The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
25.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Series: Canons Ser.
The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world. In it Rachel Carson tells the history of our oceans, combining scientific insight and poetic prose as only she can, to take us from the creation of the oceans, through their role in shaping life on Earth, to wha ...Show more
What We Owe the Future: The Million-Year View by William MacAskill
35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
We are remarkably early in the story of human civilisation. We are still five hundred million years away from the sterilisation of the Earth by the Sun, and one hundred trillion years away from the dying of the last stars. Leaving a shard of broken glass on the ground may harm someone tomorrow or one hu ...Show more
No Other Place to Stand - An Anthology of Climate Change Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand by Jordan Hamel; Rebecca Hawkes; Erik Kennedy; Essa Ranapiri
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Poetry / Plays | Reading Level: very good
Ninety-one writers with connections to these islands grapple with the biggest issue facing people and the planet. What, then, for the work of poetry? It's at the very periphery of popular speech, niche even among the arts, yet it's also rooted in the most ancient traditions of oral storytelling, no matt ...Show more
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams; With Gail Hudson
30.00 NZD
Category: 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
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
Ending Hunger: The quest to feed the world without destroying it by Anthony Warner
27.00 NZD
Category: Environment
Is worldwide famine just around the corner? And do I really have to go vegan? 'A provocative vision.' Sunday Times Anthony Warner was a professional chef working in many of the UK's leading restaurants and hotels before becoming the Head of Development at the UK's largest food manufacturer. Armed with a ...Show more
Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by Paul Hawken
45.00 NZD
Category: Environment
A practical companion to the global phenomenon Drawdown, offering a toolkit of actions for every level of societySince its publication in 2017, Drawdown has become a key reference work in environmentalism, around the world. Where Drawdown focused on modelling the most effective, known solutions to globa ...Show more
Marine Biology: a Very Short Introduction by Philip Mladenov
30.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The oceans are our planet's most distinctive and imposing natural habitat. They cover 71 percent of its surface; support a remarkably diverse and exquisitely adapted array of life forms, from microscopic viruses, bacteria, and plankton to the largest existing animals; and possess many of Earth's most si ...Show more
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
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
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