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A contemporary collection of literature that focuses on environmental and sustainability practices and issues. The books are hand picked by me with an emphasis on innovation, entrepreneurship, exploration and activism. Each set of books is donated to local libraries and schools. The goal is to build a collection of dynamic and relevant books and media to inspire and motivate students to get involved in pressing environmental issues. Visionaries and outdoor explorers are at the heart on this series. I started this project at my local high school in San Francisco and hope to have ‘Sustainable Shelves’ coast to coast.

Knowledge is power.

Power drives activism.

Activism leads to change.

The Bay School of San Francisco Library

A variety of books donated focusing on everything from slow fashion to climate change.

High School Collection:

Fashionopolis, Dana Thomas

The Responsible Company, Yvon Chouinard & Vincent Stanley

The Fragile Earth, Writing from the New Yorker on Climate Change

The Conscious Closet, Elizabeth L. Cline

Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening, Liz Clark

Tools for Grassroots Activists: Best Practices for Success in the Environmental Movement, Nora Gallagher & Lisa Myers

Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual, Yvon Chouinard & Naomi Klein

Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions, Sir David Attenborough

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (Global Icons Series), Jane Goodall & Douglas Abrams

The End of Nature, Bill McKibben

The Edge of the World: A Visual Adventure to the Most Extraordinary Places on Earth, by The Editors of Outside Magazine

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power: Your Action Handbook to Learn the Science, Find Your Voice, and Help Solve the Climate Crisis, Al Gore

All We Can Save Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Editor), Katharine K. Wilkinson 



Lower and Middle School Collection:

Marin Horizon School Library

From Phillippe Cousteau to Jimmy Chin, books to inspire the next generation of activists.


Diary of a young naturalist, Dara McAnulty

Swell, Liz Clark

Live Green, Jen Chillingsworth

Old Enough to Save the Planet, Loll Kirby

There and Back, Jimmy Chin

How to Change Everything, Rebecca Stefoff

Follow the Moon Home, Deborah Hopkinson and Philippe Cousteau Jr.

The Watcher, Jeanette Winter

Have a suggestion for my collection?

Please contact me:

smallbatchgoodsforgood@gmail.com