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                  Climate Action, Local and Global

Books

How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth – Available early February 2009!
http://www.finch.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?art_id=275&nav_cat_id=220&nav_top_id=70

In this powerful, personal and very readable analysis of the world’s dire ecological crisis, Hervé Kempf deftly illuminates the links between global ecology and the global economy. Already an international bestseller!

The Transition Handbook
Creating local sustainable communities beyond oil dependency – Available late February 2009!
http://www.finch.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?art_id=277&nav_cat_id=220&nav_top_id=70

This Australian and New Zealand version of The Transition Handbook provides accounts of how individuals have responded with their local communities to the twin threats of Peak Oil and Climate Change. This practical book explains how we can 'transition' from fossil-fuel based communities to ones that are more self-reliant and generate less carbon emissions. Includes profiles of transition initiatives in Australia and New Zealand .

A Language Older Than Words
http://www.finch.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=270&nav_cat_id=239&nav_top_id=83

In this powerful mix of memoir and environmental exposé, Derrick Jensen, (considered the pre-eminent environmental activist writing in the USA today,) argues that the modern industrial economy abuses our environment, destroys meaningful work and disconnects us from the natural world.

Spiritual Compass
The three qualities of life
http://www.finch.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=265&nav_cat_id=239&nav_top_id=83

In a world facing an unprecedented global crisis, we need to restore the values of care, compassion and respect. Spiritual Compass is a call for us all to live a more balanced life, and one that is in harmony with our surroundings. Spirituality must be a part of our everyday existence – in business, politics, farming, cooking and in our relationships.

Nature and the Human Soul
A road map to discovering our place in the world
http://www.finch.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=263&nav_cat_id=239&nav_top_id=83

In this landmark book – the result of 25 years' work – Bill Plotkin encourages us to connect personally with the natural world and reassess our place in it. In this way we can create a more responsible and fulfilling way to live. Given the perilous state of our planet, the optimism and guidance contained in Nature and the Human Soul are an inspiring breath of fresh air!

Twelve Principles
Living with integrity in the twenty-first century
http://www.finch.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=175&nav_cat_id=239&nav_top_id=83

Martin Hawes proposes twelve principles by which we can live responsibly in the world today. Inspired by the teachings of the humanist thinker, J. Krishnamurti, these principles are applicable at a global as well as a personal level. They are based on living with awareness, acting with integrity and appreciating our interrelationship with all life.


