NON FICTION

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News of the Earth | Homero Aridjis

News of the Earth chronicles poet Homero Aridjis’s relationship…
July 17, 2023/by IainCa

LOSING EARTH: The Decade We Could Have Stopped Climate Change | NATHANIEL RICH

 

“Nearly everything we understand about global warming…
February 11, 2024/by sandyw

Hot Air: The Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial | Peter Stot

Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme…
June 2, 2025/by sandyw

Slow Travel and Tourism | Janet Dickinson and Les Lumsdon

 

In this definitive book on slow travel and tourism,…
August 5, 2024/by sandyw

The language of trees | Katie Holten

THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER

‘A masterpiece’ Max…
July 19, 2023/by IainCa

Silent Spring | Rachel Carson

 

In this seminal text published in 1962 Carson exposed…
July 2, 2024/by sandyw

The Response | David Shukman

"This fascinating and gripping book has the power to open…
May 15, 2026/by Liz Jensen

Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power | Rebecca Solnit

At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can…
August 1, 2023/by sandyw

Living With Trees | Robin Walter

Trees and woods offer great potential for rebuilding our…
November 24, 2022/by Katie

Eating Animals | Jonathan Safran Foer

 



 

Safran Foer's hard-hitting yet deeply…
April 19, 2024/by Liz Jensen

All Breaking Together | Jem Bendell

“This book provides…the basis for freeing ourselves from…
July 17, 2023/by IainCa

The Great Cosmic Mother | Monica Sjöö and Barbara Mor

 

In their compelling voyage into deep civilization,…
September 4, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Ice Rivers | Jemma Wadham

 

The story of one woman’s passion for glaciers.…
February 11, 2024/by sandyw

Living Together: Searching for Community in a Fractured World | Mim Skinner

 

Mim Skinner sets out to explore communities that…
February 11, 2024/by sandyw

Understanding Climate Anxiety | Professor Geoff Beattie

 

Understanding Climate Anxiety describes climate anxiety…
August 27, 2025/by sandyw

Soil, Soul, Society: A New Trinity for Our Time | Satish Kumar

 

Internationally-respected peace and environment activist…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

Pyromania: Fire and Geopolitics in a Climate-disrupted World | Simon Dalby

 

We are the only species that uses fire. It has determined…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

How To Travel Guilt Free: Essential Tips for Ethical Travellers | Wanderlust

 

How can you indulge your love of exploring the world…
August 5, 2024/by sandyw

The Garden Awakening: Designs to nurture our land and ourselves | Mary Reynolds

 

In this beautifully written and illustrated book,…
February 11, 2026/by sandyw

It’s Not That Radical: Climate Action To Transform Our World | Mikaela Loach

The environmental crisis is deeply entangled with colonialism…
August 31, 2023/by sandyw

The Savage Landscape | Cal Flyn

 

A modern  journey into the heart of what we call…
June 16, 2026/by sandyw

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

“I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel…
July 17, 2023/by IainCa

Feminism for a World on Fire | Natasha Walter

 

Clear-eyed, eloquent and cogent, Natasha Walters’s…
May 15, 2026/by Liz Jensen

Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmerer

"The land knows you, even when you are lost." Hailed by many…
July 17, 2023/by IainCa

Tiger Work | Ben Okri

Twenty thousand years after a catastrophe wiped out the human…
March 27, 2023/by Katie

Climate, Psychology and Change | Steffi Bednarek

With so many immediate and intensifying crises unfolding…
August 27, 2025/by Liz Jensen

Rewilding the Sea: How to Save our Oceans | Charles Clover

 

This hopeful book celebrates what happens when we…
May 28, 2024/by sandyw

Being Ecological | Timothy Morton

Don't care about ecology? This book is for you.

Why is…
May 16, 2023/by Katie

Sea State | Tabitha Lasley

 

Tabitha Lasley initially travels to Scotland to research…
September 4, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Suicide | Roger Hallam

 

A hybrid of memoir and political manifesto, Suicide…
February 11, 2026/by Liz Jensen

Why Rebel | Jay Griffiths

Why rebel? Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered…
May 16, 2023/by Katie

Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air | David JC MacKay

Addressing the sustainable energy crisis in an objective manner,…
May 16, 2023/by Katie

Late Light: The Secret Wonders of a Disappearing World | Michael Malay

 

“Late Light brings the reader along with Michael…
October 6, 2024/by sandyw

The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions | Peter Brannen

When we talk about ‘saving the planet,’ we forget that…
March 11, 2024/by sandyw

The Wild Edge of Sorrow | Frances Weller

 



 

