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Join other conservation readers in a monthly book club, share your favorite conservation related books, or add some new titles to your reading list.

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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Started by Kiley Voss May 11, 2017. 0 Replies 0 Likes

AMAZING book! About the life of a female scientist and the challenges she faced because she was a scientist, and female. The book alters chapters with what she learned about plants throughout her life with her story, so it reads like a novel, but…Continue

Ecotopia, Ernest Callenbough

Started by Miriam Akervall. Last reply by Miriam Akervall Apr 24, 2017. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Great read! This is a must for anyone who has ever daydreamed about how a government based on conservation principles and a degrowth economy might function. I heard about this book from an interview with Kate Brown, the very cool current governor of…Continue

Reading the Forested Landscape, by Tom Wessels

Started by Marlee Leveille. Last reply by Samuel Long Apr 1, 2017. 1 Reply 1 Like

If you haven't read Tom Wessels' books, you're in for a treat. If you're headed out to the woods, particularly in New England, I recommend "Reading the Forested Landscape". It's like a detective story for uncovering the history of the woods that you…Continue

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Comment by Nicole Ruhlman on June 28, 2017 at 10:45pm: I'm sure this book is on the list already, but I'll mention it again just in case! Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. It's a must read!

Another, less science-related title is They Only Eat Their Husbands. It's more about self discovery than science. The title is really deceiving, it's explained halfway through the book so I won''t ruin it by explaining it here :)