My Reading List

My Top Picks

• Overshoot by William Catton - The quintessential introduction to ecology and how humanity is a part of it.
• Ishmael andThe Story of B by Daniel Quinn - Where we came from, why act the way we do - revolutionary philosophical anthropology.
  
• The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg - An excellent, accessible introduction to Peak Oil.
  
• Hell and High Water by Joseph Romm - What's global warming you ask?  Grab hold of something solid, and let Mr. Romm tell you what it's really all about.
  
• The Long Emergency by James Kunstler - A passionate polemic by a man who has had a glimpse into our future.
  
• The Spirit in the Gene by Reg Morrison - Journey into our genes to discover why we act the way we do.
• Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken - One of the rays of real hope piercing our  current gloom.
  

Peak Oil

• Beyond Oil by Kenneth Deffeyes
• Twilight in the Desert by Matthew Simmons
• The End of Oil by Paul Roberts
  
• The Last Oil Shock by David Strahan
  
• The Coming Oil Crisis by Colin Campbell
  
• The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg
• The Oil Depletion Protocol by Richard Heinberg
• A Thousand Barrels a Second by Peter Tertzakian
• High Noon for Natural Gas by Julian Darley
• The Long Emergency by James Kunstler

Climate Change

• Hell and High Water by Joseph Romm
• Heat by George Monbiot
• The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
• When the Rivers Run Dry by Fred Pearce
  

Ecology and Sociology

• Overshoot by William Catton
• Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken
  
• Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Update by Meadows et. al.
• Living Within Limits by Garrett Hardin
  
• The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon
• Collapse by Jared Diamond
• The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter
• Radical Simplicity by Jim Merkel
• Deep Ecology for the 21st Century by George Sessions
  

General Background

• The Spirit in the Gene by Reg Morrison
  
• Straw Dogs by John Gray
• The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins