BOOKS
There are hundreds of books relevant to these issues. Some to start with:
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Letters to the Earth;
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Sitopia; Carolyn Steel
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The uninhabitable Earth; David Wallace-Wells
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The Growth Delusion; David Pilling
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Wilding; Isabella Tree
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The World After Coronavirus; Yuval Noah Harari
A wonderful list put together by XR Prague
Climate and environmental crisis, science, politics, perspectives
Our deeds no longer dissolve in the world, the world is stretched, we see the consequences of our actions.
Amrita Bhohi
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Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1962. — Carsonová, Rachel. Tiché jaro. Přel. Filip Drlík. Host, 2021.
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Catton, William R. Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982.
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Tainter, Joseph A. The Collapse of Complex Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. — Tainter, Joseph A. Kolapsy složitých společností. Přel. Stanislav Pavlíček. Praha: Dokořán, 2009.
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Mander, Jerry. In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991.
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McKibben, Bill. Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. New York: Times Books, 2010. — McKibben, Bill. Zeemě: Jak přežít na naší nové nehostinné planetě. Praha: Paseka, 2013.
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Oreskes, Naomi a Eric M. Conway. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2010.
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Randers, Jorgen. 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years. London: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2012.
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Klein, Naomi. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.
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Kolbert, Elizabeth. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014. — Kolbertová, Elizabeth. Šesté vymírání: Nepřirozený příběh. Přel. Jiří Ogrocký. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2018.
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Servigne, Pablo a Raphaël Stevens. Comment tout peut s’effondrer : petit manuel de collapsologie à l’usage des générations présentes. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 2015.
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Savory, Allan. Holistic Management, Third Edition: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment. Washington, Covelo, London: Island Press, 2016.
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. Ed. Paul Hawken. New York: Penguin Books, 2017.
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Latour, Bruno. Où atterrir ? Paris: La Découverte, 2017. — Latour, Bruno. Zpátky na zem: Jak se vyznat v politice Nového klimatického režimu. Přel. Čestmír Pelikán. Praha: Neklid, 2020.
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Patel, Raj a Jason W. Moore. A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017. — Patel, Raj a Jason W. Moore. Dějiny světa na příkladu sedmi laciných věcí. Průvodce kapitalismem, přírodou a budoucností naší planety. Přel. Michal Jurza. Praha: Neklid, 2020.
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Raworth, Kate. Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2017. — Raworthová, Kate. Ekonomie koblihy: Sedm způsobů ekonomického myšlení pro 21. století. Přel. Jan Baláč a Vendula Bittner. Praha: IDEA, 2020.
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Bendell, Jem. Deep Adaptation (2018). https://lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf. — Bendell, Jem. Hluboká adaptace. Přel. Vít Bohal. https://a2larm.cz/2021/11/hluboka-adaptace-mapa-pro-navigaci-v-rozbourenych-vodach-klimaticke-tragedie.
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Jamail, Dahr. The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption. New York: The New Press, 2019.
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Norberg-Hodge, Helena. Local Is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness. [s. l.]: Local Futures, 2019.
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Wallace-Wells, David. The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future. New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2019. — Wallace-Wells, David. Neobyvatelná Země. Přel. Sylva Ficová. Brno: Host, 2020.
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Attenborough, David. A Life on Our Planet – My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2020. — Attenborough, David. Život na naší planetě: Mé svědectví a vize pro budoucnost. Přel. Jiří Petrů. Praha: Práh, 2021.
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Hickel, Jason. Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. London: Windmill Books, 2020.
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Lynas, Mark. Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2021.
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Deep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos. Ed. Jem Bendell a Rupert Read. Cambridge: Polity, 2021.
Personal views, emotional support, activism, visions
That initial first step—of saying, “The world is a living place, and I am not the lord and master of it”—is a necessary and sufficient precondition for everything that follows.
