Parks of the Future - Protected areas in Europe challenging regional and global change
By Thomas Hammer, Ingo Mose, Dominik Siegrist and Norbert WeixlbaumerThere has been an unmistakable boom in parks in Europe since the 1990s. This richly illustrated book discusses what role parks may play in promoting sustainable development.
There has been an unmistakable boom in parks in Europe since the 1990s. This richly illustrated book discusses what role parks may play in promoting sustainable development.
9783865817655
Published: April 2016 | Oekom
The Politics of Sufficiency - Making It Easier To Live The Good Life
By Uwe Schneidewind and Angelika ZahrntThis book outlines a politics of sufficiency that will make it easier to live with fewer resources but with stronger relationships, enabling us to reduce the speed, complexity, clutter and commercialization currently blighting our lives.
Poverty Reduction through Social Business? - Lessons Learnt from Grameen Joint Ventures in Bangladesh
By Kerstin Maria HumbergNobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus and founder of Grameen Bank proposes a route out of poverty in this insightful work.
9783865812872
Published: April 2016 | Oekom
The Passivhaus Handbook - A practical guide to constructing and retrofitting buildings for ultra-low energy performance
By Janet Cotterell and Adam DadebyThis Handbook is an essential guide to realising a supremely comfortable, healthy and durable home with exceptionally low energy costs.
9780857840196
Published: October 2012 | Green Books
This book looks at all aspects of polytunnel use from planning your purchase to harvesting the rewards. It includes a detailed guide on how polytunnels are put up and maintained.
9781900322454
Published: December 2008 | Green Books
Shows how permaculture is practised in four very different settings: a Hampshire back garden; a City Challenge project in Bradford; a community co-op in Devon; and a small farm in the Forest of Dean.
With the charm of Beryl Cook and the quirkiness of Stanley Spencer, Ben Hartley's childlike drawings of everyday country life are accompanied by wry and witty comments.
9781903998687
Published: January 2005 | Green Books
Poisoned Arrows - An investigative journey to the forbidden territories of West Papua
By George MonbiotAt great personal risk and with forged travel documents, George Monbiot bluffed, cheated and forced his way into the remotest tropical place in the world Ñ the forbidden territories of Irian Jaya, Indonesia Ñ home to tribes who are now, along with their forest land, being systematically obliterated.
9781903998274
Published: May 2003 | Green Books