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Books
We rarely get time to ourselves to read. When we pop our heads up for air there always seems to be further demands on our time.
Books are a great way to bring your mind and body to the same place, to relax, to inform and to inspire.
Save yourself time hunting around bookstores, check out the books shown below to gain some insights into the big environmental issues of our time.
We've found books on all the big issues: climate change, biodiversity, water, and forests. More importantly, we've found books that will help you work out what you can do.
So pour yourself a cup of tea, find a comfy spot, put your feet up and let your eyes and mind wander across the pages of some of the great books we've found below.
'Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.'
Dawn Adams
Bill McKibben talks about 'The Global Warming Reader'
July 28th, 2011
The Global Warming Reader, a book edited by McKibben and out this month, pulls together seminal texts of the climate change debate with the goal of creating a complete picture of what we know about global warming.
Could the sun save us from global warming?
July 18th, 2011
"The Sun's Heartbeat," which takes its title from this phenomenon, offers a compelling and surprisingly playful history of our solar system's most famous star -- from the alternately brilliant and misguided theories of the ancient Greeks, to the modern-day discoveries that would make Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick blush.
Cool it!: Five books that question our energy use
June 28th, 2011
Our relationship with oil is one that has turned sour: not only has our supply run low, but our use of oil has had detrimental effects on our environment and political landscape that continue to unfold each day. These five books offer a varied and informed look at our dependence on oil, its effects on every level of society and our environment, and ways we can move forward by using alternative sources of energy.
Television & Climate Change
June 21st, 2011
The reasons Western culture is having difficulty coming to terms with climate change and global ecological degradation are substantial: we kind of see what’s happening, and we kind of understand, yet, as one more TV ratings season ends and a new season buds, the ice caps keep melting, and the soil, wind and oceans continue their climate changing narrative.
Some Cool Reading for Cold Days
May 16th, 2011
In much of Australia, it's been getting really cold lately, so what better time to get together your winter reading list? Cool Australia has picked out five books that should interest, inspire and inform. If you have any book suggestions, please feel free to leave them in the 'Comments' section.
Challenge to look at warming
May 16th, 2011
CURT STAGER is a reformed climate sceptic. The US writer and scientist spent years scoffing at what he believed were the alarmist predictions of some of his peers. ''A lot of scientists have gone through the same process - I think even Tim Flannery went through the same thing.''
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