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GROWING UP THE WALL
How to grow early crops using an age-old technique
How to grow food in vertical places, on roofs and in small spaces
Jack First
Sue Fisher
“Jack is a fount of knowledge and the expert on hot beds. These ancient systems still work a treat and are just as relevant now – if not more so – than they ever were.” – Joe Swift, garden designer and TV presenter
january 2013 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 106 3 180mm x 138mm 128pp full colour
£9.95 pb
The author Jack First is an experienced horticulturalist who has pioneered, developed and fully tested the hot-bed methods described in this book. He works with volunteers on a large plot in Keighley, Yorkshire and is the sole supplier to his local wholefood shop of out-of-season greens, new potatoes and salads. He studied agriculture in the late 1960s, and has been involved with farming and horticulture ever since.
The ancient method of growing vegetables in hot beds, used by the Victorians and by the Romans, harnesses the natural process of decay to cultivate out-of-season crops. Jack First has revived and modernised this remarkable technique, and produces healthy vegetables at least two months earlier than conventionally grown crops. This practical, illustrated guide has everything you need to understand about how to utilise this highly productive, low-cost, year-round, eco-friendly gardening technique. Straightforward explanations and diagrams show how you too can grow early veg without fossil-fuel energy or elaborate equipment. With some stable manure (there are also alternative options), an easy-to-construct frame and a small space to build your bed, you can revolutionise your vegetable growing and be harvesting salads in March and potatoes early in April. Includes advice on specific vegetables, including varieties, and on planning your calendar for continual cropping.
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APRIL 2013 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 109 4 180mm x 138mm 192pp full colour
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The author Sue Fisher is a garden writer and designer with over 30 years’ experience as a professional horticulturist. She is author of ten books, including The Hanging Garden and Organic Gardening for Dummies; writes for numerous magazines and newspapers; and has contributed to books by Alan Titchmarsh and Carol Klein. She lives in West Devon. See www. suefishergardens.co.uk.
Grow up! If you have limited outdoor space and would like to grow your food, this invaluable guide will help you transform previously plant-free zones into thriving, beneficial and utterly beautiful food-growing areas. Using special containers, either bought or home-made, as well as conventional methods such as containers on a roof or growing plants up walls, you can grow a wide range of edible crops – and grab a salad for lunch without getting your feet wet. This book covers: • Using a wide variety of containers, e.g. ladder allotments and growing frames, with details of how to make them • Making the most of wall boxes and hanging baskets • Creating edible roof gardens • Planning and growing crops on green roofs, including on sheds • A directory of plants suitable for vertical growing – fruit, flowers and herbs as well as vegetables – with advice on how to cultivate them. Whether you have an apartment with just a wall, windowsill, balcony or small flat roof; a school with nothing but a tarmac playground; or just a paved courtyard in your community centre, this book will get you started on a new way of growing.
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may 2013 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 112 4 255mm x 205mm 192pp full colour
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How to harvest, cook and preserve your forest garden produce
Inspiration for you and your community from the Transition movement
Martin Crawford and Caroline Aitken
Rob Hopkins
What do you do with bamboo, beech or Chinese cedar? How can you cook heartnut, hawthorn or hosta? Which plants can you eat raw? How do you preserve autumn olive or goji berry? Food from your Forest Garden provides the answers. It includes:
“It’s a vital insight of the Transition movement that this kind of bottom-up process is far more likely to result in real change.” – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
may 2013 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 117 9 210mm x 148mm 128pp
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• Over 60 different species, presented by season, with over 70 recipes, plus raw food options • Notes on when and how to harvest and the benefits of each plant • Information on preserving, fermenting, drying and making jams, chutneys and fruit leathers The authors Martin Crawford, Director of the Agroforestry Research Trust and author of the bestselling Creating a Forest Garden, has teamed up with Caroline Aitken, a permaculture teacher and cook on Patrick Whitefield’s permaculture courses. Her culinary skills and Martin’s forest garden expertise are combined here to offer creative ways to enjoy the crops from your forest garden. See www. agroforestry.co.uk.
With beautiful colour photographs of plants and recipes, this book is an essential resource for making the most of your forest garden – and an inspiration for anyone thinking of growing and using forest garden plants.
