List of non-fiction environmental writers

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Notable non-fiction environmental writers include:

American non-fiction environmental writers

Other non-fiction environmental writers

AuthorSexLifespanNationalityTheme(s)Selected book
Douglas Adams M1952–2001English Conservation movement Great Ape Project (co-authored)
Günter Altner M1936–2011German Environmental ethics
Ndyakira Amooti M1955 or 1956 – 1999Ugandan Conservation movement
Lawrence Anthony M1950–2012South African Conservation movement Babylon's Ark
Lady Eve Balfour F1899–1990English Organic movement The Living Soil
Sharon Beder FAustralian Civil engineering Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism
Tzeporah Berman F1969–Canadian Temperate rainforest: clearcutting Clayoquot & Dissent
Christopher Booker M1937–2019EnglishVarious themes The Real Global Warming Disaster
Michael Braungart M1958–German Industrial waste
Harold Brookfield M1926–2022British and Australian Rural development, family farms Cultivating Biodiversity: Understanding, Analysing and Using Agricultural Diversity
Hans Bruyninckx M1964–Belgian Environmental social science
Verity Burgmann F1952–Australian Indigenous land rights Power, Profit and Protest
Helen Caldicott F1938–Australian Anti-nuclear movement
Mark Carwardine M1959– Endangered species Last Chance to See (co-authored)
Pratap Chatterjee MVarious themes
Cormac Cullinan M Environmental law Wild Law
Mark Diesendorf MAustralian Sustainable energy Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy
David Fig MSouth AfricanVarious themes Uranium Road: Questioning South Africa's Nuclear Direction
Tim Flannery M1956–Australian Climate change The Weather Makers
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr FJapanese Genetic engineering The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development
Masanobu Fukuoka M1913–2008Japanese Natural farming
John Gibbons MIrish Climate change
Paul Gilding MAustralianVarious themes
Herbert Girardet MVarious themes Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges
Chris Goodall M1955–EnglishVarious themes Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate
Uri Gordon M1976–Israeli Direct action
Nicky Hager M1958New ZealanderVarious themes Seeds of Distrust
Julia Hailes F1961–English Ethical consumerism The New Green Consumer Guide
Clive Hamilton M1953–AustralianVarious themes Requiem for a Species
John L. Harper M1925–2009British Population biology Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems (co-authored)
Lisa Harrow F1943– Sustainable living What Can I Do?
Rizwana Hasan F1968–Bangladeshi Environmental law: ship breaking Laws Regulating Environment in Bangladesh
Dieter Helm MBritish Energy The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong – and How to Fix it
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist) M1959–Australian Coral reefs
Thomas Homer-Dixon M1956–Canadian Petroleum industry The Upside of Down
Kenneth Hsu MSwissVarious themes Klima Macht Geschichte: Menschheitsgeschichte als Abbild der Klimaentwicklung
Mike Hulme M1960–English Climate change Why We Disagree About Climate Change
Leonie Joubert FSouth African Climate change Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate
Rahanna Alicia Juman FTrinidad and TobagoWetlands, EcologyWetlands of Trinidad & Tobago [1]
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi M1939–2023Japanese Natural farming
David Keith MCanadian Climate change A Case for Climate Engineering
Petra Kelly F1947–1992German Disarmament
Bruce Kinloch M1919–2011British Wildlife conservation The Shamba Raiders
Satish Kumar M1936–Indian, English
Nigel Lawson M1932–2023British Climate change An Appeal to Reason
Richard Leakey M1944–2022Kenyan Conservation movement Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures (co-authored)
Jeremy Leggett M1954–EnglishVarious themes Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis
Howard Liddell M1945–2013British Sustainable development and passive housing Eco-minimalism – The Antidote to Eco-bling
Andre Lima M1971–BrazilianVarious themes Ecological-economic zoning of the Light Environmental Laws
Bjørn Lomborg M1965–DanishVarious themes The Skeptical Environmentalist
James Lovelock M1919–2022EnglishVarious themes The Revenge of Gaia
Ian Lowe MAustralianVarious themes Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option
Philip Lymbery M1965–British Industrial agriculture Farmageddon
Mark Lynas M1973–BritishVarious themes Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
Andri Snær Magnason M1973–Icelandic Hydroelectricity Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation
Thomas Robert Malthus M1766–1834English Population growth An Essay on the Principle of Population
Samuel Mann MNew Zealand Sustainability The Green Graduate: Educating Every Student as a Sustainable Practitioner
George Marshall M1964–British Climate change Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
David Maybury-Lewis M1929–2007 Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
Alastair McIntosh M1955–ScottishVarious themes
Ian McKay M1962–English
Anupam Mishra M1948–2016Indian Water management
George Monbiot M1963–English Climate change
Andrew Montford MEnglish Climate change The Hockey Stick Illusion
N. K. Sukumaran Nair M1942–2021Indian Pamba River
Andrew Nikiforuk MCanadian
Helena Norberg-Hodge F Sustainable living Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh
Mark O'Connor M1945–AustralianVarious themes
Guy Pearse MAustralian Climate change High and Dry
Sharon Pincott FAustralian Conservation Movement Elephant Dawn
Ian Plimer M1946–AustralianVarious themes Heaven and Earth
Li Quan FChinese Tiger conservation Rewilded, Saving the South China Tiger
(bilingual, English and Chinese)
Jørgen Randers M1945–Norwegian Climate change 2052 - A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years
Valentin Rasputin M1937–2015Russian Water management
Derek Ratcliffe M1929–2005British Conservation movement A Nature Conservation Review (2 volumes)
Emma Romeu FCuban
David Mayer de Rothschild M1978–BritishVarious themes
Palagummi Sainath M1957–IndianVarious themes
R. Murray Schafer M1933–2021Canadian Acoustic ecology The Tuning of the World (The Soundscape) , republished as The Soundscape
Hermann Scheer M1944–2010German Renewable energy Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy
E. F. Schumacher M1911–1977British Appropriate technology Small Is Beautiful
Philip Sherrard M1922–1995British Religion and environmentalism
Vandana Shiva F1952–IndianVarious themes
Stanislav Edward Shmelev MBritish Ecological economics Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice
Rick Smith M1968–CanadianMedical toxicology Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health (co-authored)
Lawrence Solomon M1948–CanadianVarious themes The Deniers
David Suzuki M1936–CanadianVarious themes The Sacred Balance
Peter Tertzakian MCanadian Energy industry The End of Energy Obesity
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta M1955–Indian Energy in India Gas Wars
Josef Velek M1939–1990Czechoslovak, Czech
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker M1939–German
Sanjay Singh YadavMIndian The Environmental Crisis of Delhi
Lü Zhi F1965–Chinese Conservation of giant pandas and other species Giant Pandas in the Wild

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References

  1. Gobin, Judith (2011-12-31). "Book Review - Wetlands of Trinidad and Tobago by Rahanna Juman". Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club. ISSN   1029-3299.