Life Changing by Helen Pilcher
25.00 NZD
Category: Environment
In this post-natural history guide, Helen Pilcher invites us to meet key species that have been sculpted by humanity.We are now living through the post-natural phase, where the fate of all living things is irrevocably intertwined with our own. We domesticated animals to suit our needs, and altered their ...Show more
Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval by Gaia Vince
50.00 NZD
Category: Environment
An urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change- how it will force us to change where - and how - we live. We are facing a species emergency. With every degree of temperature rise, a billion people will be displaced from the zone in which humans have lived for t ...Show more
The Last Drop: Solving the World's Water Crisis by Tim Smedley
40.00 NZD
Category: Environment
A gripping, thought-provoking and ultimately optimistic investigation into the world's next great climate crisis - the scarcity of water. Water scarcity is the next big climate crisis. Water stress - not just scarcity, but also water-quality issues caused by pollution - is already driving the first wave ...Show more
Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food by Roanne van Voorst
33.00 NZD
Category: Environment
Combining the ethical clarity of Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals with the disquieting vision of Alan Weissman's bestseller The World Without Us, a thought-provoking, entertaining exploration of a future where animal consumption is a thing of the past.Though increasing numbers of people know that ...Show more
Great Stories of New Zealand Conservation by Alan Frogatt
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Reference
New Zealand has an extraordinary range of plants and animals, yet many species are heading towards extinction. The arrival of humans to the country, and the predators we brought with us, has pushed the natural world to the brink. But while we are the villains of the story, we can also be heroes. In Grea ...Show more
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets
85.00 NZD
Category: Environment
Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That's right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you'll find out how. The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells ...Show more
Uninhabitable Earth - A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells
26.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Reading Level: very good
The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today. Ov ...Show more
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
10.00 NZD
Category: 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
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
27.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Reading Level: very good
Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by Library Journal, Braiding Sweetgrass is poised to be a classic of nat ...Show more
The Precipice - Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord
53.00 NZD
Category: Environment
The world is in the early stages of what may be the most deadly pandemic of the past 100 years. Threats to humanity, and how we address them, define our time. 'Splendid . . . The Precipice is a powerful book, written with a philosopher's eye . . . Ord's love for humanity and hope for its future is infec ...Show more
Right Here, Right Now by Natalie Isaacs
38.00 NZD
Category: Environment
The climate action countdown and how women can lead the way In this inspiring think piece and call to action, the founder and CEO of the global climate action movement 1 Million Women explains why the place for climate action is here, why the time is now and how women can work together to lead the way. ...Show more
Tickets for the Ark: From wasps to whales - how do we choose what to save? by Rebecca Nesbit
37.00 NZD
Category: Environment
A popular science title about conservation. What should we conserve and why in this age of extinctions? Who should get tickets for the ark? Our planet hasn't seen the current rate of extinction since the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and global conservation efforts are failing to halt th ...Show more