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Also available: “A seminal piece of work on truly sustainable gardening.” – Alys Fowler
The author Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of Transition Network, and author of The Transition Handbook and The Transition Companion. He was named by The Independent as one of the UK’s top 100 environ mentalists, and in 2012 he and the Transition Network won the European Economic and Social Committee Civil Society Prize. See www.transition culture.org.
Something is stirring. People around the world are deciding that the well-being of their local community and its economy lies with them. They’re people like you. They’ve had enough, and they’re rolling up their sleeves, getting together with others and doing something about it. Whether they start small or big, they’re finding that just doing stuff can transform their neighbourhoods and their lives. They’re creating innovative local food businesses, insulating homes, and initiating and investing in all manner of new enterprises. In Bristol, the mayor takes his full salary in the local currency, the Bristol Pound. In Brixton, residents are investing in and benefiting from energy generation. In Portalegre in Portgual, a new food garden outside a shopping centre has proved a catalyst for local people. The Power of Just Doing Stuff argues that this shift represents the seeds of a new economy – the answer to our urgent search for a new way forward. Communities worldwide are already modelling more local economies rooted in well-being, in entrepreneurship and in creativity. This book is packed with inspiring real-life examples and with the voices of people who are out there doing stuff. What does this mean to you? What makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? The revival of the place you live in starts with a small group of people making the decision to do something. One of that group could be you. New Titles | Spring & Summer 2013 5
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FOOD FROM YOUR FOREST GARDEN
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THE SEED UNDERGROUND
Charles Dowding
Janisse Ray
A growing revolution to save food
The natural no-dig way New full-colour edition
“One of our most respected vegetable growers” – Joy Larkcom
January 2013 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 089 9 234mm x 168mm 292pp
photo © Steph Hafferty
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The author Charles has been growing organic vegetables commercially for 30 years, without soil cultivation. His most recent garden was an intensive acre of surfacecomposted beds, for salad leaves and a wide range of vegetables, which were sold in local shops and restaurants. He has written four books on vegetable growing, writes articles for several gardening publications, gives talks and runs courses: see www.charlesdowding.co.uk.
In this new, full-colour edition of Organic Gardening Charles Dowding shares the wealth of his experience, explaining his approach to soil and plants and revealing the range of techniques that have enabled him to grow healthy and vibrant plants for decades. His success is based on some key principles:
march 2013 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 306 0 234mm x 156mm 240pp
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• No-dig enhances soil structure and encourages healthy growth, especially when soil life is encouraged through the addition of good compost and manure. • Organic matter is best spread on the surface – just leave it on top and let the worms take it in, aerating the soil as they do so. • When starting with weedy soil there is a period of three to twelve months, depending on weed types, when the emphasis is on cleaning and improving the soil. • Using a no-dig method you can easily control weeds with just a little hand weeding or hoeing every ten days or so, when weeds are small. Based on this approach and his experience of a system of permanent, slightly raised beds, Charles shows in Organic Gardening how to grow a delicious variety of fruit and vegetables: what to choose; when to sow, plant and harvest; and how best to avoid pests and diseases.
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Of the thousands of seed varieties available at the turn of the twentieth century, 94 per cent have been lost – forever. Janisse Ray brings us the inspiring stories of gardeners whose aim is to save time-honoured openpollinated varieties that will be lost if people don’t grow, save and swap the seeds.
NUCLEAR ROULETTE
The truth about the most dangerous energy source on Earth
Gar Smith
march 2013 Chelsea Green 234mm x 156mm 320pp ISBN 978 1 60358 477 7
£24.95 hb ISBN 978 1 60358 434 0
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Chronicles the problems of ageing reactors, uncovers the costly challenge of decommissioning, explores the industry’s greatest seismic risks, and explains how solar flares could black out power grids, causing the world’s 400-plus reactors to self-destruct. This powerful exposé concludes with a round-up of proven and potential energy solutions that can provide a ‘Renewable Renaissance’. Distributed New Titles | Spring & Summer 2013 7
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POWER FROM THE PEOPLE How to organize, finance and launch local energy projects
The ultimate guide for home-scale and market producers
Greg Pahl
Gianaclis Caldwell march 2013 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 332 9 255mm x 201mm 369pp full colour
£32.50 pb
Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking explores the history, science, culture and art of making handmade cheese on a small scale. It includes unique recipes, beautiful photographs, featured profiles of cheesemakers from around the world, and a detailed troubleshooting guide. The book every cheesemaker will want as their bible.
