Enviromentalism & Ecology

Bertel Bruun - The Hamlyn Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe - PB - Revised 1978

Originally published in 1970, this is a revised 1978 edition. illustrated throughout, 

John Kilbracken - The Easy Way to Bird Recognition - HB - 1982

Hardcover, published by Kingfisher Books, 1982.  A smaller format pocket sized hardcover, illustrated with colour line drawings ( which are high quality)   

Tony Juniper / How We're Fucking Up Our Planet (Large Paperback)

And What We Can Do About It Using powerful, easy-to-grasp graphics, this book cuts through the noise and gets straight to the facts on climate change, overpopulation, pollution, over-consumption, and much more.In How We're F***ing Up Our...

Paul Brown / Global Warning: The Last Chance for Change (Coffee Table Book)

A thought-provoking, visual study of global warming examines the potential ramifications of long-term climate change on the planet's fragile ecosystems, as well as on human society, drawing the latest scientific research to examine the causes of the...

Gerald Cheshire / Polar Regions (Coffee Table Book)

The Arctic and Antarctic are unique places. Isolated by ice, snow, freezing winds and unforgiving oceans, the polar regions are the last true wildernesses on Earth. This superbly illustratred book allows you to voyage to the very ends of the Earth and...

Herbert Girardet / A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality (Coffee Table Book)

Climate change - and its environmental, economic and socal consequences - is set to become the greatest challenge for humanity in the 21st century. There has been much new research and much recent publicity about the huge problems facing us, but...

Paul Kay / Ireland's Hidden Depths (Coffee Table Book)

Explore Ireland's spectacular underwater scenery with photographer Paul Kay, with over 200 photographs.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture...

George Pilkington / Composting with Worms (Large Paperback)

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Jason Cowley / Granta 102 - The New Nature Writing ( Large Paperback)

The New Nature Writing As our conception and experience of nature changes, so too does the way we write about it. This special issue features Kathleen Jamie on human pathology, Jonathan Raban on the road in the American West and Robert Macfarlane...

James E. Lovelock / A Rough Ride to the Future (Hardback)

In A Rough Ride to the Future, James Lovelock - the great scientific visionary of our age - presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system.  Lovelock, who was hailed as 'the man who conceived the first...

Kate Arnell / Six Weeks to Zero Waste - A Simple Plan for Life (Large Paperback)

We are in the midst of a worldwide waste epidemic, where the average person throws away their own body weight in refuse every seven weeks.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in...

Alan McGuire, Christopher J Wilson & Don Conroy - Wexford's Wild Heritage - HB - 2014 - ( Triple Signed by All Authors)

Think of Ireland and what comes to mind. Forty shades of green? This ancient mystic land is much more colourful than that – with a stunning variety of flora and fauna waiting to be enjoyed. And Co. Wexford, located in the southeast corner of the...

Lloyd Miller / Biscayne National Park: It Almost Wasn’t (Large Paperback)

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Michael E. Mann / The New Climate War (Large Paperback)

A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil-fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and to delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the planet.   This book is second...

Ugo Bardi / Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Planet (Large Paperback)

As we dig, drill, and excavate to unearth the planet's mineral bounty, the resources we exploit from ores, veins, seams, and wells are gradually becoming exhausted. Mineral treasures that took millions, or even billions, of years to form are now being...

Ilana Feldman / In the Name of Humanity: The Government of Threat and Care (Large Paperback)

Scientists, activists, state officials, NGOs, and others increasingly claim to speak and act on behalf of “humanity.” The remarkable array of circumstances in which humanity is invoked testifies to the category’s universal purchase. Yet...

Jules Pretty / The Pesticide Detox (Large Paperback)

The Pesticide Detox: Towards a More Sustainable Agriculture Since the 1960s, the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs...

Fred Pearce / When The Rivers Run Dry - What happens when our water runs out? (Hardback)

Do you know how much water you use each day - not just the 5 litres you may drink, or the 150 litres you guzzle to cook, wash, and flush the toilet with. It takes around 500 litres of water to grow the wheat to produce a loaf of bread. A staggering...

