“My alma mater was books, a good library…I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”

“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”

– Malcolm X

Learning, continuing education, and self-betterment are vital ingredients for the success of the world’s future leaders. We have suggested a list of books below from which you will find great benefit. They range from popular climate science/environment, to business, to leadership books.

  • The Future we Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by the architects of Paris Climate Accords
  • The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
  • Everything Noam Chomsky! (All of his books!) 
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X
  • The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
  • HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Essentials by The Harvard Business Review
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
  • The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
  • Originals by Adam Grant
  • Think Again by Adam Grant
  • The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon
  • Essentialism by Greg McKeown
  • Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
  • Profiles in Courage by former President John F. Kennedy
  • A Nation of Immigrants by former President John F. Kennedy
  • Dark Money by Jane Mayer
  • To Seek a Newer World by Robert F. Kennedy

Also, the founder of The Spark Progress Initiative™ is currently authoring 4 books centered around: 1) Climate Change/Climate Science & the younger generation, 2) The green energy revolution, 3) Our collective responsibilities as citizens of the earth, and 4) Today’s continuously changing policy / energy policy landscape.