Environment

Alternative Visions and Practices of Environmental Action Explores the colonial European history of mainstream environmentalism and offers alternative visions of environmental stewardship which build on the knowledge and praxis of...

Why the Indian Farmers went on strike The first responders to India's climate challenges Under colonial rule in India in 1917, Mohandas K Gandhi led a satyagraha alongside local farmers...

Challenging the view that globalization signifies a 'clash' of cultures, this book here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the conflicting social interactions that make up our...

An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In...

'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' TimeHow to Listen is part of a charming series of books from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, exploring the essential foundations of mindful meditation and...

Why Our Environmental Politics Isn't Working Are radical climate activists hurting the cause? Germany should have been a global leader in combating climate change—its voters consider it a major issue...

Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, The Fourth Invasion examines an Ixil Maya community's movement against the construction of...

How the green economy is transforming your world Why might an orangutan care which toothpaste you choose? What does your mobile phone have to do with wind turbines? And can...

Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well Based on over ten years of fieldwork in Peru and Aotearoa New Zealand, Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways explores how Quechua and Māori...

The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change Nuclear power is a dangerous distraction from the urgent task of decarbonizing our energy systems. The climate crisis has...

A graceful, illuminating study of the wisdom of the natural world, from a world-renowned indigenous scientist As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature...

A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest 'I'm here to tell you my story, which is also the story of my people and the story of this...

Pioneering Solutions for the Other Planetary Crisis The climate movement has gathered some pace but what about the other, inextricably linked crisis in biodiversity? A radically hopeful manifesto, The Case...

In response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social crises, the leading Indigenous thinker and activist Ailton Krenak warns against the...

A poetic and intimate essay collection on the lives of plants and their entanglement with our human worldsA seed slips beyond a garden wall. A seaweed drifts through an ocean....

How the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun - from lower test scores to higher crime rates - and how we might tackle them today....

The Market Forces Catalyzing a Climate Technology Renaissance Creative and practical free-market solutions to climate change In Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It: The Market Forces...

An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization How did disenchantment lead to climate change?  The States of the Earth argues that European empires have become secular as they were entering the...

Indigenous Practices of Environmental Repossession Because This Land Is Who We Are is an exploration of environmental repossession, told through a collaborative case study approach, and engaging with Indigenous communities...

A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets Three months after Kyo Maclear's father dies in December 2018, she gets the result of a DNA test showing that she and...

The nations of the Global North are responding to the climate change emergency with emissions trading schemes and alternative sources of energy. Meanwhile, nations of the Global South, still emerging...

Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future The first book-length exploration of climate-driven reproductive anxiety that places race and social justice at the center. Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress...

The agave plant was never destined to become tasteless, cheap tequila. All tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result...

“Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself.” So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at...

A fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international...

An interrogation of ecotourism, a celebration of animals and an impassioned call for the need to protect our natural world Thirty years ago, two trips to iconic destinations, Africa and...

Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it's about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is...

Explore the relationship between environmental sustainability and human behaviourUnveil the obscured world of air pollution as you embark on a compelling journey with Ian. In this gripping book, each chapter...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Air conditioning aspires to be unnoticed. Yet, by manipulating the air around us,...

'Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby, or a pastime I can pick up and put down, but a thread running through the pattern of my life, so tightly woven...

Will green capitalism save the planet? Is it even trying? Not when the very logic of the capitalist system pits it against Earth's life-support systems, as the Japanese philosopher Kohei...

Ki te kotahi te kakaho ka whati, ki te kapuia, e kore e whatiWhen we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are unbreakable See the world differently, through...

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the...

Drawing on centuries of history and science, a prize-winning journalist upends our assumptions about migration revealing it not to be the story of our time, but an ancient, essential response...

Because you eat There is no farmers and others. If you eat or wear clothes, the decisions you make influence farming. 'Eaters will be the ultimate arbiter of where and...

How To Transform Your Wardrobe With Sustainable Style Using the freehand cutting method for which she has become so well known, bestselling author and designer Chinelo Bally shows us how...

A Guide to Creating a Unique Japanese Garden for Your HomeLearn how to create a tranquil outdoor space at home with this practical and inspiring guide! With instructive drawings and...

A Guide to Sacred Australia A new, fully illustrated book from award-winning author Bruce Pascoe and photographer Vicky Shukuroglou that offers a deeper understanding of Australia and how best to...

Plants for small spaces, indoors and outA hands-on guide to transforming small urban spaces into lush, plant-filled retreats.In Green, Jason Chongue explains and simplifies how to curate and look after...

Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country is a curated guidebook to Indigenous Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. In its pages, respected scholar and author Professor Marcia Langton offers fascinating insights...

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the...

A comforting book that will offer relief to anyone moving through intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, healing words of wisdom to transform our suffering.In...

On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins *One of Times Higher Education’s Best Books of 2015* *One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 in Business and Economics*...

A Year-Round Growing Guide for Healthy and Beautiful Plants Succulents for Beginners is the perfect introduction to this friendly and forgiving plant family. Misa Matsuyama — the bestselling author of...

In 21 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental worksOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living...

'I learned something new from each enjoyable essay and by the end realised that nature is integral to how we live on this planet, not a subsidiary to life, but...

Walking the Southern Alps of New Zealand A riveting blend of nature writing, Indigenous storytelling and great adventure in the NZ alps This book is about walking as a form...

A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening Classic Learn the art of Japanese gardening with this classic, fascinating text. The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly one thousand...

Illustrated by Salman ToorThousands of islands rise from the rivers' rich silts, crowned with forests of mangrove, rising on stilts. This is the Sundarban, where great rivers give birth; to...

My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis A rousing manifesto and memoir from a leading young Ugandan activist that will change the way we way...