The Future We Choose


Published in 2020, and receiving high praise from a range of public figures (Ed Miliband to Arnold Schwarzenegger), The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis is a direct call to action in…

Time to Eat the Dog?


Written by New Zealand university professors and sustainable housing experts Brenda and Robert Vale, Time to Eat the Dog?: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living exposes the environmental impact of our…

The Uninhabitable Earth


Feel depressed about the state of the planet?  Feel scared about what the future holds for you and your children?  Well, you don't even know the half of it, says David Wallace-Wells in The…

The Secret Life of Plants


Originally published in 1973, The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man remains the go-to source of the science (and…

The Botany of Desire


Plants are taking advantage of us, according to Michael Pollan – the apple thrives, for instance, because it tastes sweet, and flowers beguile us with their beauty.  This is not a dystopic plant…

Biomimicry


In Biomimicry, Janine Benyus describes how scientists can take the workings of nature – such as photosynthesis – and adapt them for human use, from environmentally friendly energy production to…

The Hidden Life of Trees


The trees are communicating with each other via an underground "woodwide web", they feel – and express – pain (as well as other emotions), and make and lose friends, according to forester Peter…