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President Chavez of Venezuela recommends Hervé Kempf's book How the Rich are Destroying the Earth . . . Green Books wins Environmental Award . . . Rob Hopkins wins Observer Ethical Award and the 2009 Energy Saving Trust/Guardian 'Green Community Hero' award. . . new Transition titles in the pipeline . . . Read more
Recently published
HOW TO MAKE AND USE COMPOST: the ultimate guide by Nicky Scott
"“Clearly written and cross-referenced, this book obviously draws from
a wide range of composting experience. I would certainly recommend it.”–
Sue Stickland, gardening writer, author of Back Garden Seed SavingFebruary 2010 £9.95 pb
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Coming soon
CREATING A FOREST GARDEN: working with nature to grow edible crops by Martin Crawford
“Martin is a true pioneer and his work deserves respect and celebration.”– Permaculture magazine
CLICK HERE to download a 16-page leaflet about the book. April 2010 £30.00 hb
LOCAL MONEY: how to make it happen in your community by Peter North
An inspiring yet practical new Transition Book, Local Money helps you understand what money is and what makes good and bad money, and reviews how people around the world and in the past have experimented with new forms of money that they create themselves. May 2010 £12.95 pb
TRANSITION COMMUNITIES: a pocket guide by Mike Grenville and Rob Hopkins
This book explains what the Transition movement is and what it aims to
achieve, gives pointers for how you can get involved with your local
Transition group, or guides you to set up one of your own. The book provides a wealth of resources and examples of Transition initiatives happening now
across the UK. May 2010 £4.95 pb
Our home town of Totnes in Devon is one of ten communities across the UK to benefit from a £10 million fund set up by the Department of Energy and Climate Change to reduce its carbon footprint. Totnes will now receive grants to pay for a mix of "behaviour changing" measures, energy efficiency projects and renewable energy installations. The initiative will benefit 8,500 residents and is being led by Transition Town Totnes. More details . . .
Resurgence
We have close links with Resurgence, a bimonthly magazine at the heart of Earth, art and spirit.
A RENEWABLE WORLD: energy, ecology, equality
A Report for the World Future Council by Herbert Girardet and Miguel Mendonça
“Here’s the book we’ve been waiting for: a thorough, up-to-date, and above all proportionate response to our climatic predicament. When I say proportionate, I mean: it tells us how to solve the problem we really have, not the one we wish we had. It’s truly important!” – Bill McKibben, founder, 350.org
This timely book explores proven and emerging solutions for building a global green energy economy as a basis for a prosperous and yet sustainable world. Only a world based on continuous renewal can sustain life and livelihoods. This book shares many examples and proposals for • accelerating the renewable energy revolution • renewing the world’s ecosystems and soils • renewing cities and local economies, and • invigorating international cooperation.
HOW TO BE A STUDENT AND NOT DESTROY PLANET EARTH by Jon Clift and Amanda Cuthbert
“An excellent guide on how to minimise your impact on the environment
and save yourself money at the same time. It should be top of any student’s
reading list!” – Dr Neil Jennings, National Student Switch Off Coordinator February 2010 £6.95 pb
BUILDING WITH STRAW BALESrevised and updated edition by Barbara Jones
Building with Straw Bales explains, in straightforward and common-sense terms, the principles of strawbale building in the UK climate. It covers design principles, the different types of foundations; how to raise walls, stabilise them and protect them from the weather; and how strawbale buildings can easily meet Building Regulations requirements. This fully revised and expanded edition includes new sections on natural plasters, a detailed analysis of how straw performs with humidity, and an extensive resources section.
HOMES FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE by Will Anderson
Explores traditional and contemporary responses to the challenges of climate and illustrating the many ways in which houses can be designed, built and adapted to cope with these challenges. Examples are drawn from across Europe – from the dry volcano of Thera to the 100mph winds of the Western Isles – and from cutting edge eco-building projects in Britain. Combining inspiring case studies, striking photography and practical advice, Homes for a Changing Climate is a book of imagination and hope in difficult times.
New from Transition Books, our new imprint for Transition titles . . .
LOCAL FOOD
How to Make it Happen in Your Community
by Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins
“This book is a serious hands-on guide that can empower us all towards local self-sufficiency
and sustainability of our food systems.” Rosie Boycott, Chair of London Food
“If you are inspired as I am by the Transition idea and believe that real change happens
from the ground up, start with food and read this book.” Patrick Holden CBE, Director,
Soil Association
Local Food is an inspirational and practical guide for creating local food initiatives – showing how we can restore and establish
community networks to generate healthy, locally produced food. More details . . .
We now have a separate website giving special rates on bulk orders of Transition titles: www.transitionbooks.net
FITs, PV and the UK: The Bigger Picture by Miguel Mendonça
A response to the current feed-in tariff/ PV debate in the UK
If the question is, what is the cheapest method of saving a ton of carbon today, then solar PV is not going to be the answer. If the question is instead, how do we solve the challenge of sustainability, then solar PV has a [...]
Now It’s Time For The Climate Deniers To Answer Some Questions
Here’s a situation you might be familiar with: you are doing something at work that you are particularly good at, having gained those skills through experience, and learning from your mistakes. Along comes a person who you know of by reputation to be a bit of a seen-it-all, done-it-all, bought the t-shirt; they always insist [...]
Just found a video on YouTube of Fritz Schumacher speaking at Michigan State University: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhKIzqBcis.
It’s wonderful to see again the clarity of his thinking and his profound common sense. In the video, among many other ruminations, he distinguished between “the people of the forward stampede”, who believe that a breakthrough a day will keep the [...]
Experiments in the 1950s on hamsters showed 51% less teeth decay on animals fed on maize and milk from Texas, as opposed to those fed on the same diet from New England (from Mother Earth January 1952 p25).
Any food we buy has no record of the soil it was grown in: often, I suspect, it [...]
“People all over the world are starting to wake up!”
these words were ringing in my ears as I walked away from Roberto Perez’s talk in Totnes about how Cuba had managed to feed it’s entire population using mostly organic and permaculture methods. I had Steve Bell like visions in my head of people coming out [...]
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