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How to Cool the Planet

How to Cool the Planet

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

In the last five years, geoengineering - large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system to counter climate change - has gone from being a fringe idea to one accorded some scientific credibility.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

A collection of lively environmental essays co-written by famed environmentalist David Suzuki. A broad range of topics are covered with infectious enthusiasm and a sense of curiosity and wonder.

High & Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future

High & Dry

Monday, 22 June 2009

As a Liberal Party member and former Howard government advisor, Pearse dissects the political system he once worked within. His research is based on extensive interviews with 56 people prominent in the policy debate.

Gardening Australia: Waterwise Gardening DVD

Waterwise Gardening

Friday, 19 June 2009

As Peter Cundall tells us in the introduction to this DVD, waterwise gardening is the way of the future. Water is too just precious to waste.

Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World

Resilience Thinking

Monday, 23 March 2009

Brian Walker and David Salt explain 'resilience thinking' as an ecologically sound approach to the discipline of natural resource management.

Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling

Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling

Monday, 16 March 2009

This is one of the best books going on both the natural history of whales and the human history of whaling.

Ethical Eating

Ethical Eating: How to Make Food Choices that Won't Cost the Earth

Thursday, 18 December 2008

From seed to supermarket, this comprehensive book puts on the table all the ethical issues surrounding food and beverage production, packaging and supply in Australia.

The Future Makers

Friday, 5 December 2008

This film covers advances in solar cell, solar thermal, ocean power and 'hot rocks' geothermal technologies. The Future Makers is an exciting snapshot of Australia's emerging sustainable energy industry and the technologies being developed. With so much hinging on the Rudd government's declaration of carbon emission reduction targets some time in December, this is a timely documentary for Australian viewers.

Seasick: the Hidden Ecological Crisis of the Global Ocean

Monday, 1 December 2008

In alarm at the state of the oceans, Canadian journalist Alanna Mitchell traveled the world to research what she believes is a hidden ecological crisis. Despite the potential for catastrophe, Mitchell remains upbeat. Mitchell interweaves complex science with personal observation to produce a readable and entertaining series of reports from the field.

Climate Wars

Monday, 1 December 2008

Climate Wars begins where other climate change books end. Dyer, a "geopolitical analyst", takes the science as given and instead explores what climate change means for our future through a series of hypothetical, but highly plausible, scenarios.

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