Environment & Nature audiobooks

The Elephants of Thula Thula

By: Françoise Malby-Anthony

Narrated by: Roshina Ratnam

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

"Roshina Ratnam gives a lively performance of Françoise Malby-Anthony's stories of the joys and trials of sustaining the land of the Thula Thula conservancy in South Africa...engrossing and performed with enthusiasm." - AudioFile Magazine

Françoise Malby-Anthony's The Elephants of Thula Thula is a powerful, gripping story about an extraordinary... Read more

Reimagining Fire: The Future of Energy

By: Emma Gammons, Rosemary Griebel & Maggie Hanna

Narrated by: Lorene Shyba & Julian Hobson

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The flashpoint topic of energy conservation and protection is shared around the world. In Reimagining Fire, environmentally conscientious writers, poets, and artists share their perspectives about our world’s impending energy transition. To envision this transition, editor Eveline Kolijn connected these artists and writers with a network of... Read more

Rewilding - Auf der Suche nach einem Gleichgewicht zwischen Mensch und Natur (Ungekürzt)

By: Simone Böcker

Narrated by: Gesa Dankwerth

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Mehr Wildnis wagen - für ein vollkommen neues Verhältnis zur Natur "Rewilding" ist die Antwort auf die Klimakrise. Es bedeutet: Kontrolle abgeben und die Natur sich selbst überlassen. In der Folge entstehen intakte Ökosysteme, die nicht nur Tieren und Pflanzen neue Lebensräume bieten, sondern auch für saubere Luft, sauberes Wasser und... Read more

CULTIVO DE SETAS

By: Kecia Abbott

Narrated by: Bibiana Segura

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Las setas son fascinantes y aún queda mucho por aprender sobre ellas, a pesar de que el ser humano conoce su existencia desde hace miles de años. Hubo un tiempo en que la gente consideraba las setas sobre todo con miedo, preocupándose especialmente por las silvestres y por lo venenosas que podían ser. Es posible que al menos una vez en la vida... Read more

Half Wild

By: Dave Dempsey

Narrated by: Melissa Ingells

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Humans and canines have been cohabitating for centuries, straddling a boundary that allows us to live together within and across our species. In this empathetic volume, author Dave Dempsey explores this life on the border, the overlapping planes between humans and the nonhuman world that lead to both magnificent creation and appalling... Read more

HOW TO LIVE ON MINIMUM WAGE

By: Thomasina Parks

Narrated by: Peter Finch

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In today's world, living on minimum wage can be a daunting task. But it's a reality for millions of people. If you're one of them, then this book is for you. "How to Live on Minimum Wage" provides practical tips and strategies to help you make the most of your limited income.• Learn how to budget effectively and prioritize your expenses.•... Read more

The Earth Transformed

By: Peter Frankopan

Narrated by: Peter Frankopan

Length: 29 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development—and demise—of civilizations across time

Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict... Read more

Planting Our World

By: Stefano Mancuso

Narrated by: David Stifel

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

It all begins and ends with plants. From the chance to live on this planet to the pleasure of listening to the sound of a violin—every story begins with a plant.

We animals account for a paltry 0.3% of the planet's biomass while plants add up to 85%. It is obvious that every story on this planet has a plant as its protagonist. Our world is a... Read more

The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars

By: Lixing Sun

Narrated by: Jason Vu

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Nature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. Amphibians and reptiles are inveterate impostors. Even genes and cells cheat. The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars explores the evolution of cheating in the natural world, revealing how dishonesty has given rise to... Read more

Unraveled

By: Katie Brown

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing's first "comp kids"—a young natural who, along with her peers, redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. After climbing for less than two years, Brown won her first junior national title. The next year she became the Junior World Champion at age fourteen in Laval, France.... Read more

Year of No Garbage

By: Eve O. Schaub

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In this book, Eve O. Schaub, humorist and stunt memoirist extraordinaire, tackles her most difficult challenge to date: garbage. Convincing her husband and two daughters to go along with her, Schaub attempts the seemingly impossible: living in the modern world without creating any trash at all—for an entire year and, as it turns out, during a... Read more

Cornerstone at the Confluence

By: Jason A. Robison

Narrated by: Graham Rowat

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Signed on November 24, 1922, the Colorado River Compact is body of laws colloquially called the "Law of the River" that governs how human beings use water from the river system dubbed the "American Nile." No fewer than forty million people have come to rely on the Colorado River system in modern times—a system immersed in an unprecedented,... Read more

