What are your top green books?

Cambridge academics have compiled a list of their top 50 books on sustainability. Which books would make your own list?

“What’s your favourite ‘green’ book?” I get asked this question quite a bit and I always struggle for an answer. It presents the same problem as when you’re asked to name your favourite song or film: the answer tends to change by the hour.

It would be much easier to compile a list of the top 50 books, which is exactly what the University of Cambridge’s programme for sustainability leadership has just done. It asked its alumni