The Poonam Syllabus
1. 
Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future
by:
Harini Nagendra
4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings 
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This Book Was a Tree: Ideas, Adventures, and Inspiration for Rediscovering the Natural World 3.62 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
by:
Richard Louv
3.93 avg rating — 14,733 ratings 7. 
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The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder
by:
Richard Louv
3.87 avg rating — 1,913 ratings 
10. 
The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
by:
Kristin Ohlson
4.14 avg rating — 1,412 ratings 
13. 
Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent
by:
Pranay Lal
4.53 avg rating — 588 ratings 14. 
Secrets of the Soil: New Solutions for Restoring Our Planet
by:
Peter Tompkins
4.15 avg rating — 184 ratings 15. 
Why Shrinkwrap a Cucumber?: The Complete Guide to Environmental Packaging
by:
Stephen Aldridge
3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings 16. 
How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
by:
Eugenia Cheng
3.63 avg rating — 1,954 ratings 17. 
The Necessary Revolution: How individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world.
by:
Peter M. Senge
3.84 avg rating — 518 ratings 18. 
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
by:
Peter Wohlleben
4.07 avg rating — 84,759 ratings 19. 
The Secret Life of Stuff: A Manual for a New Material World
by:
Julie Hill
3.29 avg rating — 78 ratings 
21. 
Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World
by:
Josh Tickell
4.39 avg rating — 996 ratings 22. 
Of Poverty and Plastic (OIP): Scavenging and Scrap Trading Entrepreneurs in India's Urban Informal Economy
by:
Kaveri Gill
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings 23. 
Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste
by:
Diane Coffey
4.33 avg rating — 349 ratings 
25. 
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by:
Merlin Sheldrake
4.33 avg rating — 47,221 ratings 26. 
Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet
by:
Paul Stamets
4.40 avg rating — 1,036 ratings 
29. 
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
by:
Victor Papanek
4.24 avg rating — 1,722 ratings 
31. 
A Pedagogy of Place: Outdoor Education for a Changing World
by:
Mike Brown
3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings 
33. 
Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of the Natural World
by:
Julia Rothman
4.39 avg rating — 2,273 ratings 
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Consulting the Genius of the Place: An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture
by:
Wes Jackson
3.94 avg rating — 78 ratings 38. 
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
by:
Wendell Berry
4.33 avg rating — 6,465 ratings 
40. 
Future Wise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World
by:
David Perkins
3.64 avg rating — 149 ratings 41. 
Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World
by:
B. Brett Finlay
3.83 avg rating — 1,000 ratings 42. 
Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence
by:
Daniel Goleman
3.84 avg rating — 129 ratings 43. 
Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
by:
Daniel Goleman
3.61 avg rating — 1,338 ratings 44. 
The Service Innovation Handbook: Action-oriented Creative Thinking Toolkit for Service Organizations
by:
Lucy Kimbell
4.15 avg rating — 62 ratings 
46. 
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
by:
Paul Hawken
3.99 avg rating — 1,873 ratings 47. 
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
by:
Paul Hawken
4.40 avg rating — 4,279 ratings 48. 
Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education
by:
David Sobel
4.26 avg rating — 264 ratings 49. 
Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens: The Handbook for Outdoor Learning
by:
David Sobel
4.31 avg rating — 75 ratings 50. 
Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years
by:
David Sobel
4.34 avg rating — 77 ratings 51. 
52. 
Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities (New Patriotism Series, 4)
by:
David Sobel
4.01 avg rating — 206 ratings 53. 
The Systems Thinking Playbook: Exercises to Stretch and Build Learning and Systems Thinking Capabilities 4.08 avg rating — 172 ratings
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The Climate Change Playbook: 22 Systems Thinking Games for More Effective Communication about Climate Change
by:
Dennis Meadows
4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings 56. 
57. 
How to Read Nature: Awaken Your Senses to the Outdoors You’ve Never Noticed
by:
Tristan Gooley
3.50 avg rating — 1,649 ratings 58. 
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
by:
Andrea Wulf
4.32 avg rating — 28,485 ratings 
60. 
The Ground Beneath Us: From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us About Who We Are
by:
Paul Bogard
3.88 avg rating — 204 ratings 
62. 
Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth 4.11 avg rating — 412 ratings
63. 
What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees
by:
Tony Juniper
4.21 avg rating — 411 ratings 64. 
Recycling Reconsidered: The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United States 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,434 ratings
68. 
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by:
Ed Yong
4.18 avg rating — 30,336 ratings 69. 
Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future
by:
Amina Khan
3.99 avg rating — 103 ratings 
73. 
Sustainable Plastics: Environmental Assessments of Biobased, Biodegradable, and Recycled Plastics
by:
Joseph P. Greene
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
76. 
Mycorrhizal Planet: How Symbiotic Fungi Work with Roots to Support Plant Health and Build Soil Fertility
by:
Michael Phillips
4.26 avg rating — 74 ratings 
79. 
Deep Nature Play: A Guide to Wholeness, Aliveness, Creativity, and Inspired Learning 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings
81. 
How To Read Water: A must-have for all nature lovers - perfect reading for your summer adventures
by:
Tristan Gooley
3.96 avg rating — 2,086 ratings 
83. 
Reforesting Landscapes: Linking Pattern and Process (Landscape Series)
by:
Harini Nagendra
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