Solastalgia – the word used to describe…
June 16, 2026/by Liz Jensen

Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain | Roger Deakin

 

Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

Why Travel Matters: A Guide to the Life-Changing Effects of Travel | Craig Storti

 

‘When you travel, you have a choice: You can be…
August 5, 2024/by sandyw

The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet | Leah Thomas

 

The Intersectional Environmentalist bridges the gap…
June 16, 2026/by sandyw

BIRD GIRL | MAYA-ROSE CRAIG

 

“In deciding to write a personal memoir at the…
October 6, 2023/by Liz Jensen

From What Is to What If | Rob Hopkins

“As founder of the burgeoning Transitions Movement, Rob…
October 2, 2023/by Liz Jensen

More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy | Jean-Baptiste Fressoz

 

This thought-provoking book was published at the…
January 12, 2025/by sandyw

Overshoot | Andreas Malm

 

Malm’s central thesis is unflinching: that we have…
June 2, 2025/by Liz Jensen

Degrowth | Giorgios Kallis

The term "degrowth" has emerged within ecological and other…
November 20, 2022/by Katie

Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change | David Camfield

 

Climate change is already affecting millions of people.…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

VULTURE CAPITALISM | GRACE BLAKELEY

April 1, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel | Shahnaz Habib

 

Airplane Mode asks: what does it mean to be a joyous…
August 5, 2024/by sandyw

Psychological Roots of Climate Change | Sally Weintrobe

 

Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis tells…
August 27, 2025/by Liz Jensen

A Guide to Slow Travel in the Marches | Les Lumsdon

 

Why go abroad? Why not explore what is on your doorstep?…
August 5, 2024/by sandyw

The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman | Davi Kopenawa & Bruce Albert

The Falling Sky is a remarkable first-person account of the…
November 24, 2022/by Katie

The Long Heat | Andreas Malm and Will Carton

 

 

In a blistering follow-up to their best-selling…
November 27, 2025/by Liz Jensen

Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making | Chris Packham and Andrew Cohen

 

A beautiful, full-colour book to accompany the 5…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

Wild Fell: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm | Lee Schofield

 

Lee Schofield, ecologist and site manager for RSPB…
February 11, 2024/by sandyw

Sea Bean | Sally Huband

 

Sea Beans are seed pods that fall from vines in the…
October 6, 2024/by sandyw

Be The Ultimate Friend of the Earth: 100 questions to boost your climate and nature IQ | Lucy Siegle

February 11, 2024/by sandyw

There is No Planet B | Mike Berners-Lee

"We belong to the earth; it does not belong to us…we need…
July 17, 2023/by IainCa

Cookin’ Up A Storm: Sea Stories and Vegan Recipes from Sea Shepherd’s Anti-Whaling Campaigns | Laura Dakin

 

Not just a cookbook but stories too from the crew…
May 29, 2024/by sandyw

Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture | Gabe Brown

 

Soil health pioneer Gabe Brown did not set out to…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

LOSING EDEN | LUCY JONES

Part of Lucy Jones’ genius lies in her instinctive, incisive…
February 6, 2024/by Liz Jensen

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

 

Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing…
November 30, 2025/by sandyw

The Matter with Things | Iain McGilchrist

 
Let’s start with the foundations – the ground-we-stand-on…
May 13, 2025/by sandyw

The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran | Charles Kurzman

 
If Skocpol gives us the structural take, Kurzman gives…
May 13, 2025/by sandyw

The Two-Headed Whale | Sandy Winterbottom

In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic tall-ship voyage…
November 15, 2023/by sandyw

Modernity and the Holocaust | Zygmunt Bauman

 
Bauman is one of the greats — a Polish-Jewish socialist…
May 13, 2025/by sandyw

Avocado Anxiety: and Other Stories About Where Your Food Comes From | Louise Gray

In Avocado Anxiety, Louise Gray takes us on a deeply personal…
November 15, 2023/by sandyw

Moving Mountains: Writing Nature through Illness and Disability | Edited by Louise Kenward

 

A groundbreaking anthology of nature writing by authors…
February 11, 2024/by sandyw

The Responsible Traveller | Karen Edwards

 

A useful pocket-sized guide to sustainable and ethical…
August 5, 2024/by sandyw

The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis | Amitav Ghosh

‘Something between a history book and a fable about consumerism,…
September 25, 2022/by Katie

Firmament: The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us | Simon Clark

 

A thin, invisible layer of air surrounds the Earth,…
June 2, 2025/by sandyw

The Shetland Way: Community and climate crisis on my father’s islands | Marianne Brown

 

