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Twenty years ago, James Canton moved from London to the English countryside. Behind his farm labourer's cottage was a small field with a 'for sale' sign. At first it was...

'There is nobody better on climate change and international negotiations.' - Rt. Hon. Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero 'I have nothing but the deepest...

Over the past seventy years, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Unilever and other consumer goods makers have harnessed single-use plastics to turbocharge their profits. They've poured billions of dollars into...

Philosopher Travis Rieder outlines a new ethics for the age of humanmade catastrophe. We are all asking, in a hyperglobalised world hurtling towards environmental destruction: how do we determine the...

In this timely book, the author sets out the vision for a sustainable planet as well as methods we can all use to get there.

Today's headlines and recent events reflect the seriousness of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and flooding are causing deaths among vulnerable populations, destroying livelihoods, and driving people from their homes....

A GUARDIAN 2025 BOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO An urgent work of reportage which takes the reader deep inside the Amazon rainforest, and shows that even if you kill a...

It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is...

In this book, the world's leading spacial theorists provide new accounts of the central questions and issues in social-spacial theory with critical perspectives on the post-modern condition.

John Houghton's market-leading textbook is now in full colour and includes the latest IPCC findings, making it the definitive guide to climate change. Written for students across a wide range...

This unique book provides a striking look at the dramatic changes that are happening to our planet. The second edition of Fragile Earth shows over 350 dramatic images of natural...

For multinational corporations and financial institutions, globalization of economic activity has provided massive increases in their profits and power. Rootless and largely unregulated, they have superseded the old institutional structures...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION No matter where we live, 'we are all ocean people,' Helen Scales observes in her...

After nearly two decades of "the climate wars", arguments for climate action focus on power (we must decarbonise our energy system), prosperity (we must develop our green industries and clean...

Even for a country built on immigration, the continuing high rates of population growth are testing the consensus of national identity and demand a visionary approach to imagine a very...

Traffickers. Hit men. Outlaws. Thieves . . . Our planet is a crime scene - but we can catch the killers? Enter a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are...

In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific,...

From an award-winning and internationally-renowned expert, a wonderfully illuminating journey through the world of manufacturing and its transformational influence on our lives - and the world around us. 'Revelatory.' S...

In her new book, Making Peace with the Earth, Sydney Peace Prize recipient Vandana Shiva explores the basis of human life on our planet. She finds that a series of...

The signs of climate change are unmistakable even today, but the real transformations have hardly begun. We've been taught that warming would be slow-but, barring very dramatic action, each of...

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet . Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life....

When Jeff Goodell first encountered the term 'geoengineering', he had a vague sense that it involved outlandish schemes to counteract global warming. As a journalist, he was deeply sceptical. But...

The signs of global warming have become even clearer and more worrying to the international community, as demonstrated by the Kyoto Protocol. This book tells us how global warming is...

When first published in 1997, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use by renowned economic and engineering experts Ernst von Weizsi? cker, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, transformed how...

This timely, sobering and inspiring call to arms on our planet's future is the most important book you'll read this year. A powerful call to arms from one of the...

As inequalities widen and the effects of austerity deepen, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why we can't afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional...

New York Times bestselling author of Undeniable and former host of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" issues a new challenge to today's generation: to make a cleaner, more efficient, and...

"The Hot Topic" is a collaborative work by one of the most respected scientists and one of the most dynamic writers in the field of climate change. Sir David King,...

Towards Forest Sustainability is a collection of practical essays by some of the world's leading forest ecologists and managers from the United States of America, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia and...

"Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor."-- Naomi Klein From the leader and spokeswoman of the antinuclear movement comes...

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of...

A profound, powerful and moving collection of 100 letters from around the world responding to the climate crisis, introduced by Emma Thompson and lovingly illustrated by CILIP award winner Jackie...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The bothy embrace is addictive' ADAM NICOLSON 'Will have you reaching for your boots' CAL FLYN ....................................................................... A...

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...

Interest in renewable energy has never been greater, but much uncertainty remains as to the role the various technologies will play in the transition to a low-carbon future. This book...

Finalist in the United Nations Association of Australia's 2011 World Environment Day Awards Australia was the first country in the world to officially ban old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs as a...

This title provides a timely and intelligent look at how we can plan for a future without a dependence on oil and other fossil fuels. We have spent the last...

In our post-truth world, there's only one place to turn to if we want to live in reality: science. And the research on climate change is clear: It's real, it...

Systemic global risks of oil supply, climate shock and financial collapse threaten tomorrow's economies and mean businesses and policy makers face huge challenges in fuelling tomorrow's world. Jeremy Leggett gives...

"[Brown's] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable." - Katherine Salant, Washington Post "Lester Brown is one of the pioneers and heroes of global...

A beautiful, inspirational guide to keeping a sustainable home. Are you ready to create a sanctuary of sustainability? In a world overflowing with consumerism, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. But...

Ollie Hunter is back with his second book, Join the Greener Revolution . This time he's tackling sustainability in our day-to-day lives and explaining why our current system isn't working...

'The literature of the time after begins here' EVENING STANDARD 'A jolt of brevity and simplicity' THE TIMES 'In one short hour, in the midst of this difficult moment, Giordano...

This is a firsthand account of a small band of Amazonian warriors and their battle to preserve their way of life from the scourge of civilization. Joe Kane, author of...

Myths and Legends for a Greener World is a captivating collection of stories, retold by master folklorist Rosalind Kerven, all of which offer a new and inspiring perspective on the...

"Some plants are inherently rare, while others become rare through our actions." Rare Plants explores what makes the world's most uncommon plants so exceptional, and by what means they have...