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How to Feed the World

By Michael Pollan — 2008

The world’s agricultural lands make up a precious and finite resource; we should be using it to grow food for people, not for cars or cattle.

Read on michaelpollan.com

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Paul Stamets - Report from the Underground | Bioneers

The renowned mycologist and genius discoverer of immunological and bioremedial properties of mushrooms Paul Stamets unveils his latest breakthrough research.

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Paul Stamets
2014
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Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet

An original and compelling argument about how to control climate change by conserving the world’s megaforests.

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John W. Reid, Thomas E. Lovejoy
2022
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#25 Gary Taubes: Is Sugar Slowly Killing Us

It seems that nowadays, aside from religion and politics, one of the most hotly debated topics is that of nutrition.

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The Knowledge Project Podcast
2017
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.

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Paul Stamets
2005
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Gods, Monotheism, and Ideologies All Failed. But the Human Brain Could Still Succeed. | Joscha Bach

Religious skepticism birthed the modern world, but its ideologies have largely failed to deliver. Could neuroscience cure the ails of human society? In this fascinatingly brief tour of world history, Joscha Bach suggests that us moderns still toil in the mud of feudalist peasants.

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2017
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The Dream of the Earth

Drawing on the wisdom of Western philosophy, Asian thought, and Native American traditions, as well as contemporary physics and evolutionary biology, Berry offers a new perspective that recasts our understanding of science, technology, politics, religion, ecology, and education.

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Thomas Berry
2015
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The Great Work: Our Way into the Future

Thomas Berry is one of the most eminent cultural historians of our time. Here he presents the culmination of his ideas and urges us to move from being a disrupting force on the Earth to a benign presence.

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Thomas Berry
2025
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Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

Is chocolate heart-healthy? Does yogurt prevent type 2 diabetes? Do pomegranates help cheat death? News accounts bombard us with such amazing claims, report them as science, and influence what we eat.

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Marion Nestle
2018
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How Everything Can Collapse: A Manual for Our Times

What if our civilization were to collapse? Not many centuries into the future, but in our own lifetimes? Most people recognize that we face huge challenges today, from climate change and its potentially catastrophic consequences to a plethora of socio-political problems, but we find it hard to face...

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Pablo Servigne, Raphaël Stevens
2020
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Michael Porter: Why Business Can Be Good at Solving Social Problems

Why do we turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve society’s biggest problems? Michael Porter admits he's biased, as a business school professor, but he wants you to hear his case for letting business try to solve massive problems like climate change and access to water.

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2013
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Global Food Supply