Ronald Banks / Costing the Earth

Major economic and environmental crises stem from imperfections in the land market, yet the theory which explains the allocation and value of natural resources is relegated to the periphery of social science and ignored by policy-makers. This is the...

Larry L. Rasmussen / Earth Community, Earth, Ethics (Hardback)

1998 This acclaimed book provides a comprehensive approach to issues of social cohesion and ecological concern, synthesizing insights from religion, ethics, and environmental science in a single vision for creating a sustainable community of the Earth...

Archbishop Dermot Farell / The Cry of the Earth - The Cry of the Poor: The Climate Catastrophe - Creation's Urgent Call for Change (Large Paperback)

In our age we are confronted with two interconnected the coronavirus pandemic and the ecological crisis. Both require urgent action, but they also require a sense of purpose which comes from a clear vision.In this pastoral letter, the author reflects...

Charles D. Ferguson / Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Large Paperback)

Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time,...

Michiel Schwarz & Michael Thompson / Divided We Stand : Redefining Politics, Technology, and Social Choice (Large Paperback)

Michiel Schwarz and Michael Thompson provide a down-to-earth account of the virtues and failures of environmental risk assessment.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the...

Conor W O'Brien - The Living and the Dead : Tales of Extinction and Rebirth from Irish Nature - BRAND NEW

Ireland is a land replete with amazing natural wonders, but we live in an age when our native wildlife is under threat like never before. Centuries of hunting and habitat loss have wiped out some of Ireland’s most iconic creatures, from the...

Carsten Krieger - Ten Thousand Years Deep - The Story of Ireland's Peatlands - BRAND NEW - HB

Peatlands – bogs, fens and heaths – are part of the Irish soul. Neither water nor land and yet both, they were once considered gateways to the otherworld. Bleak and beautiful, they are time capsules that hold a record of history going back...

Jane Clarke & Catherine Cleary - The Hare's Corner : Making Space for Nature -

The Hare’s Corner is a powerful celebration of the quiet, hopeful revolution taking place across Ireland – where people are making space for nature to thrive once again. In partnership with the Burrenbeo Trust in County Clare, this...

David Cabot / Ireland (Large Paperback)

Ireland covers all aspects of the natural history of Ireland, from biological history, geology and climate, through to nature conservation. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Another volume in the popular New Naturalist series, this book...

Jonathan Safran Foer / We are the Weather (Large Paperback)

The New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer re-evaluated his meat-based diet - and his conscience - in his powerful memoir and investigative report, Eating Animals . Now, he offers a mind-bending and potentially...

David Attenborough / Life on Earth (Exact Copy)

  The picture shown is the actual book you will receive.   Please be aware that there will be a sticker with an identifying number on the spine of this book.  

L.A Harvey & D St Leger Gordaon - Dartmoor ( Collins New Naturalist Series ) HB 3ED 1977

Dartmoor explores the complex and fascinating history of one of southern England's greatest National Parks, an area of enormous interest to naturalists and tourists alike. The loneliest wilderness in England. This has been said more often of Dartmoor...

Dermot Cole / Amazing Pipeline Stories: How Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Transformed Life in America's Last Frontier (Large Paperback)

In the 1970s, the world's largest construction companies invaded Alaska in a wild rush to build the 800-mile $8 billion trans-Alaska pipeline. Workers by the tens of thousands headed north, hoping to make their fortunes working on the pipeline, in a...

Colin Sage / Environment and Food (Large Paperback)

This timely book provides a thorough introduction to the inter-relationship of food and the environment. Its primary purpose is to bring to our attention the multiplicity of linkages and interconnections between what we eat and how this impacts on...

David Bellamy - Explore the British Countryside - HB

A St Michael ( i.e Marks and Spencer Retail) editrion of David Bellamy's guide to the countryside, large format hardcover, illustrated in full colour throughout.  David James Bellamy OBE  (1933 –  2019)was an English academic,...

Mark Stevenson / We Do Things Differently

Our systems are failing. Old models - for education, healthcare and government, food production, energy supply - are creaking under the weight of modern challenges. As the world's population heads towards 10 billion, it's clear we need new approaches...

