being ecological | nonfiction books on nature, the environment and ecology

[@stormseas]

thank you for keeping my brain alive

[@anattynook]

!!! Im flattered 🧡

[@kellyrosen1]

Loving the space you are creating for non-fiction/theory reading on youtube and expanding the conversation around some of these complex topics. You always end up talking about some books that I have read, some that are on my TBR and some that I have never heard of, so I really appreciate your videos. 🌿

[@anattynook]

thank you so much for watching!

[@hollyexley]

You might like 'Prodigal summer' by Barbara kingsolver (which is a fiction book I recommend to anyone who will listen 😅) She writes a lot about human connection to ( and impact on) nature. This book in particular is about the balance of ecosystems and pesticide use and hunting.

[@ShibuHara]

I love your videos because not only is your delivery relaxing, but the content is always intelligent and unique. It makes me realize how much talking people do without ever really saying anything, least of all something unique.

[@vickisigh2674]

definitely given me lots to think about from here on, thank you!

[@tylermacdonald8924]

I can remember being obsessed with nature as well, it's so obvious where that love came from with the sparkle in your eyes. Great content

[@claires9100]

Thank you for sharing your inghts. Will start reading!

[@cryptidflower9240]

I clicked so fast! I love Entangled Life 🥰🥰 and am interested in your other recommendations

[@imaniherb]

Love the video and it gave me a couple of books to learn more about being ecological! I read becoming animal earlier this year and I’ve never read any other book about being ecological. I never even thought of it, I’ve got to be more environmental are just aware of how climate change is affecting people as far as from an immigration point. The book is very abstract? I listen to it on audible and I think I listen for about two hours of the work and I still didn’t know what was going on LOL but I still think about that book every day.

[@anattynook]

thank you for watching! and wow that must have been a really interesting experience listening to the book vs reading it :O

[@BlondeNerdSam]

You will love Eco-Feminist essays, Singapore based book by Ethos Books, it really helped me being my journey :) if not alr recommended! Thank you for your video and insights!!!

[@alexismacpherson2727]

Thank you very much for a wonderful thought provoking presentation. This video is recommended by the NY City Parks for an upcoming volunteer poject called Navigators. I feed cats in the neighborhood and an occasional oppossum, muskrat and racoon, but have not returned to the forest since the Pandemic 2020. Off to the woods this weekend.

[@ghiblicat]

i'd also like to recommend the sea around us by rachel carson !! she's a beautiful writer !! it's not necessarily about how interconnected we are but it's a poetic telling of our ocean's formation and it's so moving to me

[@TwoFaceCreations]

Thanks for the great video. For fiction books I would recommend the ministry of the future and waste tide (which dwells on ecology, human/AI etc...)

[@jm8meditate274]

Thank you, great suggestions

[@halfwaytothehill2164]

Maybe you can read "people in the trees" by Hanya Yanagihara

[@onthearmchair]

I am sooo happy that I've found your channel! Thank you for your work :) By the way, I've read Timothy Morton's book and It's really good. Not as scary as it may seem

[@em-jd4do]

i heard about the book barkskins, but i haven't been able to get my hands on it yet

[@beatrizsilvestre7347]

You should read "Ismael", written by Daniel Quinn. It's a fictional book about this conflict between nature and culture and it mixes the fictional approach with global historical events.

[@mohammadgm8463]

Instant subscriber thank you for sharing! maybe you’ll like ( 10% Human ) it’s more like a pop-medical book but changed my mind about ecology .. each human body is a tiny ecological system coexisting with various beings like bacteria, fungi etc .. or not coexisting “being ill”, we’re biologically ecological beings unfortunately most people just don’t know or either don’t admit they’re just another living beings on a planet filled with other living beings. It’s about the cliché “Ego vs Eco” & we don’t have the luxury of time for such an anthropocentric attitude.

[@LiveForeverorDieTrying]

Superb video Nat

[@Tasmetu]

Ooooh I just watched the documentary "Fantastic Fungi" and Entangled Life is soooo high on my TBR for the longest times. Fungi are soooooooooo interesting. And now, since you liked it, I want to read it even more. :D And thanks for yet again making my TBR list grow :D

[@Tasmetu]

Btw, I never mentioned it before but I am also a cultural anthropology B.A. :D Which explains why I connect with your book recommendations so much :D

[@skylerjumper]

i now have several more books on my christmas list........

[@noorsbookshelf]

i have had entangled life on my shelf for a while - maybe this is the sign to pick it up!! also have you read how to change your mind by michael pollan? it makes me want to learn anything and everything about fungi

[@anattynook]

ooo I have not! would love to pick it up sometime in the future :D

[@bzztthundaa]

💖💖💖

[@TheRachelHaul]

Great recommendations, Nat! If you found Nature's Colony a helpful read, you may by extension be drawn to Joel Tan's essay "Three Recipes for the Singapore Sling" - I encountered it in Mynah Magazine's 3rd issue published in 2019, surfaced in my mind as you spoke. That particular issue tackled very interesting themes around colonialism, takeaways aplenty if you're able to get your hands on it. Take care!

[@365moving5]

I love the shirt and the video and you really tbh hahahaha

[@fribi28]

a video about Nietzsche and the environment 😄 (anyone else?)

[@beliboop]

Both nonfiction but I recently read Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J Lee which was one of the best memoirs I've ever read because she weaves together discussions of nature/botany and culture/language in such a beautiful way - it's not really theory-heavy but I loved the prose. Also currently reading Politics of the Pantry by Michael Mikaluk which explores the way we talk about food vis-a-vis the climate crisis and it's been a great read that unravels the different discourses and practices surrounding climate activism and food sustainability. Would recommend both and would also love to hear other people's recs!