Environment & Nature audiobooks

What a Mushroom Lives For

By: Michael J. Hathaway

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today's mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has promoted a human- and animal-centric framework of what counts as action, agency, movement, and behavior. But, as Michael Hathaway shows, the world-making capacities of mushrooms radically challenge this orthodoxy by... Read more

Mountain Madness

By: Clinton Crockett Peters

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

With Mountain Madness, Clinton Crockett Peters chronicles his travels and personal transformation from a West Texas evangelical to mountain guide-addict to humbled humanist after a near-fatal injury in Japan's Chichibu Mountains. From 2007 to 2010, Peters lived in Kosuge Village (population nine hundred), nestled in central Japan's peaks, where... Read more

The Last Traverse

By: Ty Gagne

Narrated by: Lee Goettl

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

On a mountain somewhere above treeline, in some of the coldest and worst winter conditions imaginable, two men lie unconscious in the snow as explosive winds batter the nearby summits.



In The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites, Ty Gagne masterfully lays out the events that led up to an epic and legendary rescue attempt in... Read more

When There Were Birds

By: Roy Adkins & Lesley Adkins

Narrated by: John Telfer

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"A marvellously original slice of social history" (Daily Mail)



"The facts and folklore of birdlife . . . are dissected in admirable detail" (The Sunday Times)



Birds are a joy and solace in troubled times, as well as a reminder of past experiences and a symbol of hope for the future. For centuries, they were also seen as a source of food, feathers,... Read more

Into the Inferno

By: Stuart Palley

Narrated by: Stuart Palley

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Young Men and Fire and Fire on the Mountain, Stuart Palley’s memoir Into the Inferno documents eight years of devastating wildfire in California, showing how fire can transform a landscape as well as a soul …For nearly a decade, Palley has been on the front line of fire. He has witnessed homeowners on the worst day of their... Read more

Kärpät – Pohjoisen kiekkopeto

By: Paavo Nurmi

Narrated by: Jarmo Mäkinen

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Kärpät on jääkiekkoseura, joka taatusti herättää tunteita jokaisessa oululaisessa. Mutta miten Kärpistä tuli yksi menestyneimmistä SM-liigan jääkiekkoseuroista? Mikä on seuran salaisuus? Toimittaja Paavo Nurmen kirjoittama Kärpät – pohjoisen kiekkopeto kertoo Kärppien tarinan aina sen syntyajoista 1940-luvulta lähtien. Samalla kirjassa... Read more

Funny Farm

By: Laurie Zaleski

Narrated by: Erin Moon

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring and moving memoir of the author’s turbulent life with 600 rescue animalsLaurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie’s dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a fifteen-acre farm deep in the... Read more

Forest Walking

By: Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst

Narrated by: Sean Sonier

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Awaken your senses and make the most out of your next walk in the woods—with Peter Wohlleben, New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees.

“This book will fast-track you into the joys of spending time amongst the trees.”—Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs and How to Read Water

"You'll be changed... Read more

Meat Me Halfway

By: Brian Kateman

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

We know that eating animals is bad for the planet and bad for our health, and yet we do it anyway. Ask anyone in the plant-based movement and the solution seems obvious: stop eating meat. But, for many people, that stark solution is neither appealing nor practical. In Meat Me Halfway, author and founder of the reducetarian movement Brian Kateman... Read more

Half-Earth Socialism

By: Drew Pendergrass & Troy Vettese

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A plan to save the earth and bring the good life to allIn this thrilling and capacious book, Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass challenge the inertia of capitalism and the left alike and propose a radical plan to address climate disaster and guarantee the good life for all. Consumption in the global North can’t continue unabated, and we must give... Read more

Nature Is a Human Right

By: Ellen Miles

Narrated by: Olivia Dowd

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

An inspiring collection of original writing from world-leading 'green' voices on why contact with nature is vital for our mental, physical and social wellbeing

Having access to natural, green spaces is vital to our physical and mental wellbeing. But, as urban development spreads, grey has become the new green. Already, concrete outweighs every... Read more

One Green Thing

By: Heather White

Narrated by: Heather White & Diana Batarseh

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Your non-overwhelming, down-to-earth guide for daily climate action…personalized to your unique strengths.  The climate crisis is the biggest challenge of our time. But the urgency of a warming world creates anxiety and can sometimes cause us to throw our hands in the air and think, How can I possibly make a difference?  Heather White—known as... Read more

The Chimpanzee Whisperer

By: Stany Nyandwi & David Blissett

Narrated by: Dion Graham & Callie Beaulieu

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Earphones Award Winner from Audiofile Magazine!

