David Pollard's How to Save the World Reading List - Most Influential

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<blockquote>"One of my readers asked me recently for a short list of the books from my Save the World Reading List that were most influential in forming my natural/environmental philosophy. Here’s what I answered:"</blockquote>

  1. 1.
    Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
    by Stephen Jay Gould

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  2. 2.
    The Story of B
    by Daniel Quinn

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  3. 3.
    A Language Older Than Words
    by Derrick Jensen

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  4. 4.
    The World We Want
    by Mark Kingwell

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  5. 7.
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    Humans in the Wilderness

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  6. 8.
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  7. 9.
    A Short History of Progress
    by Ronald Wright

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  8. 10.
    Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
    by John Gray

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  9. 13.
    The Wealth of Man
    by Peter Jay

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  10. 14.
    Extinction
    by Michael Boulter

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  11. 15.
    The Axemaker's Gift
    by Robert Ornstein

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  12. 16.
    The Unconscious Civilization
    by John Ralston Saul

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  13. 17.
    Ockham's Razor
    by Wade Rowland

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  15. 20.
    The Dream of the Earth
    by Thomas Berry

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  16. 22.
    The New Rulers of the World
    by John Pilger

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  17. 23.
    The Demon in the Freezer
    by Richard Preston

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  18. 24.
    Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
    by Richard Manning

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  19. 25.
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    The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons
    by Garrett Hardin

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  20. 26.
    Elizabeth Costello
    by J. M. Coetzee

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  21. 27.
    When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
    by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

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  22. 29.
    The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
    by David Suzuki

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  23. 30.
    Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
    by James Lovelock

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  24. 31.
    The Hidden Dimension
    by Edward T. Hall

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  25. 32.
    Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
    by Daniel Quinn

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  26. 33.
    Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure
    by Daniel Quinn

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  27. 37.
    When Corporations Rule the World
    by David C. Korten

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  28. 38.
    Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth
    by Jim Merkel

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  29. 39.
    The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
    by Malcolm Gladwell

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  30. 42.
    Earthdance: Living Systems in Evolution
    by Elisabet Sahtouris

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Christopher
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The truth about stories... — 3 years ago

...is that’s all we are.