Richard Powers
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Thoreau, Henry David. „On the Duty of Civil Disobedience“. Henry David Thoreau Selected Works. [s. l.]: Sahara Publisher Books, 1854. — Thoreau, Henry David. Občanská neposlušnost a jiné eseje. Přel. Jan Hokeš. Praha: Paseka, 2014.
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Berry, Thomas. The Great Work: Our Way into the Future. New York: Harmony, 1999. (překlad připravuje Malvern)
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Urban Scout. Rewild or Die. [s. l.]: Urban Scout LLC, 2010. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/urban-scout-rewild-or-die?v=1625957466.
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Macy, Joanna a Chris Johnstone. Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy. Novato: New World Library, 2012. — Macyová, Joanna a Chris Johnstone. Aktivní naděje. Jak čelit zmatku naší doby a nezbláznit se? Přel. Hana Bernardová. Praha: Alferia, 2020.
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Eisenstein, Charles. The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2013. — Eisenstein, Charles. Krásnější svět je možný, naše srdce to ví. Přel. Hana Bernardová. Praha: Maitrea, 2018.
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Macy, Joanna a Molly Young Brown. Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 2014.
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Brown, Adrienne Maree. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds. Chico: AK Press, 2017.
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Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene. Ed. Anna Tsing et al. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
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Ernman, Malena a Svante Thunberg. Scener ur hjärtat. Stockholm: Bokförlaget Polaris, 2018. — Thunberg, Greta. Náš dům je v plamenech. Přel. Irena Lysáčková, Magdaléna Michlová a Jaroslav Michl. Praha: Broken Books, 2019.
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Albrecht, Glenn A. Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World. Ithaca, London: Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Extinction Rebellion. This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook. London: Penguin Books Limited, 2019.
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Magnason, Andri Snær. Um tímann og vatnið. Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2019. — Magnason, Andri Snær. O času a vodě. Přel. Marta Bartošková. Praha: Argo, 2022.
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Read, Rupert a Samuel Alexander. This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire – and What Lies Beyond. Melbourne: Simplicity Institute Publishing, 2019.
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Yunkaporta, Tyson. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. New York: HarperOne, 2019.
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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. Ed. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson a Katharine Keeble Wilkinson. New York: One World, 2020.
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Read, Rupert a Samuel Alexander. Extinction Rebellion: Insights from the Inside. Melbourne: Simplicity Institute Publishing, 2020.
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Bechard, Elizabeth. Parenting in a Changing Climate: Tools for cultivating resilience, taking action, and practicing hope in the face of climate change. Brasstown: Citrine Publishing, 2021.
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Goodall, Jane a Douglas Carlton Adams. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times. New York: Celadon Books, 2021.
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Lent, Jeremy. The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe. London: Profile Books, 2021.
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Read, Rupert. Parents for a Future. Norwich: UEA Publishing Project, 2021.
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Wells, Lisa. Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
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Ingram, Catherine. Facing Extinction. https://www.catherineingram.com/facingextinction/.
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Plav 3 (2021). https://www.svetovka.cz/2021/04/03-2021/.
Nature and Spiritual Ecology, connection to the living world
Live in each season as it passes—breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, & resign yourself to the influences of each.
Henry David Thoreau
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Thoreau, Henry David. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. — Thoreau, Henry David. Walden aneb Život v lesích. Přel. Josef Schwarz. Praha: Paseka, 2006.
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Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1949.
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Shepherd, Nan. The Living Mountain. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1977.
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Hogan, Linda. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. New York: W. W. Norton, 1995.
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Abram, David. The Spell of the Sensuous. Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World. New York: Pantheon, 1996. — Abram, David. Kouzlo smyslů. Vnímání a jazyk ve více než lidském světě. Přel. Michaela Melechovská a Jiří Zemánek. Praha: DharmaGaia, 2013.
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Kohák, Erazim. Zelená svatozář: Kapitoly z ekologické etiky. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998.
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Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2003. — Kimmererová, Robin Wall. Naslouchání mechu. Přel. Vojtěch Ettler. Brno: Kazda, 2021.
