Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Environment

"Much of what you've heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea--more like a soup than a floating garbage dump. Recycling is more complicated than we wer...

In this lyrical meditation on the American wilderness, Leopold considers the different ways humans shape the natural landscape, and describes for the first time the far-reaching phenomenon now known as trophic cascades.

This up-to-date and comprehensive guide is a clear yet multi-faceted telling of the most pressing issue facing the planet and its people: climate change. It interprets scientific research and acknowledges political debate; it describes the climate's evolution and what models tell us about its fut...

The 'first plate' was a classic meal centred on a large cut of meat with few vegetables. On the 'second plate', championed by the farm-to-table movement, meat is free-range and vegetables are locally sourced. It's better-tasting, and better for the planet, but the second plate's architecture is i...

We've become used to thinking of plants as things for us to use: as food, tools, resources, or just as an attractive background to our own lives. But its time to change our minds. New research shows that plants can think, plan and may even have memories. We share our planet with beings whose pote...

As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today. In these galvanising speeches and essays, George Monbiot calls...

This is a good guide for a sustainable lifestyle. It's as simple as that. Would you like to live a bit more consciously, but don't know how? And rather not put much time, money or effort into it? Then this is the book for you. It's filled with practical and positive tips regarding fashion, beauty...

Now or never, we need to be radical. We need to rise up. And we need to rebel. Extinction Rebellion is a mass movement of peaceful people, demanding radical action on our global climate crisis. This is a book of action. With pages to rip out and pages to fill in, with instructions on how to rebel...

Today, we are at a turning point as we face ecological and political crises that are rooted in conflicts over the land itself. But these problems can be solved if we draw on elements of our tradition that move us toward a new commonwealth a community founded on the well-being of all people and th...