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Last updated 3 March 2010

To borrow any of the following books or DVDs, please contact info@cwag.org.uk

This library is for local use only and items can be borrowed any time. Each entry below is linked to a review or synopsis to help you choose what to borrow.

RECOMMENDED BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY:

   Roberts, Paul, The End of Oil, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2004

Climate Change & Energy:

  Armstrong, Franny, The Age of Stupid - Why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance, Spanner Films, 2009 (Double DVD)

  Allaby, Michael, Guide to Gaia, Macdonald Optima, London, 1989

  Evans, Kate, Funny weather we're having at the moment isn't it dear? Everything you didn't want to know about climate change but probably should find out, CartoonKate, 2000

  Gelpke, Basil & McCormack, Ray, A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, Docurama Films, 2007 (DVD)

  Gore, Al, An Inconvenient Truth: The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it, Bloomsbury, London, 2006

  Gore, Al, An Inconvenient Truth: The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it, Bloomsbury, London, 2006 (DVD)

  Gore, Al, Our Choice: A plan to solve the climate crisis, Bloomsbury, London, 2009

 Haggith, Mandy, Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash - The True Cost of Paper, Virgin Books, London, 2008

  Henson, Robert, The Rough Guide to Climate Change, Rough Guides, London, 2006

  Hillman, Mayer with Fawcett, Tina, How We Can Save the Planet, Penguin, London, 2004

  Hopkins, Rob, The Transistion Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience, Green Books, Totnes, 2008

  Lloyd, Saci, The Carbon Diaries 2015, Hodder Children's Books, London, 2008

  Lovelock, James, Gaia: The Practical science of Planetary Medicine, Gaia Books, London, 1991

  Lovelock, James, The Revenge of Gaia, Allen Lane, London, 2006

  Lynas, Mark, High Tide: How climate crisis is engulfing our planet, Harper Perennial, London, 2005

Lynas, Mark, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, Harper Perennial, London, 2007

  Martin, James, The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future, Eden Books, 2006

  MacKay, David, Sustainable Energy- without the hot air, UIT Cambridge, Cambridge, 2009

   McMahon, Paul, Rainforests: The Burning Issue, The Prince's Rainforests Project, London, 2009

  Meyer, Aubrey, Contraction & Convergence: The Global Solution to Climate Change, Green Books, 2000

  Monbiot, George, Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning, Allen Lane, 2006

   Roberts, Paul, The End of Oil, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2004

  Stewart, Iain, Earth: The Power of the Planet, BBC, 2008 (DVD)

ECOS magazines

Ethical Living:

  British Gas, Save Money & Look after our world: 35 ways to go green: The essential guide to a greener future, Daily Mail, London, 2008

  Clark, Duncan, The Rough Guide to Ethical Living, Rough Guides, London, 2006

  Clark, Duncan, The Rough Guide to Ethical Shopping, Rough Guides, London, 2004

  De Botton, Alain, The Art of Travel, Penguin, 2003

  Ghazi, Polly & Lewis, Rachel, The Low Carbon Diet, Short Books, London, 2007

  Goodall, Chris, How to live a low-carbon life, Earthscan, London, 2007

  Griffiths, Nigel, Eco-House Manual: How to carry out environmentally friendly improvements to your home, Haynes, Yeovil, 2007

  Henry, Steve, & co (We Are What We Do), Change the World 9 to 5:  50 actions to change the world at work, Short Books, London, 2006

  Henry, Steve, & co (We Are What We Do), Change the World for a Fiver:  50 actions to change the world and make you feel good, Short Books, London, 2004

  Hickman, Leo, A Good Life: The guide to ethical living, Eden Project Books, 2005

  Hickman, Leo, A Life Stripped Bare: Tiptoeing through the ethical minefield, Eden Projects Books, 2005

  Hickman, Leo, The Final Call: In search of the true cost of our holidays, Eden Projects Books, 20075

  I Count, Your step-by-step guide to climate bliss, Penguin, London, 2006

  Juniper, Tony, How many lightbulbs does it take to change the planet? 95 ways to save Planet Earth, Quercus, London, 2007

   Lawson, Neal, All Consuming: How shopping got us into this mess and how we can find our way out, Penguin, London, 2009

  Lynas, Mark, The Carbon Calculator, Harper Perennial, London, 2007

   Marshall, George, Carbon detox: Your step-by-step guide to getting real about climate change, Gaia, Octopus Publishing, London, 2007

  Nada, More is Less/Less is More, Resource Publishing for Oxfordshire County Council, 2005

   Oxford City Council, Oxford is My World, Oxford City Council, 2007

  Rose, Chris, How to Win Campaigns: 100 steps to success, Earthscan, London, 2005

  Scott, Nicky, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: An easy household guide, Green Book Guides, 2007

  Tolle, Eckhart, A New Earth: Create a better life, Penguin, London, 2005

  Wroe, Martin and Doney, Malcolm, The Rough Guide to a Better World, Rough Guides, London, 2004