Survival Medical Handbook

By: Small Footprint Press

Narrated by: Vicky David & Greg Bond

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In the Survival Medical Handbook, you will discover:
The know-how of essential techniques you can use in nearly any medical emergency situation How to overcome any intense emotion you experience in the moment by knowing exactly what your priorities should be  How to deal with minor emergencies to avoid their escalation into more dangerous... Read more

Whispers in the Wilderness

By: Erik Stensland

Narrated by: Brett Wilson, Erik Stensland

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Take a journey with Whispers in the Wilderness, a multi award-winning book filled with gorgeous color photos of the natural world and writing that will inspire you to reconnect with nature and your deepest self. IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award: Best inspirational book of the year National Indie Excellence Awards: Gold award for best gift book of... Read more

Whispers in the Wilderness

By: Erik Stensland

Narrated by: Brett Wilson

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Many of us spend a great deal of our time dreaming about our next trip to the mountains, whether for a weekend getaway or our yearly vacation. We hear within that deep inexplicable pull toward the wilderness and would agree with John Muir, who said: "The mountains are calling and I must go." We sense that in the wild we are touching the edge of... Read more

The Gathering Place

By: Mary Colwell

Narrated by: Mary Colwell

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Gathering Place written and read by Mary Colwell.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

'Deeply poetic.' CAROLINE LUCAS MP
'A masterpiece of storytelling.' NICK MAYHEW-SMITH
'Mary Colwell is a candle of open-minded curiosity.' PATRICK LAURIE
'An unforgettable story.' MICHAEL MCCARTHY

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Mary Colwell... Read more

The Frontier Below

By: Jeff Maynard

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see the ocean when we look at the water that blankets more than two thirds of our planet. We only see the entrance to it. Beyond that entrance... Read more

Finding Family at Seabreeze Farm

By: Jo Bartlett

Narrated by: Hollie Hales

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover Jo Bartlett's wonderful Seabreeze Farm series!Welcome to Seabreeze Farm.Freya Halliwell is looking forward to marrying the man of her dreams and starting their new life together. After the death of both of her parents, Ollie, along with Freya’s aunt, are the only family she has, but they are all the family she needs.Until Freya... Read more

The Chief Shepherdess

By: Zoe Colville

Narrated by: Zoe Colville

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

"I grab the motionless lamb, which is frighteningly slippery, and scramble on my feet, swinging its little body around to help it breathe. I see its chest move, then it sneezes and starts breathing. It's stunned by its delivery experience. As am I. I'm high on adrenaline. Tears are streaming down my face. I pop the lamb... Read more

Clean

By: Paul C. Godfrey & Emilio R. Tenuta

Narrated by: Eric Burgher

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Straightforward strategies for achieving sustainable practices and business success in the modern organization

In Clean: Lessons from Ecolab’s Century of Positive Impact, a team of veteran sustainability experts delivers a practical toolkit for creating a forward-looking and sustainability-focused business. From Ecolab’s origins in sustainability... Read more

The Progress Illusion

By: Jon D. Erickson

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Progress Illusion, Jon D. Erickson charts the rise of the economic worldview and its infiltration into our daily lives as a theory of everything. Drawing on his own experience as a young economist inoculated in the 1980s era of "greed is good," Erickson shows how pseudoscience came to dominate economic thought. He pokes holes in the... Read more

Climate Optimism

By: Zahra Biabani

Narrated by: Jeed Saddy

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Change the way you think about the future. The fate of humanity can be daunting, but we don't need to live in that space. First, we need to change our attitude in order to implement nature-based solutions to deal with climate change. Good news: there are environmental trends and examples to change the way you think about how we can protect the... Read more

Wonderful Life

By: Stephen Jay Gould

Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"[An] extraordinary book . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them with fervor and intelligence."—James Gleick, New York Times Book Review



High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago... Read more

All of Creation

By: Betsy Painter

Narrated by: Jill Blackwood

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From conservation to protecting endangered species to sustainable living, All of Creation offers young readers accessible and fascinating information on the challenges our planet faces and practical ways we can care for the magnificent world around us.Drawing on science and Scripture, this hope-filled and kid-friendly guide to planet Earth... Read more