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Taylor, Bron. Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.
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Abram, David. Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology. New York: Pantheon, 2010.
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Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2013.
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Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth. Ed. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. Point Reyes: Golden Sufi Center, 2013.
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Le Guin, Ursula K. Late In The Day. Poems 2010–2014. Oakland: PM Press, 2015.
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Macfarlane, Robert. Landmarks. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2015.
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Wohlleben, Peter. Das geheime Leben der Bäume. München: Ludwig Buchverlag, 2015. — Wohlleben, Peter. Tajný život stromů. Brno: Kazda, 2016.
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Nature, Love, Medicine: Essays on Healing in Wilderness. Ed. Thomas Lowe Fleischner. Salt Lake City: Torrey House Press, 2017.
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Macfarlane, Robert. The Lost Words. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2017.
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Canton, James. The Oak Papers. Edinburgh: Canongate, 2020.
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Simard, Suzanne. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. New York: Knopf, 2021.
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„The Myth of Progress – An Interview with Paul Kingsnorth“. Emergence Magazine. https://emergencemagazine.org/story/the-myth-of-progress/.
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Emergence Magazine. https://emergencemagazine.org/.
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Plav 3 (2021). https://www.svetovka.cz/2021/04/03-2021/.
Fiction
[Stories] start to work on you, and they change the way that you see the world—that’s been my experience of them—in a way that no amount of argument and no number of rational cases ever could.
Paul Kingsnorth
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Ballard, James Graham. The Drowned World. New York: Berkley Books, 1962.
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Le Guin, Ursula K. „The Word for World Is Forest“. Again, Dangerous Visions. Ed. Harlan Ellison. Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. — Le Guinová, Ursula K. „Svět je les, les je svět“. Experiment člověk. Přel. Jaroslav Veis. Ed. Ivo Železný. Praha: Svoboda, 1983.
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Le Guin, Ursula K. Always Coming Home. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
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Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael. New York: Bantam/Turner, 1992. — Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael – Dobrodružství mysli a ducha. Přel. Jakub Novotný. Praha: Dobrovský s.r.o., 2015.
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McCarthy, Cormac. The Road. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. — McCarthy, Cormac. Cesta. Přel. Jiří Hrubý. Praha: Argo, 2008.
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Pendell, Dale. The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2010. — Pendell, Dale. Velký záliv. Přel. Denis Kostomitsopoulos. Praha: Dybbuk, 2018.
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Mitchell, David. The Bone Clocks. London: Sceptre, 2014. — Mitchell, David. Hodiny z kostí. Přel. Petra Diestlerová. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2017.
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Oreskes, Naomi a Eric M. Conway. The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. — Oreskesová, Naomi a Eric M. Conway. Kolaps západní civilizace. Přel. Karina Matějů. Praha: Práh, 2016.
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Bacigalupi, Paolo. The Water Knife. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. — Bacigalupi, Paolo. Vodní nůž. Přel. Richard Podaný. Praha: Argo, 2016.
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Bradley, James. Clade. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2015.
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Lunde, Maja. Bienes historie. Oslo: Aschehoug, 2015. — Lunde, Maja. Historie včel. Přel. Martin Nagy. Praha: Dobrovský, s.r.o., 2017.
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Lunde, Maja. Blå. Oslo: Aschehoug, 2017. — Lunde, Maja. Modrá. Přel. Tereza Švejkovská. Praha: Dobrovský, s.r.o., 2018.
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Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation. Ed. Phoebe Wagner a Brontë Christopher Wieland. Nashville: Upper Rubber Boot Books, 2017.
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VanderMeer, Jeff. Borne. New York: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. — VanderMeer, Jeff. Borne. Přel. Pavel Bakič. Praha: Argo, 2019.
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VanderMeer, Jeff. The Strange Bird: A Borne Story. New York: MCD/FSG Originals, 2017.
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Powers, Richard. The Overstory. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2018. — Powers, Richard. Stromy znamenají svět. Přel. Vladimír Medek. Leda, 2020.
