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MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR
GLORIOUS GLUT Cooking, storing, freezing, drying & preserving your garden produce
Jackie Sherman
JULY 2011 Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 96 6 234mm x 168mm 256pp full colour
£12.95 pb
The author Jackie Sherman has written over 20 books and contributes articles to a variety of magazines. As a keen gardener and cook, she is delighted that the two can be brought together in her latest project.
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Making the Most of Your Glorious Glut is the answer to the perennial problem of an over-abundance of wonderful fruit and vegetables. From courgettes to spinach; tomatoes to blackcurrants, most gardeners will recognise the sinking feeling that creeps over you when you have had such a good harvest that you cannot face picking, cooking or eating any more. And even if you haven’t grown them yourself, it is easy to end up with too many fruit or vegetables after just one visit to the local pick-your-own centre or a trip to a country hedgerow. With the help of this book you will be able to make the most of any glut. It contains over 250 recipes for using fresh produce in new and exciting ways, and also explains how to pickle, preserve, dry, bottle or juice your surplus fruit and vegetables so that they can be enjoyed throughout the year.
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THE FRUIT TREE HANDBOOK Ben Pike
OCTOBER 2011 Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 74 4 234mm x 168mm 288pp full colour
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The Fruit Tree Handbook is a clear, practical guide that will help both amateur and expert to grow delicious fruit, from apples to mulberries and plums to peaches. Simple instructions guide you through soil preparation, choosing the best varieties and planting your trees successfully, and the mysteries of pollination and pruning are unravelled. The book features detailed diagrams and beautiful photographs throughout. At the heart of the book is a deep respect for the natural world, and it includes expert advice on tackling pests and diseases in harmony with nature.
The author Ben Pike is an orchard consultant, writer and head gardener on the Sharpham estate in Devon, where he looks after a walled fruit and vegetable garden as well as two orchards, containing 150 fruit trees. In his spare time he helps to run Orchard Link, an organisation that supports orchard owners and the preservation of old orchards. There is nothing he loves more at weekends than to run old apple presses.
Whether you are planting a few trees in your garden or 50 trees in a field, this book gives you all the information you need to design, plant and look after your orchard, large or small, and be rewarded with basketfuls of luscious fruit at harvest time.
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DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK A celebration of its people, places and wildlife
Andrew Cooper OCTOBER 2011 Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 83 6 167mm x 244mm 192pp full colour
£10.95 pb
The author Andrew Cooper is Chairman of the Devon Wildlife Trust. A broadcaster, presenter, writer and international award-winning wildlife film-maker, he is a familiar face on BBC television through his documentaries and live reports on wildlife and environmental issues. He is the author of eight books, including Secret Nature of Devon and Secret Nature of the Isles of Scilly.
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This book is a celebration of Dartmoor National Park, in its 60th birthday year – highlighting its beauty, wildlife and the cultural heritage of its special landscape and the people who live and work there. One of England’s last great wildernesses, Dartmoor attracts countless visitors each year, keen to experience its vast open and ancient scenery, high craggy tors and secluded valleys; its peace, tranquillity and humbling splendour. Dartmoor National Park paints a colourful picture of Dartmoor today, in stories told by people passionate about their work and life on the moors, and includes chapters on the livestock, history and wildlife of the open moor, bog, woodland, farmland and rivers. The stories and beautiful images provide a fascinating insight into the past 60 years and demonstrate the immense benefits and enjoyment the National Park provides to the local community and visitors alike.
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THE TRANSITION COMPANION Making your community more resilient in uncertain times
Rob Hopkins
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The author Rob Hopkins has created this book through a collaborative process involving thousands of people. He is recognised globally for his grassroots work in promoting community resilience in the light of peak oil and climate change, and is the cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and the Transition Network. His blog is on www.transitionculture.org.
