Local Food How to Make it Happen in Your Community
This is the third in a series of Transition Books authored or co-authored by Rob Hopkins. The keyword in the Transition Movement is localisation, as…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Insider Voices
A report on a piece of action research carried out at Bath University. The format is novel in using colour coding for the reader to…… Read More »
Nature Spirits of the Trees
Authors: Verena Stael von Holstein, Wolfgang Weirauch
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Nature/Spirituality
A very unusual book, the fruit of Verena's ability to communicate with nature spirits and to translate their elemental language into human terms. The format…… Read More »
The Biofuel Delusion
Subtitled 'the fallacy of large-scale agro-biofuel production', this comprehensive volume is surely the textbook for the field. They did not take long for people to…… Read More »
The World of Organic Agriculture
Authors: Helga Willer, Minouyussefi-Menzler, Neil Sorensen
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Agriculture / Environment
This annual publication documents statistics and trends around the world in organic agriculture, and is chock full of fascinating data. Australia has more organic land…… Read More »
The Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar 2010
This annual publication is the practical guide for who want to farm and garden biodynamically. There are useful notes for new readers and a number…… Read More »
Viktor Schauberger
A new edition of a book I reviewed in 2005. Readers unfamiliar with Schauberger will find this an excellent place to start. The author integrates…… Read More »
Blackout
This is the latest of a number of books by Richard Heinberg on aspects of the energy crisis. He concentrates on coal, which fuels more…… Read More »
Blessed Unrest
Readers may recall the commencement address by Paul Hawken printed in the last issue. When asked if he is pessimistic or optimistic about the future,…… Read More »
Before it is too Late
A book which had a huge influence on me 30 years ago was a dialogue between Arnold Toynbee and Daisaku Ikeda called Choose Life, representing…… Read More »