How do we balance our needs with the needs of the…
November 30, 2025/by sandyw

Sarn Helen | Tom Bullough

 

An award-winning account of a journey through Wales,…
November 1, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Earth Matters: How soil underlies civilization | Richard Bardgett

 

Richard Bardgett is a Professor of Ecology and has…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World | Helen Czerski

 

“In Blue Machine, we are immersed into the world…
October 6, 2024/by sandyw

This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook

“We refuse to bequeath a dying planet to future generations…
July 17, 2023/by IainCa

Go Toxic Free: Easy and Sustainable Ways to Reduce Chemical Pollution | Anna Turns

 

Practical everyday tips and ideas to help make ourselves…
February 11, 2024/by sandyw

Lev Shestov: Philosopher of the Sleepless Night | Matthew Beaumont

 
Now for something a bit more fun (in a Russian existentialist…
May 13, 2025/by sandyw

Love, Anger and Betrayal | Jonathon Porritt

In his powerful account of a year spent talking to young…
August 27, 2025/by Liz Jensen

Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love Them More | Vicky Hird

 

Rebugging the Planet shows us how bugs are beautiful,…
July 2, 2024/by sandyw

Antlers of Water: Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland | Edited by Kathleen Jamie

 

This vivid collection of prose, poetry and photography…
December 12, 2023/by sandyw

Abundance: Nature in Recovery | Karen Lloyd

How should we restore nature and species, and why does it matter?…
January 12, 2025/by sandyw

Local | Alastair Humphreys

 

After two decades of grand expeditions spanning…
August 5, 2024/by sandyw

The Uninhabitable Earth | David Wallace-Wells

From its first line - “It is, worse, much worse, than you…
June 9, 2023/by Anne Enith Cooper

Abroad: British Literary Travelling Between The Wars | Paul Fussell

 

‘I am assuming that travel is now impossible and…
August 5, 2024/by sandyw

Ecocivilization | Jeremy Lent

 

As climate chaos, inequality, and social fragmentation…
June 16, 2026/by Liz Jensen

Last Chance to See | Douglas Adams

"I am quite certain that all species of We are not the only…
July 17, 2023/by IainCa

The World Beneath Our Feet | Frank Ashwood

 

In The World Beneath Our Feet, scientist and macro-photographer…
September 14, 2026/by sandyw

WILDING | ISABELLA TREE

“I recommend anyone prone to despair to read Wilding –…
October 11, 2023/by Liz Jensen

The Heart of the Woods | Wyl Menmuir

 

In his follow-up to the award-winning The Draw…
September 28, 2024/by Liz Jensen

ENTANGLED LIFE | MERLIN SHELDRAKE

Neither animal, plant or mineral, fungi are the mysterious…
November 15, 2023/by Liz Jensen

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies | Julian Aguon

 

'A powerful, beautiful book. Its fierce love - of…
May 15, 2026/by sandyw

The Sea Around Us | Rachel Carson

 

Author of the iconic Silent Spring, marine biologist…
May 28, 2024/by sandyw

Cli-Fi: A Companion | edited by Alex Goodbody & Adeline Johns-Putra

What is Cli-Fi? Climate change fiction is a new literary…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

THE CLIMATE MAJORITY PROJECT | Rupert Read, Liam Kavanagh, Rosie Bell

“The only realistic hope for a turnaround in our civilization’s…
April 1, 2024/by Liz Jensen

What We Think About…Global Warming | Per Espen Stoknes

As evidence of global warming continues to mount, resistance…
August 27, 2025/by Liz Jensen

How to Fall in Love with the Future | Rob Hopkins

Rob Hopkins' latest work is a profound exploration of the human…
June 2, 2025/by Liz Jensen

The Most Important Comic Book on Earth | Rewriting Extinction

 

 


"Storytelling is our most ancient and powerful…
May 16, 2023/by Katie

Post-Growth Living For an Alternative Hedonism | Kate Soper

Climate change is inextricably linked with the consumerist,…
November 20, 2022/by Katie

The Climate Book | Greta Thunberg

In this collection of essays, interspersed with Greta Thunberg’s…
June 7, 2023/by Anne Enith Cooper

Wild Fictions | Amitav Ghosh

 



Amitav Ghosh’s superb essay collection maps the…
November 27, 2025/by Liz Jensen

Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide | Vincent Liegey & Anitra Nelson

As politicians and corporations obsess over "growth" objectives,…
November 20, 2022/by Katie

Tiny Gardens Everywhere | Kate Brown

 

A celebration of the power of small acts of care…
March 16, 2026/by Liz Jensen