In 2008, the bestselling The Transition Handbook suggested a model for a community-led response to peak oil and climate change. Since then, the Transition idea has gone viral around the world, from Italian villages and Brazilian favelas to universities and London boroughs. In contrast to the ever-worsening stream of information about climate change, the economy and resource depletion, Transition focuses on solutions, on communityscale responses, on meeting people and on having fun. The Transition Companion picks up the story today. It tells inspiring tales of communities working for a future where local economies are valued and nurtured; where lower energy use is seen as a benefit; and where enterprise, creativity and the building of resilience have become cornerstones of a new economy. It combines these remarkable stories with practical advice on the tools needed to start and maintain a Transition initiative.
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Photo: Dan Ball
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 74 4 234mm x 170mm 288pp full colour
Photo: Lou Brown
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FUTURE MONEY Breakdown or breakthrough?
James Robertson
OCTOBER 2011 Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 98 0 234mm x 156mm 192pp
£12.95 pb
Future Money explains in plain language and convincing detail how money is now working to propel us toward the self-destruction of our species – and what we should do about it. Money is not itself the problem, but, in the way it works at present, it affects us as a diseased blood or brain system affects a living person. The world’s financial experts and leaders in politics, government and business, and most mainstream academic and media commentators, have shown in the past few years that they are not yet able or willing to diagnose and treat the problem.
The author James Robertson, who has been described as ‘the grandfather of green economics’, worked in the Cabinet Office and as a researcher for British banks. In the 1970s he was one of the co-founders of The Other Economic Summit and the new economics foundation. His other books include The Sane Alternative, Future Wealth and Future Work.
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The book clearly shows how the money system works and how it could be reformed so that it acts for the benefit of people and society rather than the opposite, and describes the obstacles that currently prevent a reform of the money system.
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CONVERGENCE WITH NATURE A Daoist perspective
David E. Cooper
OCTOBER 2011 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 023 3 216mm x 158mm 160pp
£10.95 pb
The author David E. Cooper was Professor of Philosophy at Durham University for many years and has been a visiting professor at universities in the United States, Canada, Malta, Sri Lanka and South Africa. His philosophical interests range from environmental ethics to aesthetics, from the philosophy of language to Asian thought, from the history of philosophy to the philosophy of religion, and he is the author of many books.
In this book David E. Cooper explores our relationship to nature – to animals, to plants, to natural places – and asks how it can be shaped into an appropriate one that contributes to the good of people’s lives as a whole. Religions and philosophies have much to say about our relationship with nature, and Chinese Daoist philosophy has long been regarded as among those most sympathetic to the natural world. Daoists seek an attunement to the Dao (the Way), which is characterised by a sense of flow (water being a favourite metaphor), spontaneity, non-interference, humility and patience – virtues which contrast with the aggressive and exploitative values of a modern world increasingly subject to economic imperatives. Like the best of contemporary nature writing, the classic Daoist texts reveal a yearning for convergence with nature, nostalgia for a lost intimacy with the natural world, disillusion with humanity or its products, and a feeling for nature’s mystery. The author explains how these attitudes are rooted in Daoist philosophy and explores their implications for our practical engagement with natural environments. He also discusses a number of ethical issues, including hunting, intensive farming, and environmental activism, that must be addressed in any efforts to heal our relationship with the Earth.
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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL IN THE 21ST CENTURY The legacy of E. F. Schumacher Schumacher Briefing No.17
Diana Schumacher
OCTOBER 2011 (previously announced)
Green Books, on behalf of the Schumacher Society ISBN 978 1 900322 75 1 210mm x 148mm 96pp b&w
£8.00 pb
The author Diana Schumacher OBE has served on the executive councils of numerous charities, including the new economics foundation, the Green Alliance, the Schumacher Society and the India Development Group. She was co-founder (and remains a Trustee) of the Environmental Law Foundation.
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During the 35 years since the publication of Fritz Schumacher’s seminal bestseller Small is Beautiful: economics as if people mattered, many of his prophetic warnings have come to pass. Yet little is remembered of the man himself, the sources of his spiritual inspiration or the remedies he prescribed for a collapsing environmental and financial world order. Small is Beautiful in the 21st Century traces Schumacher’s legacy through the activities and outreach of those pioneers who, over the years, have been working on practical solutions to our interrelated global crises. In particular, it describes how several flourishing organisations, some large and some small, have remained closely linked with his ideas and work, and have since become associated as the Schumacher Circle. The particular contribution of Fritz Schumacher was to bring a profound wisdom and humanity to bear on the practical challenges of our time, and the Briefing both illuminates Schumacher’s thinking and shows the ways in which each of us can help to turn our present crisis into the opportunity to build a more kind, just and ecologically sustainable society.
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THE BEE-KIND GARDEN Apian wisdom for your garden
David Squire
OCTOBER 2011 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 024 0 197mm x 122mm 96pp jacketed hardback
£9.95 pb
The author David Squire has a great interest in bees. He is a gardening expert and the author of more than 80 gardening books. Having enjoyed bee-keeping in earlier life, he now focuses on creating his own beautiful, bee-friendly garden.
Bees have been a major part of our lives for thousands of years, because they are pollinators of both food and ornamental plants, and without them our ability to feed ourselves would be at great risk. In earlier centuries, honey was the major provider of sweetness in food as well as the basis for mead, an age-old drink fermented with yeast from a mixture of honey and water. It is not surprising that bees and honey have become interwoven in many aspects of our lives, from honeymoons to ‘telling bees’ about deaths and marriages in families. The Bee-Kind Garden gives a wealth of information about the intriguing lives of honeybees, and includes many amusing and illuminating stories about the role that they have played in human history. The book explains how crucial bees are to our food chain, and describes how you can attract them to your garden. With beautiful woodcuts and illustrations throughout, this book is a charming gift for naturalists, gardeners and bee-keepers alike.
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CHANTERELLE DREAMS, AMANITA NIGHTMARES The love, lore and mystique of mushrooms
Greg Marley SEPTEMBER 2011 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 603582 14 8 230mm x 150mm 288pp with colour photos
£14.95 pb
The author Greg Marley is an avid student and teacher of mycology, as well as a mushroom identification consultant to the Northern New England Poison Control Centre and owner of Mushrooms for Health, a company that provides education and products made with Maine medicinal mushrooms. He is author of Mushrooms for Health: Medical Secrets of Northeastern Fungi. He lives and mushrooms in Rockland, Maine. 10
Throughout history, people have had a complex and confusing relationship with mushrooms. Are fungi food or medicine; beneficial decomposers or deadly ‘toadstools’ ready to kill anyone foolhardy enough to eat them? In fact, there is truth in all these statements. In Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares, Greg Marley reveals some of the wonders and mysteries of mushrooms, and our conflicting human reactions to them. This fascinating and fresh look at mushrooms – their natural history, their uses and abuses, their pleasures and dangers – is a splendid introduction to both fungi themselves and to our human fascination with them. From useful descriptions of the most foolproof edible species to revealing stories about hallucinogenic or poisonous, yet often beautiful, fungi, Marley’s long and passionate experience of these dark and mysterious denizens of our forest floor will both inform and inspire.
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LIVING HOMES Stone masonry, log and strawbale construction
Thomas J Elpel
SEPTEMBER 2011 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 892784 32 2 279mm x 215mm 245pp b&w
£24.95 pb
The author Thomas J. Elpel started his building career from a tent in 1989: he and his wife started to build their passive solar stone-and-log dream home, although they had little construction experience and even less money. Elpel has continued to refine his ideas on low-cost, high-efficiency construction ever since, designing and building, or participating in the construction, of several additional stone, log, and strawbale buildings.
The house of your dreams does not have to be expensive. The key is all in the planning. How much a house costs, how it looks, how comfortable it is, how energy-efficient it is – all these things occur on paper before you pick up even one tool. A little extra time in the planning process can save you tens of thousands of dollars in construction and maintenance. That is time well spent! Living Homes takes you through the planning process to design an energy- and resource-efficient home that won’t break the bank. Then, from the footings to the roof, Thomas J. Elpel guides you through the nuts and bolts of construction – for slipform stone masonry, tilt-up stone walls, log home construction, building with straw bales, solar water systems, masonry heaters, framing, plumbing, grey water, septic systems, swamp filters, concrete / fly ash counter tops, painting, making your own terra tile floors, windows and doors, and more. Living Homes was completely reorganised and revised for the new sixth edition, based on five additional years of building experience with low-cost, high-efficiency construction methods. Get the latest ideas on how to build a high-performance house that will stand the test of time! This edition includes 15 pages of new material covering the latest stone masonry advice, plus revised and expanded tips and techniques throughout the book.
