Every aspect of our modern lives is affecting our environment - how we travel, the products we buy and the food we eat. Here are a selection of books to help you become more eco-friendly and earth-savvy, one step at a time.
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Carbon Shift
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Science - Environmental Science
978-0-307-35719-9 (0-307-35719-8)
April 13, 2010 | $22.00
"We are now so abusing the Earth that it may rise and move back to the hot state it was in fifty-five million years ago, and if it does, most of us, and our descendants, will die."
-James Lovelock, leading climate expert and author of The Revenge of Gaia
"I don't...
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Science - Environmental Science
978-0-307-35719-9 (0-307-35719-8)
April 13, 2010 | $22.00
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"We are now so abusing the Earth that it may rise and move back to the hot state it was in fifty-five million years ago, and if it does, most of us, and our descendants, will die."
-James Lovelock, leading climate expert and author of The Revenge of Gaia
"I don't...
Eaarth
Hardcover | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Current Affairs; Science - Environmental Science
978-0-307-39918-2 (0-307-39918-4)
April 13, 2010 | $32.00
The bestselling author of Deep Economy shows that we’re living on a fundamentally altered planet — and opens our eyes to the kind of change we’ll need in order to make our civilization endure.
Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global...
Hardcover | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Current Affairs; Science - Environmental Science
978-0-307-39918-2 (0-307-39918-4)
April 13, 2010 | $32.00
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The bestselling author of Deep Economy shows that we’re living on a fundamentally altered planet — and opens our eyes to the kind of change we’ll need in order to make our civilization endure.
Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global...
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Slow Death by Rubber Duck
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-39713-3 (0-307-39713-0)
April 6, 2010 | $19.95
Funny, thought-provoking, and incredibly disturbing, Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us.
Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes - now, it's personal.
The most dangerous pollution has always come from commonplace items in...
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-39713-3 (0-307-39713-0)
April 6, 2010 | $19.95
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Funny, thought-provoking, and incredibly disturbing, Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us.
Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes - now, it's personal.
The most dangerous pollution has always come from commonplace items in...
Shift Your Habit
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-307-46530-6 (0-307-46530-6)
March 9, 2010 | $17.99
Save Your Planet—and Your Wallet
Going green doesn’t mean spending big bucks on organic food, solar panels, and hybrid cars. At its core, green living is simply about moderation, efficiency, and—believe it or not—living less expensively. Shift Your Habit shows you how to make easy changes to your lifestyle that will...
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Business & Economics - Personal Finance
978-0-307-46530-6 (0-307-46530-6)
March 9, 2010 | $17.99
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Save Your Planet—and Your Wallet
Going green doesn’t mean spending big bucks on organic food, solar panels, and hybrid cars. At its core, green living is simply about moderation, efficiency, and—believe it or not—living less expensively. Shift Your Habit shows you how to make easy changes to your lifestyle that will...
Sea Sick
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Emblem Editions | Nature - Oceans & Seas; Nature - Ecology; Science - Earth Sciences
978-0-7710-6117-2 (0-7710-6117-X)
March 2, 2010 | $19.99
All life — whether on land or in the sea — depends on the oceans for two things:
• Oxygen. Most of Earth’s oxygen is produced by phytoplankton in the sea. These humble, one-celled organisms, rather than the spectacular rain forests, are the true lungs of the planet.
• Climate control. Our climate is regulated...
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Emblem Editions | Nature - Oceans & Seas; Nature - Ecology; Science - Earth Sciences
978-0-7710-6117-2 (0-7710-6117-X)
March 2, 2010 | $19.99
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All life — whether on land or in the sea — depends on the oceans for two things:
• Oxygen. Most of Earth’s oxygen is produced by phytoplankton in the sea. These humble, one-celled organisms, rather than the spectacular rain forests, are the true lungs of the planet.
• Climate control. Our climate is regulated...