  Yarrow, Joanna, 1001 Ways you can save the Planet: Practical ideas to heal and change the world, Duncan Baird, London, 2007

Food, Farming, & Supermarkets:

  Armstrong, Franny, McLibel - The postman and gardener who took on McDonald's and won, Spanner Films, 2005 (Double DVD)

  Armstrong, Franny, Drowned Out, Spanner Films, 2004 (DVD)

  Blythman, Joanna, Bad Food Britain: How a nation ruined its appetite, Fourth Estate, 2006

  Blythman, Joanna, Shopped: The shocking power of British supermarkets, Harper Perennial, 2005

  Clifford, Sue & Angela King, The Apple Source Book: Particular uses for diverse apples, Common Ground, 2007

  Clover, Charles, The End of the Line: How overfishing is changing the world and what we eat, Ebury Press, 2004

  Francis, Marc & Nick, Black Gold, Dogwoof Pictures, 2007 (DVD)

  Fowler, Alys, The Thrifty Gardener: How to create a stylish garden for next to nothing, Kyle Cathie Ltd, London, 2008

  Gaia, The Great Allotment Cookbook: Over 200 delicious recipes from plot to plate, Gaia, Octopus Publishing, London, 2009

  Greenwald, Robert, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Brave New Films, 2005 (DVD)

  Harvey, Graham, Killing the Countryside, Jonathan Cape, London, 1997

  Harvey, Graham, We Want Real Food: Why our food is deficient in minerals and nutrients – and what we can do about it, Constable, London, 2006

  Humphreys, John, The Great Food Gamble: What we are doing to our food and how it affects our health, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2002

  Incpen, The Green Kitchen: Recipes for a better planet (Tried and tested by the Townswomen's Guilds), Incpen, Reading, 2006

  Lawrence, Felicity, Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate, Penguin, London, 2004

  Lawrence, Felicity, Eat Your Heart Out: Why the food business is bad for the planet and your health, Penguin, London, 2008

  Leith, William, The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addict, Bloomsbury, London, 2005

   BBO Food Group, Local Flavours 2009: Food and Drink from Berks, Bucks & MK and Oxon, BBO Food Group CIC, 2009

  Roberts, Paul, The End of Food: The Coming Crisis in the World Food Industry, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2008

  Schlosser, Eric, Fast Food Nation, Allen Lane, 2001

  Steel, Carolyn, Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives, Chatto & Windus, London, 2008

  Steinbeck, John, The Grapes of Wrath, Penguin, London, 1939

  Thompson, Ken, Compost: The natural way to make food for your garden, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London, 2007

  Tudge, Colin, Feeding People is Easy, Pari Publishing, Sas, Italy, 2007

Summary List:

Allaby, Michael, Guide to Gaia, Macdonald Optima, London, 1989

Armstrong, Franny, McLibel - The postman and gardener who took on McDonald's and won, Spanner Films, 2005 (Double DVD)

Armstrong, Franny, Drowned Out, Spanner Films, 2004 (DVD)

Armstrong, Franny, The Age of Stupid - Why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance, Spanner Films, 2009 (Double DVD)

BBO Food Group, Local Flavours 2009: Food and Drink from Berks, Bucks & MK and Oxon, BBO Food Group CIC, 2009

Blythman, Joanna, Bad Food Britain: How a nation ruined its appetite, Fourth Estate, 2006

Blythman, Joanna, Shopped: The shocking power of British supermarkets, Harper Perennial, 2005

British Gas, Save Money & Look after our world: 35 ways to go green: The essential guide to a greener future, Daily Mail, London, 2008

Clark, Duncan, The Rough Guide to Ethical Living, Rough Guides, London, 2006

Clark, Duncan, The Rough Guide to Ethical Shopping, Rough Guides, London, 2004

Clifford, Sue & Angela King, The Apple Source Book: Particular uses for diverse apples, Common Ground, 2007

Clover, Charles, The End of the Line: How overfishing is changing the world and what we eat, Ebury Press, 2004

De Botton, Alain, The Art of Travel, Penguin, 2003

Evans, Kate Funny weather we're having at the moment isn't it dear? Everything you didn't want to know about climate change but probably should find out, CartoonKate, 2000

Fowler, Alys, The Thrifty Gardener: How to create a stylish garden for next to nothing, Kyle Cathie Ltd, London, 2008

Francis, Marc & Nick, Black Gold, Dogwoof Pictures, 2007 (DVD)

Gaia, The Great Allotment Cookbook: Over 200 delicious recipes from plot to plate, Gaia, Octopus Publishing, 2009

Gelpke, Basil & McCormack, Ray, A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, Docurama Films, 2007 (DVD)