march 2013 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 409 8 234mm x 156mm 288pp
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TASTE, MEMORY
DREAMING THE FUTURE
Forgotten foods, lost flavors, and why they matter
Reimagining civilization in the age of nature
David Buchanan
march 2013 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 440 1 216mm x 138mm 240pp
£14.95 pb
Taste, Memory traces the experiences of modern-day explorers who rediscover forgotten foods. David Buchanan shares stories of urban gardeners, environmentalists and farmers, and explores questions fundamental to the future of food. The book has a simple premise: that a healthy food system depends on matching diverse plants and animals to the demands of land and climate.
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Explains how communities can plan, finance and produce their own local, renewable energy that is reliable, safe and clean. Pahl uses examples from around the world to explore how homeowners, co-ops, governments and businesses are already putting power in the hands of local communities through distributed energy programmes and energy-efficiency measures.
Kenny Ausubel
march 2013 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 459 3 234mm x 156mm 240pp
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Dreaming the Future tracks the big ideas, meta-trends and game-changing developments of our time being led by some of the world’s greatest thinkers. As more communities take the initiative to shape their futures and become more resilient, Ausubel shows how it’s possible to create a world where people take their cues from nature and focus on justice, equity, diversity, democracy and peace. Distributed New Titles | Spring & Summer 2013 9
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THE PASSIVHAUS HANDBOOK
The life and legacy of a scientific rebel
A practical guide to constructing and retrofitting buildings for ultra-low energy performance
Dorion Sagan (ed.) “Lynn and I often argued, as good collaborators should, and we wrangled over the intricate finer points of selfregulation, but always remained good friends, perhaps because we were confident that we were right.” – James Lovelock
march 2013 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 446 3 216mm x 138mm 224pp with colour insert
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Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the Gaia hypothesis and symbiogenesis as a driving force in evolution, Lynn Margulis’s work has forever changed the way we understand life on Earth. In this collection, Dorion Sagan gathers together the voices of friends and colleagues to remark on her life and legacy.
Janet Cotterell and Adam Dadeby NOVEMBER 2012 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 019 6 255mm x 205mm 256pp full colour
£35.00 pb
THE NATURE OF BUSINESS
FARMS WITH A FUTURE
Redesigning for resilience
Creating and growing a sustainable farm business
Giles Hutchins
Rebecca Thistlethwaite
march 2013 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 438 8 254mm x 180mm 304pp
£24.95 pb
What is a farm with a future? What will make it sustainable and resilient? And what key qualities and skills does a farmer need in today’s climate to be successful? These and other crucial questions are addressed in this must-read book for anyone aspiring to get into market farming, or who wants to make their existing farm more dynamic, profitable and sustainable in the long term.
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An essential guide for everyone wanting to realise a supremely comfortable, healthy and durable home with exceptionally low energy costs. This book shows architects, builders and homeowners how to apply the Passivhaus methodology, which focuses on getting the building fabric right. The Passivhaus Handbook brings together current thinking and best practice.
“Shows how we can sidestep the Black Swans of breakdown and ride the Green Swans of breakthrough.” – John Elkington
SEPTEMBER 2012 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 048 6 234mm x 156mm 208pp
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Giles Hutchins presents the challenges to the prevailing ‘business as usual’ model and presents the tools and techniques necessary to equip the businesses of tomorrow. A ‘firm of the future’, Hutchins argues, should seek to mimic behaviours and organisations found in nature, which offer fitting models for organisations capable of flourishing in uncertain and chaotic times. Recently Published 11
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2052
Ulrich Grober
Jorgen Randers
“Shows compellingly that ecological dependency of human activity was well understood in pre-industrial Europe. . . . An essential read for anyone concerned with the big crisis of our time.” – Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland
“This thoughtful and thought-provoking book will be inspiring, and challenging, for all who really care about our common future.” – Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway; leader, World Commission on Environment and Development
A global forecast for the next 40 years
A cultural history
translated by Ray Cunningham
OCTOBER 2012 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 045 5 234mm x 156mm 224pp
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Everything these days has to be ‘sustainable’. But sustainability is an age-old aspiration, one that is deeply rooted in human culture. In clear and thought-provoking terms, Ulrich Grober reassesses the concept of sustainability, using a range of fascinating historical instances of its application. He shows that it is always born of crisis and yet also marks the birth of a new awareness.
