World Environment Day 2008
World Without Us
$27.95 (Paperback book / Virgin Publishing )
What if mankind disappeared right now, forever … what would happen to the Earth in a week, a year, a millennium? Could the planet’s climate ever recover from human activity? How would nature destroy our huge cities and o... More »
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action
$27.95 (Paperback book / Scribe Publications )
In this meticulously documented call-to-action, David Spratt and Philip Sutton reveal extensive scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is far worse than official reports and national governments have indicate... More »
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis And The Coming Battle For The Right To Water
$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... More »
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Thirsty Country Options For Australians
$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... More »
Climate Change What You Can Do About It
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Macmillan )
We can all make a difference in lessening the severity and impact of climate change. This book, written by two leading science communicators in the field of climate change, takes you through the simple yet effective thin... More »
Confessions Of An Eco Sinner
$39.95 (Hardcover book / Corgi Books )
Like many of us, Fred Pearce works hard from a city base, cares for his family and tries fitfully to do his bit for the planet. But travelling across the world to track his personal 'footprint', he finds himself question... More »
Nature And Power
$44.95 (Paperback book / Cambridge Univ Pres )
This book aims to demonstrate that the changing relationship between humanity and nature is key to understanding world history. Humans have been grappling with environmental problems since prehistoric times, and the envi... More »
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year Of Seasonal Eating
$24.95 (Paperback book / Faber )
When Barbara Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally-produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consum... More »
From Buddha to Bono
$34.99 (Trade paperback / Jo Jo Publishing )
This is a very special book. Until now, no one has put together the full environmental and ethical story facing Planet Earth, as Tor Hundloe has done. In 'From Buddha to Bono' he has put squarely on the agenda the key ma... More »
Good Gardens With Less Water
$29.95 (Paperback book / Csiro Publications )
It is possible to have a great garden anywhere in Australia, even under the toughest water restrictions. Good Gardens with Less Water will show you how.
A companion to Kevin Handreck’s best-selling Gardening Down-Under, ... More »
Water Wise Garden
$29.95 (Paperback book / Viking )
In this timely book, organic gardening guru Jeffrey Hodges explains how to make the most of our precious water resources to create and maintain a healthy, flourishing garden. This practical manual will help you: More »
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Cradle to Cradle Rethinking the Way We Make Things
$61.95 (Paperback book / North Point Press )
Environmentalists are normally the last people to be called shortsighted, yet that's essentially what architect McDonough and chemist Braungart contend in this clarion call for a new kind of ecological consciousness. The... More »
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The Weather Makers: The History And Future Impact Of Climate Change
$34.95 (Paperback book / Text Publishing )
The last 10,000 years have been humanity's day in the sun: we planted the first crops, domesticated animals, and built the first civilisations - and all of this happened not once but many times independently in different... More »
An Inconvenient Truth
$19.95 (Digital video disc / Paramount Pictures )
The film offers a passionate look at one man's commitment to expose the misconceptions that surround global warming and inspire actions to prevent it. Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the ... More »
Sacred Balance New Edition
$26.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
In the ten years since The Sacred Balance was first published, global warming has become a major issue as glaciers and polar ice caps have begun to melt at an alarming rate, populations of polar bears have dwindled, the ... More »
An Inconvenient Truth: Young Adult Edition
$24.95 (Paperback book / Bloomsbury )
'Each one of us is a cause of global warming, but each of us
can become part of the solution: in the decisions we make on what
we buy, the amount of electricity we use, and how we live our
lives.'
What do you think abou... More »
Growing Green A Young Persons Guide To Taking Care Of The Planet
$16.95 (Hardcover book / Lion Publishing Plc )
This attractive book will be appreciated for its warm exploration of a perenially important theme. The book consists of colourful pictures of a child doing the small things that underpin an environmentally gentle lifesty... More »
You Can Save The Planet: A Day In The Life Of Your Carbon Footprint
$24.95 (Paperback book / A & C Black )
You Can Save the Planet leads readers minute by minute through an average day. From dressing and eating to using email and mobile phones, this book reveals the impact of everyday life on the environment, and shows how ev... More »
The Big Picture Book Of Environments
$32.95 (Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin )
With stunning images and a child-friendly text based on the latest scientific research, the award-winning author of The Big Picture Book explores the effects of changing climate on environments around the world. More »
Six Degrees Our Future On A Hotter Planet
$24.99 (Paperback book / Harper Perennial )
Like many who watched the hurricane disaster strike New Orleans last year, I was shocked at the deprivations endured by the victims – left to fend for themselves in terrible conditions in the world’s richest country. It ... More »