Totnes and District’s Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP), the first such document to come out of the burgeoning Transition movement, takes as its basis the idea that...

‘When it comes to suspicion and conspiracy theories, recycling rivals the assassination of John F Kennedy’, writes Lucy Siegle in her introduction to this refreshingly accessible guide to recycling.

American farmer and self-confessed expert on manure, Gene Logsdon, is on a mission to get us all talking about the value of shit.

One of the problems with presenting an environmental argument as a book within the Rough Guides series is the format. Often designed to be dipped into in a fairly non-linear fashion, the typical Rough Guide is a heady mix of text, box outs, diagrams and pictures, usually...

When I was a child, I spent many a rainy day digging into my ‘craft box’, making paper wall hangings, plasticine figurines, beaded jewellery and other treasures.

Casting my mind back to a particular science lesson at school, I remember quite clearly a teacher declaring that we had already pushed climate change too far, that no degree of cutting back could undo...

At time of writing, government delegates are meeting in Japan, trying to hammer out a global deal on biodiversity in a summit that is depressingly reminiscent of Copenhagen. So, it was a good time to pick up Thompson’s book and find out if we really do need pandas...

Let’s be straight from the start: this book is selling a dream, a dream of freedom from the stresses and strains of modern life, of your own delicious, fresh-from-the-earth fruit and veg, of clucking chickens and home-brewed ale.

Media, Ecology and Conservation explores how media engages with animal conservation. The cover indicates that: ‘The work and achievements of media/conservation activists are located within a cultural framework that simultaneously loves nature,

Slow Travel and Tourism considers slow travel in relation to a variety of social, economic, and environmental factors, providing a comprehensive exploration of the issues surrounding the emergence of slower forms of travelling.