Under the Sea-Wind by Rachel Carson
25.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Series: Canons Ser.
Under the Sea-Wind marks the beginnings of one of the most significant careers in nature writing. In it Rachel Carson celebrates the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, conjuring the atmosphere of the shore and the open sea and the delicately balanced, fragile struggl ...Show more
Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal by Noam Chomsky; Robert Pollin; C. J. Polychroniou (Contribution by)
33.00 NZD
Category: Environment
Climate change: watershed or endgame? In this compelling new book, Noam Chomsky, the world's leading public intellectual, and Robert Pollin, a renowned progressive economist, map out the catastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change--and present a realistic blueprint for change: the Green New De ...Show more
The Sustainable House Handbook: How to plan and build an affordable, energy-efficient and waterwise home for the future by Josh Byrne
50.00 NZD
Category: Architecture / Design
The Sustainable House Handbook is your comprehensive guide to building an affordable, eco-friendly and energy- plus water-efficient green home for the future. In this book, sustainability expert and Gardening Australia presenter Josh Byrne takes takes readers through the process of planning a 10-Star ra ...Show more
Professor Figgy's Weather and Climate Science Lab for Kids by Jim Noonan
33.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Lab for Kids
Learn about the Earth's atmosphere and weather patterns through a series of hands-on and exciting learning experiences with Professor Figgy's Weather and Climate Science Lab for Kids.
Salmon : A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate by Mark Kurlansky
27.00 NZD
Category: Environment
WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDRÉ SIMON AWARDSIf we can save the salmon, we can save the worldOver the centuries, salmon have been a vital resource, a dietary staple and an irresistible catch. But there is so much more to this extraordinary fish.As international bestseller Mark Kurlansky revea ...Show more
Ending Hunger - The Quest to Feed the World Without Destroying It by Anthony Warner
37.00 NZD
Category: Environment
Nutritionists tell you to eat more fish. Environmentalists tell you to eat less fish. Apparently they are both right. It's the same thing with almonds, or quinoa, or a hundred other foods. But is it really incumbent on us as individuals to resolve this looming global catastrophe? From plastic packag ...Show more
Overview Timelapse - How We Change the Earth by Benjamin Grant; Timothy Dougherty
80.00 NZD
Category: Environment
A striking collection of satellite images documenting human impact on the Earth--and how the Earth responds--from the creators of Overview and the Instagram sensation Daily Overview. Change is Earth's most important and influential constant. From geological changes that take place over millennia, to th ...Show more
A Natural History of the Future by Rob Dunn
30.00 NZD
Category: Environment
"An arresting vision of this relentless natural world" (New York Times) by a leading ecologist, who urges us to heed nature's iron laws Our species has amassed unprecedented knowledge of nature, which we have tried to use to seize control of life and bend the planet to our will. In A Natural History ...Show more
All Hell Breaking Loose - The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change by Michael T. Klare
38.00 NZD
Category: Environment
All Hell Breaking Loose is an eye-opening examination of climate change from the perspective of the U.S. military. The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change--still linked, for many people, with polar bears and coral reefs. Yet ...Show more
Earthshot - How to Save Our Planet PB by Colin Butfield; Jonnie Hughes; Prince William (Introduction by); David Attenborough (Foreword by); Shakira (Foreword by);
28.00 NZD
Category: Environment
The Earthshot concept is simple: Urgency + Optimism = Action. We have ten years to turn the tide on the environmental crisis, but we need the world's best solutions and one shared goal - to save our planet. It's not too late, but we need collective action now. The Earthshots are unifying, ambitious goal ...Show more
The Book of Vanishing Species: Illustrated Lives and fungi on Earth by Beatrice Forshall
43.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet's most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, w ...Show more
Cohousing for Life: A Practical and Personal Story of Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood by Robin Allison
50.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: near fine
In "Cohousing for Life", architect Robin Allison describes her journey from lonely mother of two in the suburbs to determined driver of the development of New Zealand's first cohousing community. It is a very personal story of a collective endeavour, a heroic journey of despair and triumph, as the obst ...Show more