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THE NEW FOOD GARDEN Growing beyond the vegetable garden
Frank Tozer
SEPTEMBER 2011 Green Man Publishing ISBN 978 0 977348 94 7 279mm x 215mm 360pp with b&w illustrations
£24.95 pb
This ground-breaking new book expands the concept of food gardening to embrace the whole garden. The New Food Garden is centred around the intensive vegetable garden, but doesn’t stop there – it puts hedges, ponds, pathways, lawns, roofs and walls to work as additional growing space for food plants. And the author doesn’t just look upon the garden as a place to grow food: it should also be beautiful, comfortable and efficient. His ultimate aim is to change the way we approach the garden so that it feeds, heals and nurtures us.
The Slow Food Dictionary to ITALIAN REGIONAL COOKING Slow Food Editore
SEPTEMBER 2011 Slow Food Editore ISBN 978 8 884992 40 6 226 mm x 149 mm 576pp with colour inserts
£27.50 pb
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This handy and practical book by the editors at Slow Food International tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Italian regional cooking as prepared in homes, osterias and restaurants. Packed with information about dishes and ingredients, tools and techniques, origins and trends, the book (which contains 40 colour illustrations) is aimed primarily at food lovers but will also be of interest to anyone curious to find out more about Italy in general, its people, its language, its history and its culture.
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Poetry, prose and prayers
Compiled by Meron Shapland “The cosmic dimension of Tagore’s mind is what captures our attention. To be so deeply religious and yet to include the everyday feelings that we all have is his unique gift.” from the Foreword by Deepak Chopra
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 93 5 216mm x 138mm 152pp full colour
£9.95 pb
A Taste of Tagore brings together a selection of the magical poetry, elegant prose, prayers and contemplations of Rabindranath Tagore, India’s first Nobel Laureate. Tagore believed in the essential oneness of humanity, and worked to bring about cohesion and harmony between religions, cultures and countries. This new selection of his writings shows the diversity, depth and spirituality of this remarkable man.
FOURTEEN SONGS by Rabindranath Tagore Learned, translated and introduced at the Bard’s wish
Arthur Geddes Resurgence Trust ISBN 978 0 85784 022 6 285 x 223mm 40pp
£12.50 pb
These fourteen songs of Tagore’s are presented in modern musical notation for singers and instrumentalists, divided into three sections: five songs from the song-drama ‘Raja’ (‘The KIng of the Dark Chamber’); seven songs of prayer, resolution and mourning; and two songs of youth and Santiniketan. In the text that accompanies the songs, Arthur Geddes discusses the life and work of Tagore and the sources from which the poet took his inspiration.
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A TASTE OF TAGORE
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HOW TO GROW YOUR FOOD A guide for complete beginners
Jon Clift and Amanda Cuthbert “Contains excellent clear advice, does not patronise the newbie gardener and will give beginners the confidence to get started and succeed.” UrbanVegPatch blog Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 68 3 160mm x 160mm 132pp full colour
£6.95 pb
If you’ve never opened a seed packet before, and want to grow your food but don’t know where or when to start, this book is for you. It gives advice on everything from planting seeds to harvesting your crops and dealing with problems – and it doesn’t matter whether you have a whole garden or just a patio, a balcony or a windowsill. How to Grow Your Food features a range of vegetables, fruit and herbs that are easy for the beginner to grow.
COMMUNITY ORCHARDS HANDBOOK Sue Clifford and Angela King “The idea of community orchards is so good, so obviously right, that I think it’s fair to describe it as vital. It will bring so much benefit to so many . . .. I can’t wait to see it happen more widely.” Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 92 8 234mm x 168mm 192pp full colour
£14.95 pb
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This book shows groups and individuals how to start their own community orchard, from getting support, access and tackling legal issues to organising working parties and selling produce. It gives suggestions on ‘apple mapping’ and saving local varieties, and offers practical advice on planting, harvesting and safeguarding your orchard. It has a comprehensive resources section and examples of successful community orchard projects across the UK.
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Charles Dowding “This book opens up a needlessly neglected and wonderful part of gardening – winter with your own vegetables is a much better place to be. Charles’s book is a comprehensive, practical and inspiring guide.” Sarah Raven
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 88 1 234mm x 168mm 232pp full colour
£14.95 pb
This book shows that it is possible to enjoy an abundance of vegetables at the darkest time of year, whether stored or ready for harvesting. It also covers growing for the ‘hungry gap’ from April to early June. It features an extensive month-by-month sowing, planting and growing calendar, while further sections deal with harvesting and storing your vegetables. The beauty of winter and its produce is captured in glorious photos from the author’s garden.
GROW YOUR FOOD FOR FREE (well, almost) Dave Hamilton “Packed with brilliant, money-saving tips that are perfect for the thrifty gardener.” Lucy Halsall, Editor, Grow Your Own
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 89 8 234mm x 168mm 240pp full colour
£14.95 pb
Don’t like spending money in garden centres? Think you can make it yourself for a fraction of the price or find a cheaper option? Dave Hamilton shows you how. By recycling and reusing materials creatively and making the most of what you have, you can gather all you need to grow your food on a budget. Whether it’s building your own shed from scrap, constructing a path out of recycled materials or storing your harvest without a freezer, it’s all here.
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HOW TO GROW WINTER VEGETABLES
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WILD LAW A manifesto for Earth Justice
Cormac Cullinan “Every now and then, an idea emerges that helps the human species to evolve. Wild Law is one such idea, and is brilliantly explained in this book.” Maude Barlow, activist and co-founder of the Blue Planet Project Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 90 4 234mm x 170mm 192pp full colour
£12.95 pb
Wild Law fuses politics, legal theory, quantum physics and ancient wisdom into a fascinating story. It has been seminal in informing and inspiring the global movement to recognise rights for Nature – a movement destined to shape the twentyfirst century as significantly as the human rights movement shaped the twentieth century. This second edition includes a new Postscript detailing recent developments, and also the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth.
ALIAS PAPA A life of Fritz Schumacher
Barbara Wood “An excellent biography that does not conceal the warts.” Malcolm Rutherford, Financial Times
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 94 2 234mm x 156mm 256pp b&w
£12.95 pb
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Schumacher was a key figure in the development of environmentalism in the twentieth century, and has left an enduring legacy. He was one of the first to recognise the impossibility of continuous growth in a finite world, and warned against the world’s increasing dependence on oil. His particular genius was to bring together the theoretical and the practical, and this fascinating biography shows how his understanding changed and evolved as a result of his rigorous and questioning search for truth.
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From power and greed to compassion and the common good
Phillip B. Smith & Manfred Max-Neef “Smith and Max-Neef have done something remarkable and necessary – they have set the self-deceptions of mainstream economics and the real world on to a collision course.” Andrew Simms, nef (new economics foundation) Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 70 6 234mm x 156mm 200pp b&w
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Economics Unmasked presents a cogent critique of the dominant economic system, showing that it works mainly to bring about injustice and is also responsible for the merciless onslaught on the global ecosystem. The book outlines the foundations of a new economics – where justice, human dignity and reverence for life are the guiding values. Contrary to the absurd assumption of mainstream economists that economics is a valuefree science, a new economics must make its values explicit.
SMART GROWTH From sprawl to sustainability
Jon Reeds “Jon Reeds sets out clearly the roots of car-dependent urban sprawl and charts a way out of it. This book should be read by anyone interested in practical ways to tackle climate change and car dependency.” Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Transport Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 82 9 234mm x 156mm 288pp b&w
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This book shows how urban sprawl is unsustainable in an age of climate change and peak oil, and challenges the UK to develop a way of dealing with growth that will improve the quality of life in our overcrowded island. Jon Reeds argues that we should look for the answer to America, whose ‘Smart Growth’ movement is successfully arguing for compact cities, rail-based transit systems and restoring communities ruined by decades of self-centred suburban life.
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ECONOMICS UNMASKED
Gardening
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“A seminal piece of work on truly sustainable gardening.” Alys Fowler
“One of our most respected vegetable growers.” Joy Larkcom
“An essential book for every garden and kitchen.” Nigel Slater
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 45 4 128pp £10.95 pb
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“Covers every aspect of polytunnel growing.” Benedict Vanheems, Grow it!
“An excellent sequel to The Polytunnel Handbook.” Simon McEwan, Country Smallholding
Everything you’ll ever need to know about home and community composting.
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 17 1 128pp £7.95 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 933392 08 0 240pp £27.50 pb
Jenkins Publishing ISBN 978 0 964425 83 5 256pp £19.95 pb
“Every serious organic gardener should have a copy.” Organic Gardening
The best organic and natural approaches to keeping honeybees healthy and productive.
All you need to know and more about safely composting human manure – 256 pages of crap.
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Gardening
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Eco-building
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 47 8 192pp £20 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 51 5 184pp £14.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 72 4 256pp £25 pb
Shows how people worldwide have ingeniously adapted their dwellings to the climate.
An updated edition of the definitive book by the UK’s most experienced strawbale builder.
The most practical and beautifully illustrated book on earth building ever published.
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 73 1 256pp £25.00 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 933392 37 0 274pp £32.50 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 890132 34 7 384pp £27.50 pb
“Invaluable for anybody who dreams of designing and building an eco-home.” Grand Designs
A definitive account of the art and technology of rammed earth construction.
All the information you need to construct an energy-efficient and cosy cob building.
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 0 930031 71 8 250pp £24.95 pb
Hand Print Press ISBN 978 0 967984 67 4 132pp £14.95 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 603582 61 2 128pp £12.95 pb
Shows how to build an entire house or something more modest, such as a studio or garage.
“How to make an inexpensive oven which will bake wonderful bread.” Andrew Whitley
Explains the options so you can work out which solar technology is best for you.
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Ecoonomics & Policy
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Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 52 2 240pp £14.95 pb
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“Tells every community everywhere how to make local money work for local good.” Polly Toynbee
“Will inspire all concerned in making our buildings . . . fit for the future.” Penney Poyzer
“An invaluable resource for any green-minded councillor or community group.” Eugenie Harvey
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 46 1 288pp £12.95 pb
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Shows how new forms of money can produce positive social and environmental outcomes.
Arms us with the tools to free ourselves from the culture that has blinded us for centuries.
“Seldom-heard truths about economic growth . . . poverty and equity.” David Korten
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 603582 54 4 240pp £13.50 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 603582 57 5 224pp £12.95 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 933392 90 5 224pp £14.95 pb
A new strategy for investing in local food systems, which anticipates post-industrial agriculture.
Argues that we are not on the verge of economic recovery – but rather of complete collapse.
Provides the framework for building your own natural enterprise.
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Economics & Policy
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Ecology & Sustainable development
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 86 7 160pp £9.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 54 6 288pp £12.95 pb
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“A genuinely readable book about biodiversity. Essential reading.” Mark Carwardine, BBC
Explores how an understanding of Gaian science can help us connect with the world.
“A thorough, up-to-date response to our climatic predicament.” Bill McKibben
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 63 8 160pp £14.95 pb
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Looks at how new information and communication technologies mediate the natural world.
Critical thinkers reflect on the skills necessary to survive the environmental conditions ahead.
Describes four scenarios for our future world – beyond peak oil and in the grip of climate change.
Verlag Meiga ISBN 978 3 927266 27 8 136pp £18.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 31 7 192pp £14.95 pb
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Describes the work of Tamera ecovillage: permaculture, solar technology and peace education.
Community-based activities that help nurture practices of sustainable development.
Twenty-one of Schumacher’s articles, including ‘Science with Soul’ and ‘Buddhist Economics’.
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Sprirituality, Art & Literature
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Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 57 7 144pp £10.95 hb
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A pilgrim is someone who sees life as a sacred journey, who sees the Earth as a sacred home.
