Nature and Environmental Writing

When news broke last week about the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, I took comfort—as I've done many times since last November—in an audio recording of one of my favorite poems. This time, it was Wendell Berry reading "The Peace of Wild Things". Personally, it inspires me to action. And I imagine that many of my fellow citizens across the country are looking for literature to both take refuge in and take actionable inspiration from.

Since Counterpoint's earliest days, the press has been committed to publishing writers who honor and explore the delicate, essential relationship that human beings have with the Earth. We're proud to offer an extensive backlist that celebrates and urges the preservation of "the peace of wild things." I've gathered together below a small selection of these books, in the hopes they might resonate with you and your communities in the present moment.

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200	Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West by John Taliaferro 4.02 avg rating — 246 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
202	The Iambics of Newfoundland: Notes from an Unknown Shore by Robert Finch (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
202	Silent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment by Rachel Carson 4.61 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
204	Making Time: Essays on the Nature of Los Angeles by William L. Fox 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
204	As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker 4.36 avg rating — 2,227 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
206	Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence, and Emperor Penguins by Gavin Francis 4.05 avg rating — 550 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
206	The Wild and the Toxic: American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health by Jennifer Thomson 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
208	Garbage in the Cities: Refuse Reform and the Environment by Martin V. Melosi 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
209	High Cotton: Four Seasons in the Mississippi Delta by Gerard Helferich 3.83 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
209	Communities and Conservation: Histories and Politics of Community-Based Natural Resource Management by J. Peter Brosius (Contributor) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
211	The Everglades: An Environmental History by David McCally 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
212	Animal, Mineral, Radical: Essays on Wildlife, Family, and Food by B.K. Loren (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 122 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
212	Proving Grounds: Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of U.S. Bases by Edwin A. Martini (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
214	The Esperanza Fire: Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57 by John N. Maclean 4.32 avg rating — 369 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
214	David Brower: The Making of the Environmental Movement by Tom Turner really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
216	The Ends of the Earth by W.S. Merwin 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
216	Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman 3.72 avg rating — 430 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
218	Minding the Earth, Mending the World by Susan Murphy 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
218	Beaches in Space and Time: A Global Look at the Beach Environment and How We Use It by Richard A. Davis Jr. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
220	Peaks and Lamas: A Classic Book on Mountaineering, Buddhism and Tibet by Marco Pallis 4.18 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
220	When God Isn't Green: A World-Wide Journey to Places Where Religious Practice and Environmentalism Collide by Jay Wexler (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
222	A Naturalist and Other Beasts: Tales from a Life in the Field by George B. Schaller 3.96 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
222	Life: The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science by John Brockman 3.61 avg rating — 352 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
224	Gasp!: The Swift and Terrible Beauty of Air by Joe Sherman 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
224	A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism by Mark Pedelty 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
226	Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health by Rick Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,683 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
226	Greenspeak: Fifty Years Of Environmental Muckraking & Advocacy by Michael Frome really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
228	Shooting in the Wild: An Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom by Chris Palmer (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 80 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
228	American Environmentalism: Readings In Conservation History by Roderick Nash 3.64 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
230	Mountaintop Mining in Appalachia: Understanding Stakeholders and Change in Environmental Conflict by Susan F. Hirsch really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
231	The Quest for the Golden Trout: Environmental Loss and America’s Iconic Fish by Douglas M. Thompson 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
232	Adios Amigos: Tales of Sustenance and Purification in the American West by Page Stegner 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
232	Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Stephen J. Pyne 3.97 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
234	Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America by Jerry Thompson 4.18 avg rating — 744 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
234	Buying Time: Environmental Collapse and the Future of Energy by Kaz Makabe (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
236	For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys by Thomas Urquhart really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 26, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
236	Life on the Brink: Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation by Philip Cafaro (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 26, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
238	Mountains and Marshes: Exploring the Bay Area's Natural History by David Rains Wallace 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
238	Virtue Ethics and the Environment by Philip Cafaro (Editor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
240	Boundless: Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage by Kathleen Winter 3.62 avg rating — 543 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
240	Environmental History and the American South: A Reader by Paul S. Sutter (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
242	Eugene Odum: Ecosystem Ecologist and Environmentalist by Betty Jean Craige (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
243	Corvus: A Life with Birds by Esther Woolfson 4.05 avg rating — 1,088 ratings score: 22, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
243	Polluted Promises: Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town by Melissa Checker 3.92 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 22, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
245	The Imperfect Environmentalist: A Practical Guide to Clearing Your Body, Detoxing Your Home, and Saving the Earth by Sara Gilbert 3.61 avg rating — 450 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
246	Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! and the Environmental Movement by Susan Zakin 3.76 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 20, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
247	Tangled Roots: The Appalachian Trail and American Environmental Politics (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Sarah Mittlefehldt 3.84 avg rating — 91 ratings score: 19, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
248	There Goes the Neighborhood: Cartoons on the Environment by Sidney Harris 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 18, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
249	Whales and Nations: Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Kurkpatrick Dorsey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 17, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
250	A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism by Patrick N. Allitt 3.34 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 16, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
251	Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism by Char Miller 3.72 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 15, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
252	Speaking for Nature: The Literary Naturalists, from Transcendentalism to the Birth of the American Environmental Movement (Dover Books on Plants and Animals) by Paul Brooks 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 14, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
253	Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy by Amy Larkin (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 13, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
254	The Tanoak Tree: An Environmental History of a Pacific Coast Hardwood by Frederica Bowcutt 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 12, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
255	Values at Sea: Ethics for the Marine Environment by Dorinda G. Dallmeyer (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 11, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
256	An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century by Jack Emerson Davis 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 10, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
257	Paradise Lost?: The Environmental History of Florida by Jack Emerson Davis (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 9, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
258	Backwoods Ethics: Environmental Issues for Hikers and Campers by Laura Waterman (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 8, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
259	How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art by Kathleen Meyer 3.67 avg rating — 1,043 ratings score: 7, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
260	The Soundscape: Our Environment and the Tuning of the World by R. Murray Schafer 4.11 avg rating — 772 ratings score: 6, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
261	For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future by Herman E. Daly 4.17 avg rating — 168 ratings score: 5, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
262	Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect by David W. Orr 4.18 avg rating — 670 ratings score: 4, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
263	A Green History of the World: The Environment & the Collapse of Great Civilizations by Clive Ponting 3.94 avg rating — 782 ratings score: 3, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
264	Pocket Guide to Environmental Bad Guys: And a Few Ideas on How to Stop Them by Jane Ridgeway 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 2, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
265	Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 1,608 ratings score: 1, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars