Worth reading

Magazines

    'The Ecologist'                                                                   'Inspired Times'                                        'Permaculture'

    'Ethical Consumer'                                                            'Sustain' Magazine

Environment

    '50 Ways to Save Water and Energy'  - Sian Berry    Kyle Cathie

    'Blubberland - The Dangers of Happiness' - Elizabeth Farrelly - humankind's destructive habits    M.I.T. Press

    'A Blueprint for a Safer Planet : How we can Save the World and Create Prosperity' - Nicholas Stern  Vintage

    'Carbon Counter' - Mark Lynas   Collins

    'Fifty Ways to F**k the Planet' - Mark Townsend and David Glick    Collins

    'Global Warming and Climate Change Demystified' - Jerry Silver    McGraw-Hill

    'How to live a Low-carbon Life' - Chris Goodall   Earthscan

    'How to Stop the World Burning'  - George Monbiot   Penguin

    'The Allotment Handbook'   - Sophies Andrews    Eco-Logic Books

    'Kyoto II : How to Manage the Global Greenhouse' - Oliver Tickell   Zed Books

    'Our Choice : A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis' - Al Gore    Bloomsbury

    'Seven Years to Save the Planet' - Jerry Silver   Weidenfeld and Nicholson

    'The Zed Book' - a guide to sustainable communities - Bill Dunster, Craig Simmons, Bobby Gilbert   Taylor and Francis

    'Time's Up !' - tools to help us to protect the planet from industrialised destruction- Keith Farnish  Green Books

    'The Revenge of Gaia'  - James Lovelock  Penguin

    'The Weather Makers'  - Tim Flannery  Penguin

    'Two Billion Cars : Driving Toward Sustainability' - Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon  Oxford University Press

    'World Changing - A User's Guide for the 21st Century' - ed. Alex Steffen - a massive but very readable guide   Abrams

    'Zero Carbon Britain' - free book - download from www.zcb2030.org

Home

Green General

    'The Essential Thrift Bible : Ms Harris's Book of Green Household Management'  - Caroline Harris   John Murray

    'Green Economics' - Molly Scott Cato   Earthscan

    'Green Investment Handbook - Nick Hanna   Harriman House

    'Green Living Guide'   Dennis Publishing

    'Kitchen Table Sustainability : Practical Recipes for Community Engagement' - Wendy Sarkissian, Nancy Hofer, Yollana Shore et al  Earthscan

    'Low Cost Living : Live Better, Spend Less'  - John Harrison  -  Right Way

    'Money Matters : Putting the Eco into Economics' - David Boyle   Sawdays

    'No Nonsense Guide to Green Politics' - Derek Wall   New Internationalist

    'Prosperity Without Growth' - Tim Jackson   Earthscan

    'Reduce, Reuse,Recycle : An Easy Household Guide - Nicky Scott   Green Books

    'Resurgence' - a high quality two-monthly magazine 'at the heart of earth, art and spirit'    www.resurgence.org

    'The Good Shopping Guide' - shopping with a clear conscience   Ethical Shopping

    'The Transition Handbook' - 'from oil dependency to local resilience' - guidance for making your town into a 'transition town' - Rob Hopkins  

         www.greenbooks.co.uk


Local interest

    'Martin Mere - Lancashire's Lost Lake' - W.G. Hale and Audrey Coney   Liverpool University Press

    'Ormskirk - A History' - Mona Duggan   Phillimore

    'Ribble - River and Valley' - Malcolm Greenhalgh     Carnegie

    'Rufford - Its past and its people' - Joan Rimmer (Landy)

    'Skelmersdale Writers' Anthology 2008'   Amazon

    'Wild Merseyside'  by John Dempsey   Merseyshop