Books
"The Green Budget Guide" by Nancy Birtwhistle. A practical hardback book from the Sunday Times-bestselling author. A guide to reducing your environmental impact while saving you money.
A practical hardback book from Sunday Times-bestselling author and Great British Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle is the ultimate guide to reducing your environmental impact while saving you money.
"How Bad are Bananas?" by Mike Berners-Lee. The carbon footprint of everything. Published by Profile Books.
"Regenesis" by George Monbiot. Feeding the world without devouring the planet. Published by Allen Lane, ISBN 978-0-2414-4764-2
"Wilding" by Isabella Tree. Published by Picador. An account of how she and her husband rewilded the Knepp estate.
"Feral" by George Monbiot. Published by Penguin. "Passionate, brilliant, timely...." - Philip Hoare, Sunday Telegraph
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet, by Hannah Ritchie, published by Chatto & Windus.
"One Midsummer's Day - Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth" by Mark Cocker.
"On the Marsh" by Simon Barnes "A year surrounded by wildness and wet"
"Rivers" by Nigel Holmes & Paul Raven. An in-depth look at rivers, their formation, history, health, plants, and creatures. Learn about all the minute creatures which make up the ecosystem of rivers and how human intervention changes everything. Published by Bloomsbury Wildlife, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
"The Climate Book" by Greta Thunberg. Published by Allen Lane on October 27th, 2022.
"The Green Budget Guide" by Nancy Birtwhistle. A practical hardback book from the Sunday Times-bestselling author. A guide to reducing your environmental impact while saving you money.
A practical hardback book from Sunday Times-bestselling author and Great British Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle is the ultimate guide to reducing your environmental impact while saving you money.
"How Bad are Bananas?" by Mike Berners-Lee. The carbon footprint of everything. Published by Profile Books.
"Regenesis" by George Monbiot. Feeding the world without devouring the planet. Published by Allen Lane, ISBN 978-0-2414-4764-2
"Wilding" by Isabella Tree. Published by Picador. An account of how she and her husband rewilded the Knepp estate.
"Feral" by George Monbiot. Published by Penguin. "Passionate, brilliant, timely...." - Philip Hoare, Sunday Telegraph
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet, by Hannah Ritchie, published by Chatto & Windus.
"One Midsummer's Day - Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth" by Mark Cocker.
"On the Marsh" by Simon Barnes "A year surrounded by wildness and wet"
"Rivers" by Nigel Holmes & Paul Raven. An in-depth look at rivers, their formation, history, health, plants, and creatures. Learn about all the minute creatures which make up the ecosystem of rivers and how human intervention changes everything. Published by Bloomsbury Wildlife, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
"The Climate Book" by Greta Thunberg. Published by Allen Lane on October 27th, 2022.
"Everyday Ways to Save our Planet by Laura Tobin. Mirror Books.
Videos
Cabilla.
Understand how the reintroduction of beavers has improved the ecosystem at Cabilla in Cornwall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taDUzb_cao
Understand how the reintroduction of beavers has improved the ecosystem at Cabilla in Cornwall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taDUzb_cao
Rapanui
Watch one of the founders of Rapanui clothing talking about how they have built their business on a sustainable and circular model. https://rapanuiclothing.com/blog/dear-mr-bin-man-ted-talk/
Watch one of the founders of Rapanui clothing talking about how they have built their business on a sustainable and circular model. https://rapanuiclothing.com/blog/dear-mr-bin-man-ted-talk/
Rewilding (video explaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjurVFWM6c0 (8.5 minutes)
Mike Berners-Lee
On 24th June, the u3a Trust hosted an online talk and discussion morning with Mike Berners-Lee on "Climate change - what will it really take to deal with climate change?"
The talk is now live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-wT7_8HhA
Mike has many other videos about climate change on YouTube which you might like to investigate.
Mike Berners-Lee
On 24th June, the u3a Trust hosted an online talk and discussion morning with Mike Berners-Lee on "Climate change - what will it really take to deal with climate change?"
The talk is now live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-wT7_8HhA
Mike has many other videos about climate change on YouTube which you might like to investigate.
TED talk
Al Gore (Nobel Laureate) gives a searing talk on the Climate Crisis, looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZC6da4mco&t=5s
Al Gore (Nobel Laureate) gives a searing talk on the Climate Crisis, looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZC6da4mco&t=5s