Stany Nyandwi’s gift for communicating with chimpanzees is so special that world-renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall has called him a “chimpanzee whisperer.” His skills and devotion to these creatures—our closest living relatives, with whom we share 98.7 percent of our DNA—have earned him... Read more

Go Gently

By: Bonnie Wright

Narrated by: Bonnie Wright

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring and approachable tip-filled guide to changing your habits, living more sustainably, and taking action, by Greenpeace ambassador Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter movies)Go Gently is a guide for sustainability at home that offers simple, tangible steps toward reducing our environmental impact by looking at what we... Read more

We Are Better Together

By: Bill McKibben

Narrated by: Greer Morrison

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is fully sound-designed.

From environmentalist and bestselling author Bill McKibben comes We Are Better Together, a hopeful, inspiring audiobook celebrating the power of human cooperation and the beauty of life on Earth, beautifully enhanced by original sound design.

When we work together, we humans can do incredible things.

We share... Read more

Ocean Waves

By: Nature Sounds Therapy

Narrated by: The Sound Of The Ocean

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The sound of the ocean: A hammock for the soul. Ocean sounds (without music) for relaxation of both body and mind. With this audiobook, experience the ocean like on a starry holiday night. The sound of the ocean - with 360 minutes of ocean sounds, recorded on the island of Aruba, with state-of-the-art recording technology. Gentle to powerful... Read more

Vogelstimmen im Wald: Sanfte Naturgeräusche zum Einschlafen, Entspannen, Meditieren

By: Naturgeräusche Archiv Potsdam

Narrated by: Naturgeräusche Archiv Potsdam

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Vogelstimmen im Wald, Gesamtlaufzeit: Über 12 Stunden! Erlebe friedvolle Naturgeräusche in exzellenter Audioqualität. Die Aufnahmen wurden mit modernstem Equipment in den Wäldern Europas (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Schweden, Italien) aufgenommen. Vogelstimmen können beruhigende Empfindungen auslösen, die unseren Pulsschlag senken... Read more

Learning the Birds

By: Susan Fox Rogers

Narrated by: Rosemary Benson

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"The thrill of quiet adventure. The constant hope of discovery. The reminder that the world is filled with wonder. When I bird, life is bigger, more vibrant." That is why Susan Fox Rogers is a birder. Learning the Birds is the story of how encounters with birds recharged her adventurous spirit.



When the birds first called, Rogers was in a slack... Read more

Cómo convertirse en nómada digital y no morir en el intento

By: Juanjo Ramos

Narrated by: Juanjo Ramos

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagínate en una playa paradisíaca, disfrutando de una bebida helada, y cobrando por este privilegio. ¿Demasiado bonito para ser verdad? En realidad no, si eres una de las personas que se autodenominan -o aspiran a autodenominarse- nómadas digitales. Los nómadas digitales son trabajadores remotos que viajan sin atarse a ningún sitio. Suelen... Read more

Around the World in 80 Plants

By: Jonathan Drori

Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspirational book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe.

In his follow-up to the bestselling Around the World in 80 Trees, Jonathan Drori takes another trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. From the... Read more

Snow Widows

By: Katherine MacInnes

Narrated by: Jane McDowell

Length: 20 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

‘An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry … A welcome contribution to polar studies.’ Sara Wheeler, Spectator ‘[MacInness] handles the whole thing with masterly skill…takes us to the heart of the hope, love, anguish and grief’ The Times The men of Captain Scott’s Polar Party were heroes of their age,... Read more

Saved from the Waves

By: The RNLI

Narrated by: Lucy Tregear & Tim Bruce

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. ‘We’ve alerted the RNLI and they’re sending a lifeboat out.’ ‘The RNLI?’ I said, surprised. ‘They do that?’ Saved from the Waves is a heart-warming collection of first-hand... Read more

Field Notes from a Waterborne Land

By: Parimal Bhattacharya

Narrated by: Anindya Chakravorty

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In the late 2000s, when the three-decade-long Left Front rule in West Bengal was crumbling, Parimal Bhattacharya began to travel outside the well-trodden urban centres to different parts of the region - from the Sundarbans to tribal Jangalmahal, from the outskirts of Kolkata to villages on the Bangladesh border, from the floodplains of the... Read more

Maskin takana – Suomalainen maalivahtikirja

By: Paavo Nurmi

Narrated by: Jarmo Mäkinen

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Maalivahdin pelipaikka ei ole helppo. Onnistuneet torjunnat nostavat maalivahdin helposti sankariksi, mutta myös epäonnistumiset muistetaan vuosikymmentenkin jälkeen. Maskin takana – suomalainen maalivahtikirja sukeltaa kotimaisten maalivahtien elämään. Kirja nostaa esiin taitavimmat suomalaiset maalivahdit niin SM-liigasta kuin myös NHL:stä ja... Read more