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Lunde, Maja. Przewalskis hest. Oslo: Aschehoug, 2019. — Lunde, Maja. Kůň Převalského. Přel. Tereza Švejkovská. Praha: Kontrast, 2021.
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VanderMeer, Jeff. Dead Astronauts. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
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Plav 4 (2020). https://www.svetovka.cz/2020/05/04-2020/.
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Okri, Ben. „And Peace Shall Return“. Emergence Magazine, 2020. https://emergencemagazine.org/story/and-peace-shall-return/.
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Robinson, Kim Stanley. The Ministry for the Future. London: Orbit Books, 2020.
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Fix the World. Ed. J. Scott Coatwsorth. Sacramento: Other Worlds Ink, 2021.
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Plav 3 (2021). https://www.svetovka.cz/2021/04/03-2021/.
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Biler, Stanislav. Destrukce. Brno: Druhé město, 2021.
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Powers, Richard. Bewilderment. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
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VanderMeer, Jeff. Hummingbird Salamander: A Novel. New York: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
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The Dark Mountain Project. https://dark-mountain.net/.
Children's books
We need to become parents of the future. How do we do that? By taking the metaphor literally. By understanding that only if we take completely seriously what it really means to be good parents to our children, will it really be enough to take care of the whole future.
Rupert Read
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The EarthWorks Group. 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth. Friday Harbor: Turtleback Books, 1990. — Javna, Sophie. 50 nápadů pro děti, jak přispět k záchraně planety. Přel. Lukáš Novák a Filip Hanzlík. Praha: Akropolis, 2012.
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Magnason, Andri Snaer. Tímakistan. Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2013. — Magnason, Andri Snaer. Truhla času. Přel. Marta Bartošková. Praha: Argo, 2020.
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Peixe Dias, Maria Ana a Inês Teixeira do Rosário. Lá fora. Carcavelos: Planeta Tangerina, 2014. — Peixe Dias, Maria Ana a Inês Teixeira do Rosário. Venku – Průvodce po tajemstvích přírody. Přel. Barbora Müllerová. Praha: Baobab, 2020.
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Maynerick Blaise, Misha. This Phenomenal Life: The Amazing Ways We Are Connected with Our Universe. New York: Lyons Press, 2017. — Maynerick Blaise, Misha. Náš úžasný život. Přel. Lada Krutilová. Brno: Jota, 2020.
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Jordahl, Jenny a Ole Mathismoen. Grønne greier: Om natur og miljø og sånt. Oslo: Ena forlag, 2018. — Jordahlová, Jenny a Ole Mathismoen. Zelená (se) Země: O přírodě, ekologii a tak. Přel. Jitka Jindřišková. Praha: Argo 2021.
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Tite, Jack. Mega Meltdown. London: Big Picture Press, 2018. — Tite, Jack. Obří obleva. Přel. Kateřina Stupková. Praha: Albatros, 2019.
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Scharmacher-Schreiber, Kristina a Stephanie Marian. Wie viel wärmer ist 1 Grad? Was beim Klimawandel passiert. Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 2019. — Scharmacher-Schreiber, Kristina a Stephanie Marian. Jak se vyznat v klimatu – Encyklopedie pro školáky. Přel. Michaela Weberová. Praha: Portál, 2020.
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Steingässer, Jana. Paulas Reise. Hamburg: Oetinger, 2019. — Steingässer, Jana. Velká cesta aneb jak se z nás díky slepici stali ochránci klimatu. Přel. Štěpánka Podlešáková. Brno: Kazda, 2019.
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Steinlein, Christina a Mieke Scheier. Ohne Wasser geht nichts! Alles über den wichtigsten Stoff der Welt. Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 2020. — Steinlein, Christina a Mieke Scheier. Bez vody to nejde – Encyklopedie pro školáky. Přel. Michaela Weberová. Praha: Portál, 2021.
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Čechová, Simona. František z kompostu. Praha: Labyrint, 2021.