List of non-fiction environmental writers

Notable non-fiction environmental writers include:

American non-fiction environmental writers

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Other non-fiction environmental writers

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Author Sex Lifespan Nationality Theme(s) Selected book
Douglas Adams M 1952–2001 English Conservation movement Great Ape Project (co-authored)
Günter Altner M 1936–2011 German Environmental ethics
Ndyakira Amooti M 1955 or 1956 – 1999 Ugandan Conservation movement
Lawrence Anthony M 1950–2012 South African Conservation movement Babylon's Ark
Lady Eve Balfour F 1899–1990 English Organic movement The Living Soil
Sharon Beder F Australian Civil engineering Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism
Tzeporah Berman F 1969– Canadian Temperate rainforest: clearcutting Clayoquot & Dissent
Christopher Booker M 1937– English Various themes The Real Global Warming Disaster
Michael Braungart M 1958– German Industrial waste
Harold Brookfield M 1926– British and Australian Rural development, family farms Cultivating Biodiversity: Understanding, Analysing and Using Agricultural Diversity
Hans Bruyninckx M 1964– Belgian Environmental social science
Verity Burgmann F 1952– Australian Indigenous land rights Power, Profit and Protest
Helen Caldicott F 1938– Australian Anti-nuclear movement
Mark Carwardine M 1959– Endangered species Last Chance to See (co-authored)
Pratap Chatterjee M Various themes
Cormac Cullinan M Environmental law Wild Law
Mark Diesendorf M Australian Sustainable energy Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy
David Fig M South African Various themes Uranium Road: Questioning South Africa's Nuclear Direction
Tim Flannery M 1956– Australian Climate change The Weather Makers
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr F Japanese Genetic engineering The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development
Masanobu Fukuoka M 1913–2008 Japanese Natural farming
John Gibbons M Irish Climate change
Paul Gilding M Australian Various themes
Herbert Girardet M Various themes Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges
Chris Goodall M 1955– English Various themes Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate
Uri Gordon M 1976– Israeli Direct action
Nicky Hager M 1958 New Zealander Various themes Seeds of Distrust
Julia Hailes F 1961– English Ethical consumerism The New Green Consumer Guide
Clive Hamilton M 1953– Australian Various themes Requiem for a Species
John L. Harper M 1925–2009 British Population biology Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems (co-authored)
Lisa Harrow F 1943– Sustainable living What Can I Do?
Rizwana Hasan F 1968– Bangladeshi Environmental law: ship breaking Laws Regulating Environment in Bangladesh
Dieter Helm M British Energy The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong – and How to Fix it
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist) M 1959– Australian Coral reefs
Thomas Homer-Dixon M 1956– Canadian Petroleum industry The Upside of Down
Kenneth Hsu M Swiss Various themes Klima Macht Geschichte: Menschheitsgeschichte als Abbild der Klimaentwicklung
Mike Hulme M 1960– English Climate change Why We Disagree About Climate Change
Leonie Joubert F South African Climate change Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate
Rahanna Alicia Juman F Trinidad and Tobago Wetlands, Ecology Wetlands of Trinidad & Tobago[1]
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi M 1939– Japanese Natural farming
David Keith M Canadian Climate change A Case for Climate Engineering
Petra Kelly F 1947–1992 German Disarmament
Bruce Kinloch M 1919–2011 British Wildlife conservation The Shamba Raiders
Satish Kumar M 1936– Indian, English
Nigel Lawson M 1932– British Climate change An Appeal to Reason
Richard Leakey M 1944–2022 Kenyan Conservation movement Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures (co-authored)
Jeremy Leggett M 1954– English Various themes Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis
Howard Liddell M 1945–2013 British Sustainable development and passive housing Eco-minimalism – The Antidote to Eco-bling
Andre Lima M 1971– Brazilian Various themes Ecological-economic zoning of the Light Environmental Laws
Bjørn Lomborg M 1965– Danish Various themes The Skeptical Environmentalist
James Lovelock M 1919–2022 English Various themes The Revenge of Gaia
Ian Lowe M Australian Various themes Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option
Philip Lymbery M 1965– British Industrial agriculture Farmageddon
Mark Lynas M 1973– British Various themes Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
Andri Snær Magnason M 1973– Icelandic Hydroelectricity Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation
Thomas Robert Malthus M 1766–1834 English Population growth An Essay on the Principle of Population
Samuel Mann M New Zealand Sustainability The Green Graduate: Educating Every Student as a Sustainable Practitioner
George Marshall M 1964– British Climate change Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
David Maybury-Lewis M 1929–2007 Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
Alastair McIntosh M 1955– Scottish Various themes
Ian McKay M 1962– English
Anupam Mishra M 1948– Indian Water management
George Monbiot M 1963– English Climate change
Andrew Montford M English Climate change The Hockey Stick Illusion
N. K. Sukumaran Nair M 1942– Indian Pamba River
Andrew Nikiforuk M Canadian
Helena Norberg-Hodge F Sustainable living Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh
Mark O'Connor M 1945– Australian Various themes
Guy Pearse M Australian Climate change High and Dry
Sharon Pincott F Australian Conservation Movement Elephant Dawn
Ian Plimer M 1946– Australian Various themes Heaven and Earth
Li Quan F Chinese Tiger conservation Rewilded, Saving the South China Tiger
(bilingual, English and Chinese)
Jørgen Randers M 1945– Norwegian Climate change 2052 - A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years
Valentin Rasputin M 1937– Russian Water management
Derek Ratcliffe M 1929–2005 British Conservation movement A Nature Conservation Review (2 volumes)
Emma Romeu F Cuban
David Mayer de Rothschild M 1978– British Various themes
Palagummi Sainath M 1957– Indian Various themes
R. Murray Schafer M 1933– Canadian Acoustic ecology The Tuning of the World (The Soundscape), republished as The Soundscape
Hermann Scheer M 1944–2010 German Renewable energy Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy
E. F. Schumacher M 1911–1977 British Appropriate technology Small Is Beautiful
Philip Sherrard M 1922–1995 British Religion and environmentalism
Vandana Shiva F 1952– Indian Various themes
Stanislav Edward Shmelev M British Ecological economics Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice
Rick Smith M 1968– Canadian Medical toxicology Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health (co-authored)
Lawrence Solomon M 1948– Canadian Various themes The Deniers
David Suzuki M 1936– Canadian Various themes The Sacred Balance
Peter Tertzakian M Canadian Energy industry The End of Energy Obesity
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta M 1955– Indian Energy in India Gas Wars
Josef Velek M 1939–1990 Czechoslovak, Czech
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker M 1939– German
Sanjay Singh Yadav M Indian The Environmental Crisis of Delhi
Lü Zhi F 1965– Chinese Conservation of giant pandas and other species Giant Pandas in the Wild

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References

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  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.
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