Knowledge is power!
Education allows us to make more informed decisions, empowering us to make better choices. You don't need to go to school and earn a degree to continuously educate yourself. Our formal educational backgrounds were not in farming, biology, ecology or anything of the like (where are my accounting majors at???). Here at Gaia's Garden we are primarily self taught - and these are some of the books that helped shape us!
The following books primarily focus on the subjects regenerative agriculture and permaculture, conservation, ecosystem restoration, botany, mycology, climate change, sustainable land management, or a mix of all of the above!
Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens by Douglas W. Tallamy
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture by Gabe Brown and Courtney White
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures - Merlin Sheldrake
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior by Stefano Mancuso
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort by Eric Dean Wilson
Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World by Josh Tickell
The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
The Rooted Life: Cultivating Health and Wholeness Through Growing Your Own Food by Justin Rhodes