The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins
(available from info@holmgren.com.au for $35 includes postage)
The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawkin
Back from the Brink by Peter Andrews
Permaculture One by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren
Permaculture - Pathways beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison
The Permaculture Home Garden by Linda Woodrow
Community Gardens
A Slice of organic life - Alice Waters, Anne Gatti, Daphne Lambert, and Erica Bower - ISBN 978-0756628734
True Green - Kim Mckay & Jenny Bonnin - ISBN 978-1426201134
True Green @ work - Kim Mckay, Jenny Bonnin, Tim Wallace - ISBN 978-1426202636
Living Simply: Choosing Less in a World of More - Joanne Heim - ISBN 978-1590527283
The ethical investor - Anne-Marie Spagnolo - ISBN 9780670070466
Sustainability and change in rural Australia - Chris Cocklin & Jacqui Dibden- ISBN 978-0868406312
Green power today - Earth Garden Books - ISBN 9780957894723
Sustainable Agriculture - John Mason - ISBN 0643068767
Waterwise house & garden - A. Windust - ISBN 978-0643068001
AUSTRALIAN Green home & garden - Stewart Robin - ISBN 9781863953238
The Weather Makers - Tim Flannery - ISBN 978-0871139351
We are the Weather Makers - Tim Flannery - ISBN 9781921145346
The Future Eaters - Tim Flannery - ISBN 978-0802139436
Eco Tourism - Sue Beeton - ISBN 0643063595
Carbon Calculator - Mark Lynas - ISBN 9780007258697
Six Degrees - Mark Lynas - ISBN 978-0007209057
This book is a load of rubbish - Deborah Burnside - ISBN 9781741146240
The Permaculture home garden - Linda Woodrow - ISBN 9780670865994
Greeniology - Tanya Ha - ISBN 978-1865089294
Green building and renovating - Tanya Ha - ISBN 978-0522854466
The Green Garden- Tanya Ha - ISBN 978-0522854442
The Green Office- Tanya Ha - ISBN 978-0522854435
Green travel and transport - Tanya Ha - ISBN 978-0522854459
The Australian Green Consumer Guide - Tanya Ha - ISBN 9780868408293
The Rough Guide to Ethical Living - Duncan Clark - ISBN 9781843538301
The Rough Guide to Ethical Travel - N/A - ISBN 9781843538301
The Rough Guide to Climate Change - Robert Henson - ISBN 978-1843537113
Making your home sustainable - Derek Wrigley - ISBN 9781920769499
Building With Junk and Other Good Stuff: A Guide to Home Building and Remodeling Using Recycled Materials - Jim Broadstreet - ISBN 978-1559500364
Heat: How we can stop the Planet Burning - George Monbiot - ISBN 978-0141026626
Last Oil Shock: A Survival Guide to the Imminent Extinction of Petroleum Man - David Strahan - ASIN B000VNSO2W
How to live a low-carbon life - Chris Goodall - ISBN 978-1844074266
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Nicky Scott - ISBN 978-1933392752
Global Spin - Sharon Beder - ISBN 978-1903998090
The Ecology of Commerce - Paul Hawken - ISBN 978-0887307041
Let My People Go Surfing - Yvon Chouinard - ASIN B000YFE8FO
Natural Capitalism - Hunter Lovins, Amory Lovins, Paul Hawken - ISBN 978-0316353007
Cradle to Cradle - William McDonough & Michael Braungart - ISBN 978-0865475878
The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait Of A Paradigm Shift - Andres R. Edwards - ISBN 978-0865715318
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community - Heather Coburn Flores - ISBN 978-1933392073
A Country Year: Living the Questions - Sue Hubbell - ISBN 978-0395967010
Green This! Volume 1: Greening Your Cleaning - Deidre Imus - ASIN B000YTJHT2
Good News for a Change - David Suzuki and Holly Dressel - ISBN 978-1550549263
Field Notes From a Catastrophe - Elizabeth Kolbert - ISBN 978-1596911307
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to save the planet - Lester R. Brown - ISBN 978-0393330878
Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care - Alan Greene - ISBN 978-0787996222
The Lazy Environmentalist - Josh Dorfman - ISBN 978-1584796022
Meanwhile, Back on Planet Earth - Earl Morrogh - ISBN 978-1419670404
WorldChanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century - Alex Steffen - ISBN 978-0810970854
Deep Economy - Bill McKibben - ISBN 978-0805087222
Hell and High Water - Joseph Romm - ASIN B000WPPY8G
Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight - Thom Hartmann - ISBN 978-1400051571
Community Powered Energy - Greg Pahl - ISBN 978-1933392127
The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and What We Eat - Charles Clover - ISBN 978-0520255050
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman - ISBN 978-0312347291
Ecological Debt - Andrew Simms - ISBN 978-0745327273
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals - Michael Pollan - ISBN 978-0143038580
The Sixth Extinction - Terry Glavin - ISBN 978-0312362317
My Ishmael - Daniel Quinn - ISBN 978-0553379655
Beyond Civilization - Daniel Quinn - ISBN 978-0609805367
Organic Housekeeping - Ellen Sandbeck- ISBN 978-1416544555
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver - ISBN 978-0060852559
Garbage Land - Elizabeth Royte- ISBN 978-0316154611
Silent Spring - Rachel Carson - ISBN 978-0618249060
Small is beautiful - EF Schumacher - - ISBN 978-0881791693
Living Downstream - Sandra Steingraber - ISBN 978-0375700996
Power to the People - Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran - ISBN 978-0374529703
Water: Not down the Drain - Stuart McQuire - Available through the ATA (www.ata.org.au)
The Water Efficient Garden -
The Natural Advantage of Nations - The Natural Edge Project - ISBN 978-1844073405
The Humanure handbook - Joseph C. Jenkins - ISBN 978-0964425835
Mycelium Running - Paul Stamet - ISBN 978-1580085793
The timeless way of building - Christopher Alexander - ISBN 978-0195024029
A pattern language - Christopher Alexander - ISBN 978-0195019193
Ecohouse - Sue Roaf - ISBN 978-0750669030

 
 
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