Tommy Greene - Troubled Waters - BRAND NEW

In the summer of 2023, the people of Northern Ireland were stunned when a foul-smelling green algae bloom blanketed the surface of Lough Neagh – the largest freshwater body on these islands – suffocating aquatic life and signalling an...

Chris Patten / Respect for the Earth: Sustainable Development

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William McDonough & Michael Braungart / Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

"Reduce, reuse, recycle," urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart point out in this provocative, visionary book, such an approach only...

Richard Manning / Grassland: The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie

More than forty percent of our country was once open prairie, grassland that extended from Missouri to Montana. Taking a critical look at this little-understood biome, award-winning journalist Richard Manning urges the reclamation of this land,...

Elizabeth Kemf / Month of Pure Light : The Regreening of Vietnam (Hardback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

William W. Warner / Into the Porcupine Cave and Other Odysseys (Hardback)

When William Warner's first book, "Beautiful Swimmers," was published more than 20 years ago, Larry McMurtry hailed it as "a new kind of classic...modest, intimate, and very personal." And a classic it proved to be, winning a Pulitzer Prize and the...

John McPhee / The Control of Nature (Hardback)

1990 Profiles the various places where humankind is struggling to control the forces of nature, discussing both the natural forces at work and the individuals who attempt to foil them.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not...

L. Dudley Stamp - Britain's Structure and Scenery - ( Fontana New Naturalist Series ) - PB 1970 ( Originally 1946)

Britains Structure and Scenery deals with the physical background, the stage on which the drama of life is played and which provides the fundamental environment for plants, newnaturalists.com It would be difficult to find an area of comparable size...

Patrick McCusker / Planet Dancing (Large Paperback)

PLANET DANCING is one of those nature conservation books that stand alone. It contains enchantingly written evocative stories about the natural world. But of greater importance it offers several practical solutions on how all of us can be involved in...

Andrew Mitchell / A Fragile Paradise: Nature and Man in the Pacific (Large Paperback)

The author travels from Nauru to Easter Island and looks at the natural history of the region, past and present. Celebrating the beauty and fascination of the islands in the Pacific, the book examines the impact Man has made and addresses the dangers...

Germaine Greer / White Beech : The Rainforest Years

One bright day in December 2001, sixty-two-year-old Germaine Greer found herself confronted by an irresistible challenge in the shape of sixty hectares of dairy farm, one of many in south-east Queensland that, after a century of logging, clearing and...

Gordon Conway / Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century

In 1997, over 700 million people are hungry. By 2025, the population of the developing countries alone will be approximately seven billion. This book makes a compelling case for a second green revolution, which builds upon the successful...

Aibhlín McCrann / Green White and Green

An early 1990's green consumer guide for Ireland, by the wonderfully aptly named Aibhlín McCrann. Poolbeg Press paperback.      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of...

Edward O. Wilson / The Future of Life

A magisterial accomplishment: both a moving description of our biosphere and a guidebook for the protection of all its species, including humankind.From one of the world's most influential scientists (and two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author)...

Richard Ives / Of Tigers and Men: Entering the Age of Extinction (Hardback)

A naturalist describes his journey through the shrinking wild areas of India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia in search of the elusive and endangered tiger, profiling the conservators who have been fighting a losing battle to save the animal in its natural...

James E. Lovelock / The Revenge of Gaia (Hardback)

James Lovelock, originator of the idea of Gaia, makes an argued plea that we must change our way of life - before it is too late. Illustrated with examples drawn from his experiences around the world, he draws many radical conclusions, most...

Peter H. Schuck / Agent Orange on Trial : Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts, Enlarged Edition (Large Paperback)

Agent Orange on Trial is a riveting legal drama with all the suspense of a courtroom thriller. One of the Vietnam War’s farthest reaching legacies was the Agent Orange case. In this unprecedented personal injury class action, veterans charge that a...

Helen Orme / Habitat Destruction (Large Paperback)

This title in a series for reluctant readers looks at what habitats are in danger and why, the harmful effects of mining, pollution and farming, the destruction of the rainforests that are so vital to the Earth's climate, the effects of climate change...