: 2 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
"Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of the weather." — The Nation In simple language, Eric Sloane explains the whys and wherefores of weather and weather forecasting — and does it in a style that's universally appealing. With humor and... Read more
View audiobookHyvän sään aikana
By: Hanna Nikkanen
Narrated by: Elina Saarela
Length: 14 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Tällä vuosisadalla ilmasto muuttaa kaiken. Suomella on yksi jalka vanhassa maailmassa: siellä metsäteollisuus ja tehomaatalous ohjaavat politiikkaa, jatkuva kasvu perustuu öljyn kulutukseen, ja jokaisella uudella sukupolvella on aina edeltäjiään enemmän tavaraa ja hyvinvointia. Toinen jalka on astumassa täysin toisenlaiseen maailmaan, jota emme... Read more
View audiobookVarelser på djupet
By: Orage
Narrated by: Kim Rhedin Hüttner
Length: 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Det brukar sägas att människan vet mer om rymden än om haven. Inte för att förolämpa Stephen Hawking och hans vänner, men eftersom vi inte vet rymdens exakta storlek går påståendet inte att bevisa. Det baseras främst på att vi skickat 12 människor till månen sedan 1969, jämfört med bara 3 till havets djupaste punkt, Marianergraven. Enligt NOAA... Read more
View audiobookCommon Sense for the 21st Century
By: Roger Hallam
Narrated by: Tim Bruce
Length: 2 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
“Brilliant, wise, profound and persuasive. Common Sense for the 21st Century will come to be recognized as a classic of political theory.”—George Monbiot, via Twitter An urgent, essential, and practical call to action from a cofounder of Extinction Rebellion What can we all do to avert catastrophe and avoid extinction? Roger Hallam has... Read more
View audiobookFlood and Fury
By: B Viju
Narrated by: Ashish Bhandari
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
The floods that devastated large parts of Kerala in 2018 were not an isolated, freak phenomenon; rather, they signalled something graver-the ecological devastation of the Western Ghats.Made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012, the Ghats have become increasingly vulnerable to serious ecological damage, threatening the sustenance of their people.... Read more
View audiobookWhose Water is it, Anyway?
By: Maude Barlow
Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
Length: 4 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"Maude Barlow is one of our planet's greatest water defenders." ? Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; and... Read more
View audiobookForgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction
By: Jared Singer
Narrated by: Jared Singer
Length: 1 hour 21 minutes
Abridged: No
With work that ranges from the laugh out loud funny to the silence and rage of loss, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction is a must read. This is a collection of work that asks itself for forgiveness while becoming an instruction manual on how readers can follow suit. These complex and passionate poems make space for a... Read more
View audiobookThat Wild Country
By: Mark Kenyon
Narrated by: Mark Kenyon
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes—America’s public lands.Every American is a public-land owner, inheritor to the largest public-land trust in the world. These vast expanses provide a home to wildlife populations, a vital source... Read more
View audiobookMaltrato animal, sufrimiento humano
By: Mauricio García Pereira
Narrated by: Oscar Barberán
Length: 4 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
«Lo primero es el olor. Un olor a putrefacción y mierda, intenso, casi insoportable. El olor de la muerte.» Acuciado por la necesidad de conseguir un empleo tras tres años en el paro, Mauricio García Pereira, un gallego emigrado a Francia, acepta un trabajo en el matadero de Limoges, el más grande del país. Durante casi siete años, aspira la... Read more
View audiobookTom Brown's Guide to Healing the Earth
By: Tom Brown, Jr. & Randy Walker Jr.
Narrated by: James Lurie, Fred Sanders & Various
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
As a child he was taught to respect nature by an Apache elder he called Grandfather, now as a bestselling author and master tracker Tom Brown, Jr., shares his secrets for nurturing and saving our planet.
Tom Brown, Jr., is America's most acclaimed outdoorsman, tracker, and teacher. When he was eight he met Stalking Wolf, an Apache elder who... Read more
The Peregrine
By: J. A. Baker
Narrated by: David Attenborough & Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
David Attenborough reads J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing. The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing, The Peregrine. J. A. Baker’s classic of British nature writing was first published in... Read more
View audiobookLucy
By: Donald C. Johanson & Maitland Edey
Narrated by: Donald C. Johanson
Length: 14 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The story of the discovery of “Lucy”—the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found.When Donald Johanson found a partial skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, a headline-making controversy was launched that continues today. Bursting with all the suspense and... Read more
View audiobookFibershed
By: Rebecca Burgess
Narrated by: Tia Rider
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economies There is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local, nutritious food have largely overlooked the production of fiber,... Read more
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