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Bottlemania: How Water Went On Sale and Why We Bought It
Elizabeth Royte

$32.95 – Trade paperback / Scribe Publications

How did we get tricked into paying top dollar for something we could get for free from the tap? How did water – the basis for all life – become a heavily marketed product? And what is the environmental cost we’re paying ... Buy or find out more 


Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis And The Coming Battle For The Right To Water
Maude Barlow

$24.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc

"Life requires access to clean water; to deny the right to water is to deny the right to life."- from the introduction to Blue Covenant.

Scientists call them "hot stains" - the parts of the earth running out of clean, dr... Buy or find out more 



The River Runs Free: Exploring And Defending Tasmanias Wilderness
Geoff Law

$32.95 – Trade paperback / Viking

Geoff Law first rafted the dangerously beautiful Franklin River on a whim. He was inexperienced and in a leaky raft, the weather was treacherous, and his travelling companion was someone he didn't know and who hated the ... Buy or find out more 


When The Rivers Run Dry
Fred Pearce

$23.95 – Paperback book / Corgi Books

Do you know how much water you use each day - not just the 5 litres you may drink, or the 150 litres you guzzle to cook, wash, and flush the toilet with. It takes around 500 litres of water to grow the wheat to produce a... Buy or find out more 



Every Last Drop: The Water Saving Guide
Craig Madden And Amy Carmichael

$0.00 – Paperback book / Random House

The number one issue and concern in Australia today is WATER. Take a bucket into the shower with you tomorrow morning. Let it fill up while the water gets hot. Dump it on your garden as you head out the door, and you jus... Buy or find out more 


Water: Life In Every Drop
Julian Caldecott

$0.00 – Paperback book / Virgin Publishing

All known forms of life depend on water. Covering 71 per cent of the Earth's surface, water seems to be plentiful. But there are 1.2 billion people who currently live without a safe water supply, the amount of available ... Buy or find out more 



Thirsty Country Options For Australians
Asa Wahlquist

$27.95 – Paperback book / Jacana

Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the world and current global warming forecasts are for it to become drier still but what do we do about it? Schemes abound but will they work, can we afford them and are the... Buy or find out more 


Blue Planet Run
Smolan Rick And Eerwitt Jennifer

$75.00 – Hardcover book / The Five Mile Press

Drawing on the work of some of the finest photojournalists in the world, Blue Planet Run: The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World focuses on the entire safe drinking water story: its origins, its implication... Buy or find out more 



Seasick
Alanna Mitchell

$29.95 – Paperback book /

It is a disturbing reality that many people believe the oceans of our planet are largely devoid of life and ecological significance. In actual fact, the oceans are the great unexamined ecological crisis of our planet. Gl... Buy or find out more 


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