A Sense of Place - A Response to an Environment: the Swan River Coastal Plain, Western Australia by George Seddon
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
In 1972, George Seddon wrote Sense of Place, documenting his experience and research into the Swan Coastal Plain, which has since become a landmark Australian environmental publication. Among its claims to influence is having given modern currency to the term sense of place. Although Seddon did not coin ...Show more
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment | Reading Level: very good
A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2017One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2017One of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of 2017 "An immersive, mildly gonzo and depressingly well-timed book about the drenching effects of global warming, and a powerful reminder that we can bury our ...Show more
Sunlight and Seaweed - Argument for How by Tim Flannery
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
''Sunlight and Seaweedis the beginning of a new way of helping the planet we live on.'' AU Review Acclaimed scientist Tim Flannery investigates exciting new technologies currently being developed to address our most pressing environmental threats in a book that presents a positive future for us and our ...Show more
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams; With Gail Hudson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment | Series: Global Icons Series
A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope.The world-renowned naturalist and conservationist Jane Goodall has spent more than a half-century warning of our impact on our planet. From her famous encounters with chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe a ...Show more
Rethinking Our World: an invitation to rescue our future by David Shaw, Maja Gopel
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment | Reading Level: near fine
A compelling and persuasive look at the social transformations needed to cope with our environmental crises.Our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. On the one hand, we have never been so well off; on the other hand, we find destruction and crisis everywhere we look. Whether throughout ...Show more
What's for Dinner? by Jill Griffiths
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
What are we really eating? How do we eat in a way that nourishes us and does least harm to the environment? What exactly do farmers do? Should the world go vegan? Do food miles matter?Never before has so much food been produced by so few people to feed so many. Never before have Australian consumers bee ...Show more
Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope by Joëlle Gergis
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
Acknowledging that the world as we know it is coming apart is an act of courage. If I live to look back at this troubled time, I want to say that I did all that I could, that I was on the right side of history. The question is, do you want to be part of the legacy that restores our faith in humanity? Wh ...Show more
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
$7.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today.'In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of pupils to go on strike for our planet, ...Show more
The New Nature by Tim Low
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
Forget about wilderness, Tim Low says, nature lives in our cities and gardens, exploiting everything we do. Many endangered species now live in industrial zones and cities. In our forests, native creatures have become pests. Fifteen years on,The New Naturecontinues to challenge the way we view the inter ...Show more
Our Only Home by Dalai Lama XIV
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
Saving the environment is our collective duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the extinction of species at alarming proportions and aggravating a water shortage that has affected the entire European continent. In short, climate ch ...Show more
Sustainable House 2nd ed by Michael Mobbs
$45.00 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
Whether you're planning to build or renovate, whether you in live in an apartment or a house, this is the guide to help you achieve an environmentally friendly home. It includes advice on converting your kitchen, bathroom, water supply, energy, waste system and garden, and the costs and benefits associa ...Show more
In Hot Water: Inside the battle to save the Great Barrier Reef by Paul Hardisty
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
A searing, candid and personal account from inside the battle to save the Great Barrier Reef from the recent CEO of Australia's lading coral research institute (who also happens to be a widely published thriller writer). In the ongoing climate wars, the Great Barrier Reef has become a symbol of everythi ...Show more