Enviromentalism & Ecology

John Seymour / The New Complete Book Of Self Sufficiency (Coffee Table Book)

This book first came out over 25 [years] ago, created by Dorling Kindersley, with a little help from John Seymour. It is now being delivered into the new millennium kicking and screaming! Since he first wrote it the book has certainly got about. He has...

Roland Wengenmayr / Renewable Energy : Sustainable Energy Concepts for the Future (Coffee Table Book)

This translation of a German title, which was enthusiastically received by a wide audience, collects contributions by leading and well-known scientists in the area explaining the technical basics of photovoltaic, solar thermal energy, wind and water...

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)

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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...

Éanna Ní Lamhna - Wild Dublin - HB - BRAND NEW

A new and updated edition ( originally published 2008) .  Hidden within the hustle and bustle of Dublin city is a secret world of wildlife. From otters and kingfishers in the rivers to porpoises and jellyfish in the bay, and from peregrine falcons...

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)

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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...

Eoghan Daltun / An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey Into the Magic of Rewilding (Hardback)

Beautiful nature writing combined with a passionate appeal for a radically changed relationship to our environment, from the man behind Ireland's temperate rainforest on the Wild Atlantic Way.         All of our books are...

Bren Smith / Eat Like a Fish: My adventures as a fisherman turned restorative ocean farmer (Hardback)

From the aquatic world's Michael Pollan a former fisherman's memoir, manifesto, and vision for the future of food: restorative ocean farming.Easy to grow, sustainable, and a solution to climate change, ocean vegetables are plentiful (there are thousands...

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...

Llewellyn's 2009 Green Living Guide (Large Paperback)

Renew, re-use, recycle" has become a call to action for millions who care about our planet. What can each of us do to ensure a bright future for our children, grandchildren, and forthcoming generations? The Green Living Guide ―a new annual from...

Judith Hoad / Need or Greed : Our Practical Choices for the Earth (Large Paperback)

A book giving practical advice on altering lifestyles in order to preserve the safety and security of the environment. Concerns such as deforestation and industrial pollution are discussed, with examples of successful campaigns already undertaken as well...

Hilary Tovey / Environmentalism in Ireland: Movement and Activists (Large Paperback)

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Cal Flyn / Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

This is a book about abandoned places: ghost towns and exclusion zones, no man's lands and fortress islands - and what happens when nature is allowed to reclaim its place.In Chernobyl, following the nuclear disaster, only a handful of people returned to...

Mary Robinson, Caitriona Palmer / Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future (Hardback)

 This is a book about farmers and activists in Africa, Asia and the americas, people whose livelihood is ruined by climate change and climate injustice. Ywt it is akso a celebration of their fight back. I was moved by Mary Robinson's account of...

Richard Orr & Joyce Pope - Mammals of Britain & Europe - Hardcover ILLUSTRATED -1983

A large format profusely illustrated hardcover, in dustjacket, published by Pelham Books, 1983. Previous owners gift inscription on blank front endpaper, otherwise unmarked, light creasing to page edges and slight bumps to corners. Price clipped on...

Paul O'Reilly / The Watt Footprint : The Smart Citizen's Guide to Save Energy in the Built Environment (Large Paperback)

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Tom Dixon - Rethink - HB - Recycling / Upcycling - 2000 ( Limited Edition Habitat Exclusive)

With MDF covers as a book jacket, the book is divided into seperate chapters examining using and reusing common objects for uses other than those to which tehy were originally intended - both a permanent and temporary solutions in design and interior...

Greta Thunberg / No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

 The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today'In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg,...

Michael Bloomberg / Climate of Hope : How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet (Hardback)

   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former head of the Sierra Club Carl Pope comes a manifesto on how the benefits of taking action on climate change are concrete, immediate, and immense. They explore climate change...