SEPTEMBER 2012 Chelsea Green 234mm x 156mm 304pp in full colour ISBN 978 1 60358 467 8
£27.50 hb ISBN 978 1 60358 421 0
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LIMITS TO GROWTH
CHANGEOLOGY
The 30-year update
How to enable groups, communities and societies to do things they’ve never done before
Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows and Jørgen Randers
Les Robinson
OCTOBER 2012 Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 061 5 234mm x 156mm 256pp
£14.95 pb
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Changeology is about influencing human behaviour for the better. It simplifies a vast body of theory and practice into six principles: buzz, hope, enabling environments, sticky solutions, ‘can do’ and the right inviter. These are explained with fascinating real-life stories and a look at the hard evidence. The book is written in an easy, accessible style, with plenty of anecdotes and stories.
We know what we want the world to be like in 40 years’s time – and what it could be like in 40 years’s time. But what do we know about what it will actually be like? Drawing on global forecasting tools and the predictions of more than 30 leading scientists, economists, futurists and other thinkers, Jørgen Randers guides us through the future he feels is most likely to emerge.
“Thirty years has proved this model prophetic; now, in its newest iteration, we get one last challenge. May we pay more careful attention than in the past!” – Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
December 2012 Chelsea Green 234mm x 156mm 368pp ISBN 978 1 93149 858 6
£17.95 pb
A long-anticipated revival of some of the original voices in the growing chorus of sustainability. Limits to Growth: The 30-year update is a work of stunning intelligence that exposes for humanity the hazy but critical line between human growth and human development.
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CHEESE AND CULTURE
A history of cheese and its place in Western civilization
Paul Kindstedt
November 2012 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 411 1 234mm x 156mm 256pp
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An in-depth look at the origins and development of cheese from prehistoric times to the present day. The author also tells a larger story, a sweeping narrative that binds all cheeses together into a single history – one that started with the discovery of cheese-making in the Neolithic Age and that is still unfolding to this day.
THE ART OF FERMENTATION
An in-depth exploration of essential concepts and processes from around the world
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 74 4 352pp £16.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 88 1 232pp £14.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 20 1 224pp £12.95 pb
“A must for anyone considering anything from a couple of trees to an orchard.” Mark Diacono
“A comprehensive, practical and inspiring guide.” Sarah Raven
“An essential book for every garden and kitchen.” Nigel Slater
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 84 3 224pp £14.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 62 1 384pp £30 hb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 61 4 45-minute DVD £14.95
Comprehensive cultivation advice on growing over 100 perennial edibles.
“A seminal piece of work on truly sustainable gardening.” Alys Fowler
Martin Crawford explains the principles of forest gardening, in his mature Devon forest garden.
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 931498 79 1 396pp £55.00 hb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 931498 80 7 672pp £55.00 hb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 02 7 224pp £10.95 pb
Sandor Ellix Katz November 2012 Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 286 5 234mm x 156mm 528pp b&w + 32pp colour
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Fermentation revivalist Sandor Katz has inspired countless thousands to rediscover this ancient art. With The Art of Fermentation he offers the most comprehensive and definitive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published.
Describes the key concepts of forest ecology applied to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Vol 1 lays out the key vision and ecological principles; Vol. 2 covers practice, design and maintenance.
The forest gardening classic, including guidelines on design, maintenance and species.
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Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 89 8 240pp £14.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 54 0 128pp £9.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 68 3 132pp £6.95 pb
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“Packed with brilliant, moneysaving tips for the thrifty gardener.” Grow Your Own
Covers choosing and planning your allotment, harvesting and storing your produce, and more.
If you want to grow your own food but don’t know where to start, this book is for you.
How to start a community orchard, including support, access and legal issues.
Grow good fruit with minimal inputs and create a diverse and healthy orchard ecosysem.
Unpacks and demystifies the basic knowledge every ecological fruit grower needs.
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 45 4 128pp £10.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 72 0 160pp £10.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 99 7 192pp £12.95 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 933392 08 0 240pp £27.50 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 461 6 192pp £19.95 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 890132 82 9 340pp £27.50 pb
“Covers every aspect of polytunnel growing.” Benedict Vanheems, Grow it!
“Andy and Mark are fast becoming Britain’s polytunnel gurus.” Country Smallholding
Gives details of over 50 species, with nutritional information and recipe suggestions.
The best organic and natural approaches to keeping honeybees healthy and productive.
Complete information on hive management and other aspects of using these innovative hives.
Preparing the site, training, trellising and pruning; growing new grapes from seeds and cuttings.
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 17 1 128pp £7.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 96 6 256pp £12.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 59 1 200pp £9.95 pb
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Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 418 0 216pp £18.95 hb
Jenkins Publishing ISBN 978 0 964425 83 5 256pp £19.95 pb
“Every serious organic gardener should have a copy.” Organic Gardening
The answer to the perennial problem of an overabundance of produce. Over 250 recipes.
Everything you’ll ever need to know about home and community composting.
Draws on real examples of smallholdings, land-based communities and organic market gardens.
Fukuoka’s plan to rehabilitate deserts and achieve global food security by natural farming.
All you need to know about safely composting human manure – 256 pages of crap.
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Eco-building
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 27 0 176pp £14.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 42 3 200pp £14.95 pb
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“Wonderful recipes for DIY natural beauty and skincare.” – Janey Lee Grace
“This book inspires and instructs with clarity and accuracy.” – Jekka McVicar
Vegetarian recipes in both family- and community-sized quantities.
Shows how people worldwide have ingeniously adapted their dwellings to the climate.
The definitive guide by the UK’s most experienced strawbale builder.
The most practical and beautifully illustrated book on earth building ever published.
Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 027 1 160pp £9.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 870098 86 1 128pp £6.95 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 430 2 256pp £32.50 hb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 73 1 256pp £25.00 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 933392 37 0 274pp £32.50 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 890132 34 7 384pp £27.50 pb
Make the most of your leftovers, reduce your waste dramatically, and create delicious dishes.
Recipes for a seasonal, mainly raw or lightly cooked, wholefood organic diet.
A beautiful guide for the homebaker: Scandinavian recipes, some with foraged ingredients.
“Invaluable for anybody who dreams of designing and building an eco-home.” Grand Designs
A definitive account of the art and technology of rammed earth construction.
All the information you need to construct an energy-efficient and cosy cob building.
Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 024 0 96pp £9.95 hb
Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 092 9 96pp £9.95 hb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 17 1 144pp £7.95 pb
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Hand Print Press ISBN 978 0 967984 67 4 132pp £14.95 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 339 8 416pp £40.00 pb + DVD
A charming gift for naturalists, gardeners and beekeepers alike, with beautiful woodcuts.
Intriguing facts and folklore about chickens, illustrated with woodcuts and engravings.
Everything from making cider and pickling gherkins to stringing onions and drying apple rings.
“An inspiring vision and practical guide.” David Pearson, author of The Natural House Book
“How to make an inexpensive oven which will bake wonderful bread.” Andrew Whitley
Up-to-date info on strawbale, straw-clay, woodchip-clay and cellulose wall systems, and more.
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Transition Books ISBN 978 1 900322 97 3 320pp £19.95 pb
Transition Books ISBN 978 1 900322 65 2 224pp £14.95 pb
Transition Books ISBN 978 1 900322 76 8 240pp £14.95 pb
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“Offers communities both practical guidance and real vision for the future.” Tim Jackson
“An invaluable resource for any green-minded councillor or community group.” Eugenie Harvey
“Will inspire all concerned in making our buildings fit for the future.” Penney Poyzer
“A genuinely readable book about biodiversity. Essential reading.” Mark Carwardine, BBC
Explores how an understanding of Gaian science can help us connect with the world.
A pioneering text for the global movement to recognise rights for Nature. Now in its second edition.
Transition Books ISBN 978 1 900322 52 2 240pp £14.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 46 1 288pp £14.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 46 1 288pp £12.95 pb
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“Tells every community everywhere how to make local money work for local good.” Polly Toynbee
Explains how our money system operates and could be reformed for the benefit of society.
Shows how new forms of money can produce positive social and environmental outcomes.
Looks at how new information and communication technologies mediate the natural world.
“A thorough, up-to-date response to our climatic predicament.” Bill McKibben
Critical thinkers reflect on the skills necessary to survive the environmental conditions ahead.
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 70 6 200pp £12.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 0 85784 058 5 336pp £14.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 41 6 128pp £7.95 pb
Chelsea Green ISBN 978 1 60358 371 8 352pp £27.50 hb
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“Sets the self-deceptions of mainstream economics and the real world on a collision course.”
Outlines a compelling plan that will allow countries to regain control of their economies.
“Seldom-heard truths about economic growth . . . poverty and equity.” David Korten
A new vision to revitalise business models and win the energy race for long-term advantage.
Traces Schumacher’s legacy through the organisations closely linked to his ideas and work.
Twenty-one of Schumacher’s articles, including ‘Science with Soul’ and ‘Buddhist Economics’.
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Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 57 7 144pp £10.95 hb
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Satish Kumar reflects on the inner and outer aspects of pilgrimage, drawing on his own experiences.
Traces Satish Kumar’s spiritual journey and his world view based on relationships and connections.
“One of the few life-changing books I have read.” Thomas Moore
“A fascinating and highly original book.” Walk
“First-class and excellent value.” Byway and Bridleway
“Very readable and first-rate for a fiver.” Byway and Bridleway
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 89 2 144pp £9.95 hb
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Shows how we can recover the art of living and lead a more peaceful and content existence.
How to make the most of ageing and celebrate its positive gifts, with inspirational stories.
How to restore real wealth in the midst of an affluence in which we are starving the spirit.
“An historical adventure.” Country Smallholding
An inspirational companion to exploring the extraordinary richness of Devon’s wildlife.
“Andrew’s love of his subject is infectious.” Western Morning News
Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 74 8 112pp £8.95 pb
Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 91 1 200pp £12.95 hb
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Green Books ISBN 978 1 903998 96 0 256pp £20.00 hb
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Looks beyond speed and superficiality to help us find depth and spiritual space in our lives.
A beautiful memoir. “Funny and sweet and wise and profound.” Jane Hamilton
Explores our relationship to nature and the implications of Daoist philosophy for us today.
“Essential for anyone interested in churches and church architecture.” Dartmoor News
“A book of the highest quality . . . handsomely described and beauti fully written.” Devon Historian
A colourful picture of Dartmoor, featuring stories of people passionate about life on the moor.
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Signature Book Representation (UK) Ltd, 20 Castlegate, York, YO1 9RP Tel: 0845 862 1730 www.signaturebooksuk.com Juliette Tomlinson juliette@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07970 700508 Mel Howells mel@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07970 700506 Colin Edwards colin@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07980 568967 Jim Sheehan jims@signaturebooksuk.com Mobile: 07970 700505
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John Fitzpatrick fitzmullbooks@eircom.net Tel: (+353) 1 272 0020 Mobile: 087 246 9859
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Tony Moggach, IMA tony.moggach@tonymoggach.com Tel: 020 7267 8054 Fax: 020 7485 8462 Peter and Charlotte Prout pprout@telefonica.net Tel: (+34) 91 803 4918 Edwin Makabenta edmak@pldtdsl.net Tel: (+63) 2 711 4558 Tel/Fax: (+63) 2 740 0346
overseas DISTRIBUTORS USA & Canada Australia New Zealand
Chelsea Green Publishing Co., PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001, USA Tel: (+1) 802 295 6300 Fax: (+1) 802 295 6444. sales@chelseagreen.com www.chelseagreen.com Brumby Sunstate, 32/37 Mortimer Road, Acacia Ridge, QLD 4110, Australia Tel: (+61) 7 3255 5552, Fax: (+61) 7 3255 5553 orders@brumbysunstate.com.au www.brumbybooks.com.au Ceres Books, PO Box 11336, 121 Carbine Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland Tel: (+64) 9 574 3356 Fax: (+64) 9 527 4513 info@ceresbooks.co.nz www.ceresbooks.co.nz
GREEN BOOKS SALES MANAGER MARKETING CONSULTANT
Bee West bee@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 863260 Susie Hallam publicity@greenbooks.co.uk Tel: 01803 863260
Ted Dougherty ted.dougherty@blueyonder.co.uk Tel: 020 7482 2439 Fax: 020 7267 9310
Many of our titles are also available in ebook formats (PDF and ePub) through online ebook retailers and our own online bookshop:
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