Robin Wall Kimmerer's 2015 book "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants," gives us a unique view on how to care for Mother Nature. As a Native American and environmental biologist, she brings a unique perspective on how to face our environmental challenges.

Janine Beyus' 1997 book studying nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapting them for human use.

Environmental Policy brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for the twenty-first century. Published Jan. 2018.

Richard Louv's 2011 book reflects on human restoration and the end of nature-deficit disorder.

Michael Pollan's 2006 book about the variety of choices humans have and the environmental and animal welfare effects of such choices.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson published in 1962 is the the book that documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides.

Carl Safina's 1998 book about an epic personal narrative following the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths.

Hope Jahren's 2019 book describes how global consumption trends have changed in the past 50 years, and what projected continuations of these trends might mean for the natural world.

At no time in human history have we been more disconnected with what lies outside our front doors. Within just a century, our relationship with our surroundings has transformed from one of exploration to one of disassociation. In This Book Was a Tree, science teacher Marcie Cuff issues a call for a new era of pioneers— strong-minded, clever, crafty, mudpie-making, fort-building individuals committed to examining the natural world.