Ghazi, Polly & Lewis, Rachel, The Low Carbon Diet, Short Books, London, 2007

Goodall, Chris, How to live a low-carbon life, Earthscan, London, 2007

Gore, Al, An Inconvenient Truth: The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it, Bloomsbury, London, 2006 (Book & DVD)

Gore, Al, Our Choice: A plan to solve the climate crisis, Bloomsbury, London, 2009

Greenwald, Robert, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Brave New Films, 2005 (DVD)

Griffiths, Nigel, Eco-House Manual: How to carry out environmentally friendly improvements to your home, Haynes, Yeovil, 2007

Haggith, Mandy, Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash - The True Cost of Paper, Virgin Books, London, 2008

Harvey, Graham, Killing the Countryside, Jonathan Cape, London, 1997

Harvey, Graham, We Want Real Food: Why our food is deficient in minerals and nutrients – and what we can do about it, Constable, London, 2006

Henry, Steve, & co (We Are What We Do), Change the World 9 to 5:  50 actions to change the world at work, Short Books, London, 2006

Henry, Steve, & co (We Are What We Do), Change the World for a Fiver:  50 actions to change the world and make you feel good, Short Books, London, 2004

Henson, Robert, The Rough Guide to Climate Change, Rough Guides, London, 2006

Hickman, Leo, A Good Life: The guide to ethical living, Eden Project Books, 2005

Hickman, Leo, A Life Stripped Bare: Tiptoeing through the ethical minefield, Eden Projects Books, 2005

Hickman, Leo, The Final Call: In search of the true cost of our holidays, Eden Projects Books, 20075

Hillman, Mayer with Fawcett, Tina, How We Can Save the Planet, Penguin, London, 2004

Hopkins, Rob, The Transistion Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience, Green Books, Totnes, 2008

Humphreys, John, The Great Food Gamble: What we are doing to our food and how it affects our health, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2002

I Count, Your step-by-step guide to climate bliss, Penguin, London, 2006

Incpen, The Green Kitchen: Recipes for a better planet (Tried and tested by the Townswomen's Guilds), Incpen, Reading, 2006

Juniper, Tony, How many lightbulbs does it take to change the planet? 95 ways to save Planet Earth, Quercus, London, 2007

Lawson, Neal, All Consuming: How shopping got us into this mess and how we can find our way out, Penguin, London, 2009

Lawrence, Felicity, Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate, Penguin, London, 2004

Lawrence, Felicity, Eat Your Heart Out: Why the food business is bad for the planet and your health, Penguin, London, 2008

Leith, William, The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addict, Bloomsbury, London, 2005

Lloyd, Saci, The Carbn Diaries 2015, Hodder Children's Books, London, 2008

Lovelock, James, Gaia: The Practical science of Planetary Medicine, Gaia Books, London, 1991

Lovelock, James, The Revenge of Gaia, Allen Lane, London, 2006

Lynas, Mark, High Tide: How climate crisis is engulfing our planet, Harper Perennial, London, 2005

Lynas, Mark, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, Harper Perennial, London, 2007

Lynas, Mark, The Carbon Calculator, Harper Perennial, London, 2007

MacKay, David, Sustainable Energy- without the hot air, UIT Cambridge, Cambridge, 2009

Martin, James, The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future, Eden Books, 2006

Marshall, George, Carbon detox: Your step-by-step guide to getting real about climate change, Gaia, Octopus Publishing, London, 2007

McMahon, Paul, Rainforests: The Burning Issue, The Prince's Rainforests Project, London, 2009

Meyer, Aubrey, Contraction & Convergence: The Global Solution to Climate Change, Green Books, 2000

Monbiot, George, Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning, Allen Lane, 2006

Nada, More is Less/Less is More, Resource Publishing for Oxfordshire County Council, 2005

Oxford City Council, Oxford is My World, Oxford City Council, 2007

Rose, Chris, How to Win Campaigns: 100 steps to success, Earthscan, London, 2005

Roberts, Paul, The End of Oil, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2004

Roberts, Paul, The End of Food: The Coming Crisis in the World Food Industry, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2008

Schlosser, Eric, Fast Food Nation, Allen Lane, 2001

Scott, Nicky, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: An easy household guide, Green Book Guides, 2007

Steel, Carolyn, Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives, Chatto & Windus, London, 2008

Steinbeck, John, The Grapes of Wrath, Penguin, London, 1939

Stewart, Iain, Earth: The Power of the Planet, BBC, 2008 (DVD)

Thompson, Ken, Compost: The natural way to make food for your garden, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London, 2007

Tolle, Eckhart, A New Earth: Create a better life, Penguin, London, 2005

Tudge, Colin, Feeding People is Easy, Pari Publishing, Sas, Italy, 2007

Wroe, Martin and Doney, Malcolm, The Rough Guide to a Better World, Rough Guides, London, 2004

Yarrow, Joanna, 1001 Ways you can save the Planet: Practical ideas to heal and change the world, Duncan Baird, London, 2007

ECOS magazines