Traces Satish Kumar’s spiritual journey and his world view based on relationships and connections.
“One of the few life-changing books I have read.” Thomas Moore
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 89 2 144pp £9.95 hb
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Shows how we can recover the art of living and lead a more peaceful and content existence.
How to make the most of ageing and celebrate its positive gifts, with inspirational stories.
How to restore real wealth in the midst of an affluence in which we are starving the spirit.
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 74 8 112pp £8.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 91 1 200pp £12.95 hb
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Looks beyond speed and superficiality to help us find depth and spiritual space in our lives.
A beautiful memoir. “Funny and sweet and wise and profound.” Jane Hamilton
A collections of Matt’s poems – horticultural, whimsical, ecological, political and just plain funny.
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Spirituality, Ar t & Literature
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Devon, Cornwall & Scilly
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 29 4 288pp £9.95 pb
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“A fascinating and highly original book.” Walk
“First-class and excellent value.” Byway and Bridleway
“Very readable and first-rate for a fiver.” Byway and Bridleway
Green Books ISBN 978 1 870098 96 0 128pp £6.95 pb
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“An historical adventure.” Country Smallholding
An inspirational companion to exploring the extraordinary richness of Devon’s wildlife.
“Andrew’s love of his subject is infectious.” Western Morning News
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 96 0 256pp £20.00 hb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 44 1 128pp £14.95 hb
“Essential for anyone interested in churches and church architecture.” Dartmoor News
“A book of the highest quality . . . handsomely described and beautifully written.” Devon Historian
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Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, London E9 5LN Tel: 0845 458 9911 Fax: 0845 458 9912 info@centralbooks.com www.centralbooks.com Our books are also available through leading wholesalers.
UK SALES
Signature Book Representation (UK) Ltd, 20 Castlegate, York, YO1 9RP Tel: 0845 862 1730 www.signaturebooksuk.com Juliette Tomlinson juliette@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07970 700508 Mel Howells mel@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07970 700506 Barbara Hatton barbara@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07970 700507 Colin Edwards colin@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07980 568 967 Jim Sheehan jims@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07970 700505
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John Fitzpatrick fitzmullbooks@eircom.net Tel: (+353) 1 2720020 Mobile: 087 246 9859
Ted Dougherty tedddougherty@blueyonder.co.uk Tel: 020 7482 2439 Fax: 020 7267 9310 Tony Moggach, IMA tony.moggach@moggach.demon.co.uk Tel: 020 7267 8054 Fax: 020 7485 8462 Peter Prout pprout@telefonica.net Tel: (+34) 91 803 4918 Edwin Makabenta edmak@pldtdsl.net Tel: (+63) 2 711 4558 Tel/Fax: (+63) 2 740 0346
Chelsea Green Publishing Co., PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001, USA Tel: (+1) 802 295 6300 Fax: (+1) 802 295 6444. sales@chelseagreen.com www.chelseagreen.com Brumby Books, 10 Southfork Drive, Kilsyth South, Victoria 3137, Australia Tel: (+61) 3 9761 5535, Fax: (+61) 3 9761 7095 sales@brumbybooks.com.au www.brumbybooks.com Ceres Books, PO Box 11336, 121 Carbine Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland Tel: (+64) 9 574 3356 Fax: (+64) 9 527 4513 info@ceresbooks.co.nz www.ceresbooks.co.nz
GREEN BOOKS PUBLISHER / FOREIGN RIGHTS
John Elford john@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 863260 (for rights enquiries for Chelsea Green titles, contact their US office as above, or email rights@chelseagreen.com) COMMISSIONING EDITOR Amanda Cuthbert amanda@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 864013 EDITORIAL MANAGER Alethea Doran alethea@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 864013 DESIGNER Jayne Jones jayne@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 864013 SALES MANAGER Bee West bee@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 863260 SPECIAL SALES MANAGER Jon Clift jclift@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 863283 MARKETING & PUBLICITY MANAGER Stacey Hedge stacey@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 863260 MARKETING & PUBLICITY Susie Hallam susie@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 863260 CONSULTANT
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