In this section you’ll find some recommendations spanning from apps to podcasts, all personal favorites.
Apps
Learn practical, bite-sized ways to live more sustainably, and see how your small steps add up.
Commons
Snap photos of litter you pick up, track trends, and help build data that drives real change in your community.
Litterati
Identify plants and animals with your camera and contribute valuable data to scientists.
iNaturalist
Plant trees with your web searches, and watch your impact grow.
Ecosia
Dive into the ocean from anywhere, exploring marine life in the deep sea while learning how to protect it.
Fathomverse
Instantly identify bird species by photo or sound and deepen your connection to nature.
Cornell Lab’s Merlin Bird ID
Books
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking work that awakened the world to the dangers of pesticides and sparked the modern environmental movement. With clarity and courage, Carson revealed how human actions ripple through ecosystems, reminding us that “in nature, nothing exists alone.” This is a book that changed laws, minds, and the course of history.
Welcome to the Circular Economy: The Next Step in Sustainable Living
Claire Potter offers a clear, practical guide to rethinking the way we design, use, and reuse resources. With engaging examples and actionable ideas, she shows how shifting a take-make-waste system to a circular one can reduce environmental impact, spark innovation, and create a more sustainable future.
Marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols explores the powerful science behind our emotional, cognitive, and physical connection to water. Through research and storytelling, he shows how being near, in, on, or under water can reduce stress, boost creativity, improve health, and deepen our sense of connection to ourselves, each other, and the planet.
Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do
Carl Sagan’s poetic meditation on our place in the cosmos, inspired by the iconic photograph of Earth taken from billions of miles away. Blending science, philosophy, and wonder, Sagan urges us to cherish and protect our fragile world, the only world we’ve ever known.
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
In this moving memoir, scientist Suzanne Simard reveals her groundbreaking research on how trees communicate, cooperate, and sustain one another through vast underground networks. Blending science, storytelling, and personal reflection, she invites us to see forests not as collections of individual trees, but as complex, interconnected communities, and reminds us that our survival is tied to theirs.
Films
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
This film follows minimalists from all walks of life who are rethinking what truly matters. It’s a reminder that owning less can open space for more purpose, connection, and care for the planet.
The Blue Planet
This groundbreaking series dives into Earth’s oceans, uncovering the breathtaking beauty and complexity of marine life. From shimmering coral reefs to the deepest trenches, it’s a mesmerizing portrait of the world beneath the waves.
The Green Planet
This series reveals the hidden lives of plants, specifically how they adapt, connect, and shape the world around us. A stunning look at the vibrant, often unseen systems that keep our planet alive.
Aliens of the Deep
A groundbreaking journey with James Cameron and NASA scientists to Earth’s most extreme ocean depths, exploring hydrothermal vent ecosystems and the possibility of life in similar conditions on other planets.
Games
Climate Change Game
Step into the role of the Global Minister for Future Generations and make tough choices to cut greenhouse emissions to net zero by 2050.
You’ll navigate three decades of decisions across energy, industry, transport, and buildings while balancing social equity and environmental health.
Based on real-world modelling by the International Energy Agency and climate scientists, this interactive game shows how today’s decisions shape tomorrow’s climate future.
Can you succeed where world leaders have struggled?
Carbon Calculator
Have you ever wondered what your daily choices add up to for the planet? This carbon calculator makes it simple to find out. In just a few minutes, you’ll get a clear picture of your current carbon footprint, where you can make the biggest changes, and even set personal climate promises to lower your impact.
It’s a great way to see how things like food, travel, and energy use connect to emissions, and to discover easy and practical steps for reducing them.
Try it yourself and see what your climate journey looks like!
Podcasts
So, You Want to Be a Marine Biologist?
This podcast takes listeners beneath the waves through interviews with scientists, conservationists, and ocean lovers. Each episode offers inspiring stories and practical advice for anyone passionate about protecting our blue planet.
Inspiring, solutions-driven storytelling about climate change, the people tackling it, and the concrete steps we can take to make a difference.
How To Save the Planet
Clear, concise discussions from experts that unpack climate issues and policies, helping you understand what’s at stake and what can be done.
The Climate Briefing
The Nature Podcast
The latest breakthroughs and discoveries in science, told through compelling stories that reveal the wonders (and challenges) of our natural world.