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Ecoholic Home
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Vintage Canada | House & Home - Reference; Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Current Affairs
978-0-307-35714-4 (0-307-35714-7)
October 27, 2009 | $24.95
This highly anticipated follow-up to the massively successful Ecoholic focuses on the home as the mainstay of sustainable living.
Our resident Ecoholic comes to the rescue again, offering reminders and tips on how to keep your castle (however humble) clean, energy-efficient and healthy. We spend so much time at home —...
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Vintage Canada | House & Home - Reference; Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Current Affairs
978-0-307-35714-4 (0-307-35714-7)
October 27, 2009 | $24.95
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This highly anticipated follow-up to the massively successful Ecoholic focuses on the home as the mainstay of sustainable living.
Our resident Ecoholic comes to the rescue again, offering reminders and tips on how to keep your castle (however humble) clean, energy-efficient and healthy. We spend so much time at home —...
Also available as an
eBook.
Earth to Table
Hardcover | 336 pages | Random House Canada | Cooking; Cooking - Seasonal
978-0-307-35684-0 (0-307-35684-1)
September 15, 2009 | $45.00
Cook your “greenest” meal: Earth to Table inspires local and sustainable eating in every mouth-watering recipe.
There is nothing more delicious than a tomato still warm from the sun. Though that is easy to forget when we are surrounded by food shipped to our supermarkets from around the world, the healthiest and...
Hardcover | 336 pages | Random House Canada | Cooking; Cooking - Seasonal
978-0-307-35684-0 (0-307-35684-1)
September 15, 2009 | $45.00
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Cook your “greenest” meal: Earth to Table inspires local and sustainable eating in every mouth-watering recipe.
There is nothing more delicious than a tomato still warm from the sun. Though that is easy to forget when we are surrounded by food shipped to our supermarkets from around the world, the healthiest and...
Climate Wars
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-35584-3 (0-307-35584-5)
August 18, 2009 | $22.00
From one of the world’s great geopolitical analysts, a terrifying glimpse of the none-too-distant future, when climate change will force the world’s powers into a desperate struggle for advantage and even survival.
Dwindling resources. Massive population shifts. Natural disasters. Spreading epidemics. Drought. Rising sea levels. Plummeting agricultural yields. Crashing economies. Political extremism...
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-35584-3 (0-307-35584-5)
August 18, 2009 | $22.00
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From one of the world’s great geopolitical analysts, a terrifying glimpse of the none-too-distant future, when climate change will force the world’s powers into a desperate struggle for advantage and even survival.
Dwindling resources. Massive population shifts. Natural disasters. Spreading epidemics. Drought. Rising sea levels. Plummeting agricultural yields. Crashing economies. Political extremism...
Ecological Intelligence
Hardcover | 288 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Green Business
978-0-385-52782-8 (0-385-52782-9)
April 21, 2009 | $30.00
Hardcover | 288 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Green Business
978-0-385-52782-8 (0-385-52782-9)
April 21, 2009 | $30.00
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The bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and Primal Leadership now brings us Ecological Intelligence—revealing the hidden environmental consequences of what we make and buy, and how with that knowledge we can drive the essential changes we all must make to save our planet and ourselves.
We buy “herbal” shampoos that contain industrial...
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eBook and a
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Heat
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Anchor Canada | Current Affairs - Political
978-0-385-66222-2 (0-385-66222-X)
June 26, 2007 | $19.95
“We are the most fortunate generation that has ever lived. And we are the most fortunate generation that ever will.”
—George Monbiot
What George Monbiot means by this is that our civilization has leveraged the awesome power of fossil energy to create a world that only a short time ago would have been...
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Anchor Canada | Current Affairs - Political
978-0-385-66222-2 (0-385-66222-X)
June 26, 2007 | $19.95
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“We are the most fortunate generation that has ever lived. And we are the most fortunate generation that ever will.”
—George Monbiot
What George Monbiot means by this is that our civilization has leveraged the awesome power of fossil energy to create a world that only a short time ago would have been...
Also available as an
eBook.
