Sustainable living books

This plan enables the City to set tangible and transparent goals, and forms the basis of the City's annual State of Sustainability Report.

"An update of the best-selling Recycle your garden, which not only explores how composting works and outlines the multiple benefits for your garden but it also shows how to build a foolproof heap and maintain it well."

CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. Annie Leonard, creator of the internet film sensation "The Story of Stuff", viewed over 6 million times, offers an astonishing, galvanizing book that tells the story of all the 'stuff' we use everyday - where our bottled water, mobile phones and jeans come from, h...

The UK has declared a 'climate emergency' and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. So how do we get there? Drawing on actions, policies and technologies already emerging around the world, Chris Goodall sets out the ways to achieve this. His proposals include: Building a huge over-capacity of...

The Sustainability Project is a new and comprehensive series of twelve books about the challenge of global sustainable development, written by leading international experts. Each title focuses in depth on one of the critical environmental, economic and social pressure points that must be addresse...

New Buildings can be designed to be solar oriented, naturally heated and cooled, naturally lit and ventilated, and made with renewable, sustainable materials, no matter the location or climate. --

This book explains how relatively small and economic changes can be made, including simple repairs to improve energy efficiency, water saving tips, and productive gardening, to more dramatic overhauls such as redesigning room use, converting basements and extending your home.

Written by architects, designers and builders for Australian practitioners and you, this manual is a powerful tool for making your home great to live in, affordable to build and efficient to run.

This is the story of how human beings have consumed the resources they need for their own future. It examines the original future eaters who were the first people to leave the Afro-Asian homeland and travel down the chain of islands to Australasia and became the Aboriginal, Maori and other Polyne...

Many of us yearn to live more simply, in touch with nature and the seasons, and taking responsibility for what we consume and our impact on the world. This book shows how we can choose to live a greener life - whether it's growing our own in the suburbs, keeping bees in the city, or living in the...