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"The Little Green Book: 365 Ways to Love the Planet "is a "green" guidebook for anyone who want to improve the quality of their life and the life of the planet. Consisting of a year's worth of short tips, tasks, and facts, the book is designed to lead readers to a more healthy, environmentally friendly lifestyle. The information is nontechnical in nature and designed to appeal to the average reader. The book will cover a wide range of topics, including gardening, saving natural resources, saving the environment, going "green" at wo... read more

Published in association with the "Guardian", "You Can Save the Planet" leads readers minute by minute through an average day. From dressing and eating to using email and mobile phones, this book reveals the impact of everyday life on the environment, and shows how even the smallest actions can make a difference to the future of our planet. Up-to-the-minute facts and clear explanations of key concepts are combined with practical advice in this essential book for young adults and their families.

Acclaim for "The Revenge of Gaia": 'The most important book for decades' - Andrew Marr. 'Riveting! a stark warning to mankind' - "The Times". 'Both entertaining and utterly terrifying, both thoughtful and constantly provocative! its echoes should reverberate throughout the world' - Mark Lynas, "New Statesman". 'We ignore James Lovelock's apocalyptic vision of the future at our peril' - Robin McKie, "Observer". 'Gaia will survive in one form or another. Lovelock's chilling question is: Will we?' - Rosie Boycott, "Mail on Sunday". ... read more

On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men--college boys, day workers, immigrants from mining camps--to fight the fire. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan narrates the struggles of the overmat... read more

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a shocking expose of the forces that perpetuate the crisis of global warming - with a prescription for saving the planet In Boiling Point, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change will swamp every other issue facing us today. Indeed, what began as an initial response of many institutions - denial and delay - has now grown into a crime against humanity. Gelbspan's previous book, The Heat is On, exposed the financing of climate-change skeptics by ... read more

The world and its resources are finite, yet we are seemingly locked into a system based on growth: growth of population, growth of income and growth of consumption. From this irrefutable starting point, "Time to Eat the Dog?" attempts to uncover what sustainability really means. Brenda and Robert Vale explore the environmental impact of the decisions we make, from what we eat and what we wear to how we travel and enjoy ourselves. Their book will make you see your life and your place in the world in a completely new light. Challengi... read more

The idea of a serious threat from climate change is now becoming more and more accepted. The Al Gores of this world are becoming more vocal, and the cynics are being heard less often. The balance of scientific opinion is now that the evidence is irrefutable: the Earth is getting warmer, and at an unprecedented rate, due to increasing human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. Melting Point examines the global warming issue in a specifically New Zealand context. What will be the effect of climate change on New Zealand's natural en... read more

Al Gore offers a visionary blueprint of the changes that we should make as a world community in order to prevent the climate crisis from threatening human civilisation.

Use the gentle art of household management to transform your home into a clean, efficient, safe, healthy haven. Every piece of household advice you could ever need is at your fingertips: from big issues such as how to do your bit for the environment, to advice on the most indulgent home comforts, such as preparing your own lavender-water spray for scenting linen as you iron. It offers a variety of options, to help you make 'clever' choices in homemaking: traditional, tried and tested methods; 'green' alternatives; and more conventi... read more

For the first time in the history of the world one species has grown so numerous and so technologically powerful that it has the ability to destabilize the narrow range of temperature within which life can flourish. And we are now doing just that. Our generation is the guilty generation, but we will only just begin to feel the consequences of our actions, it is our children's and grandchildren's generations that will suffer. This book is a call to arms. We have time still to halt and reverse the process. Maybe 10 years, maybe less ... read more

With SPOTLESS Shannon and Jen have made cleaning easy and foolproof and now with their new book SPEEDCLEANING - they make it fast. So you want to ditch the dust in record time? Blitz the bathroom before guests arrive? Flat out and on the go. The last thing you want to do after a hectic day (or on the weekend) is clean the house. But help is at hand! The undisputed Domestic Guru Shannon Lush and Jennifer Fleming have written SPEEDCLEANING for everyone who wants a clean house but doesn't have much time. All you need is 15 minu... read more

Save is full of clever ideas to help you get the most from everyday household items. In the process you'll save money, save time and save the planet! In Save you'll find out how to turn a lampshade into a wastepaper bin, create a mosaic from broken crockery, and make lip gloss from the last bit of your favourite lipstick. Learn how to revamp your tired-looking couch, how to tenderise meat using paw paw pips, and what to do with old ladders. Read advice on how to be a smart shopper, and find out how to make a leg of lamb last all we... read more

A practical guide to turning a house into a home, from the authors of Spotless and Speedcleaning. What makes a house a home? What turns it from bricks and mortar into a place you can't wait to get back to? How do you create a welcoming and comfortable environment? In How to be Comfy, Shannon Lush and Jen Fleming will show you how. There's not much point to a gorgeous-looking but impractical house. Shannon and Jen offer tips on creating cosiness as well as advice on how to choose household goods, how to look after them and how... read more

Itching for a change, city girl Philippa Jamieson quits her cosy job in Dunedin to travel around New Zealand on the WWOOF scheme (Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms). Over the course of two-and-a-half years she volunteers at 40 locations - market gardens, livestock farms, communes - many of which truly lie in the wild and hairy yonder. Along the way Philippa meets a bevy of diverse characters: the irrepressible farm host who's built his own coffin - with a limerick for an epitaph; Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons; an... read more

Green issues are hot, and they are here to stay. But where can New Zealanders find an authoritative yet neutral voice that is packed with the facts they need to make informed life-changing decisions? Living Green is a 'bible' for every New Zealand family: an assiduously researched and effortlessly readable manual that operates on two levels to appeal to all readers. Part One gives 10 simple steps to greening your life. Part Two contains 21 chapters that provide the factual back-up behind each of the 10 steps, in doing so covering a... read more

This comprehensive guide to stain removal provides a complete range of safe, effective, biodegradable and environmentally friendly cleansers, degreasers, and solvents. It includes advice for all areas of the home, garden and garage; including kitchen, bathroom, clothing and jewellery.

Following the phenomenal success of Spotless comes an all-new, indispensable guide to dealing with common domestic disasters. Taking you through your home room by room, Spotless 2 provides simple and environmentally friendly solutions to hundreds of new stains, smells and scratches. There's also a brand new chapter devoted to 'Clothing and Shoes' and a comprehensive guide to removing carpet stains.

Far more than oil, the control of water wealth has been pivotal to the rise and decline of great powers, notable achievements of civilization, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. In "Water", Steven Solomon offers the first-ever, narrative portrait of the personalities, innovations, and power struggles over water that have transformed human history from the irrigation civilisations of antiquity, Roman Empire, medieval China, Islam's golden age, rise of the West, Industrial Revolution, and are driving the politics, economics and... read more

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