Environment and geography
Book - Growing Locals, Gardening with Local Pla...
This is a new edition of Growing Locals: Gardening with Local Plants in Perth, by Robert Powell &...
This is a new edition of Growing Locals: Gardening with Local Plants in Perth, by Robert Powell & Jane Emberson. Besides advice on how to foster a community of local native plants in your garden (or elsewhere), and discussion of why it is desirable, the book will include an updated list of native plants of the Perth Metropolitan Region (over 1,800) and their distribution, compiled by Greg Keighery, Vanda Longman & Barbara Rye. The definitive guide to growing local native plants in the...
$50.00
The Future is Fungi: How Fungi Can Feed Us, Heal Us, Free Us and Save Our WorldMichael Lim and Y...
The Future is Fungi: How Fungi Can Feed Us, Heal Us, Free Us and Save Our WorldMichael Lim and Yun Shu Without fungi, the world as we know it would not exist. The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They are the architects of the natural world, integral to all life. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, bread, detergent and penicillin....
$49.95
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes
Australian Deserts: Ecology and LandscapesSteve Morton 'Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscape...
Australian Deserts: Ecology and LandscapesSteve Morton 'Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes' is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – the heart of Australia. Steve Morton brings his extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of arid Australia to this book, explaining how Australian deserts work ecologically. This book outlines why unpredictable rainfall and paucity of soil nutrients underpin the nature of desert ecosystem...
$59.95
The Australian Climate Change Book NR
The Australian Climate Change BookPolly Marsden An accessible and reassuring picture book that te...
The Australian Climate Change BookPolly Marsden An accessible and reassuring picture book that teaches children about the specific challenges of climate change for Australia so they can be informed and make a difference.Australia is a unique and incredibly diverse natural environment and we are oh-so-lucky to live here. Our country is home to a great number of amazing ecosystems. But things like fossil fuels, greenhouse gases and deforestation are creating imbalances in our ecosystems and cau...
$24.95
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Su...
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond SustainabilityRevised EditionDavid Holmgren Holmgren...
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond SustainabilityRevised EditionDavid Holmgren Holmgren’s seminal work, drawing together and integrating 25 years of thinking and teaching to show a whole new way of understanding and action behind a simple set of design principles. Essential reading for permaculture designers and accessible to a wide range of critical thinkers. This revised edition is more accessible than the original, with redrawn graphics, corrected and amended text, new references...
$49.95
Country: Future Fire, Future Farming
Country: Future Fire, Future FarmingBruce Pascoe and William Leonard Gammage, edited by Margo Nea...
Country: Future Fire, Future FarmingBruce Pascoe and William Leonard Gammage, edited by Margo Neale What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. For millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmental and economic solutions. Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe demonstrate how Aboriginal people cul...
$24.95
Recipe for a Kinder LifeAnnie Smithers Annie Smithers shares a private masterclass on her practic...
Recipe for a Kinder LifeAnnie Smithers Annie Smithers shares a private masterclass on her practical and philosophical approach to sustainable living and wellness. In this generous account of life on the land and in the kitchen, trailblazing cook Annie Smithers chronicles her quest for a more sustainable existence, in harmony with the environment and the self. Part meditation, part memoir, the book offers practical advice and wisdom gleaned from a life dedicated to seasonal food and living lig...
$32.95
Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu DebateKeryn Walshe and Peter Sutton An authoritative s...
Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu DebateKeryn Walshe and Peter Sutton An authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu' in 2014. It argued that classical Aboriginal society was more sophisticated than Australians had been led t...
$34.95
The Natural World of the Kimberley
The Natural World of the KimberleyHamish McGlashan, Kevin Coate, Jeffrey Gresham and Roz Hart The...
The Natural World of the KimberleyHamish McGlashan, Kevin Coate, Jeffrey Gresham and Roz Hart The Kimberley region of Western Australia is one of the world's last great wilderness areas. Covering more than 400,000 square kilometres, it is home to some of the country's most iconic natural landmarks. The Kimberley's diverse habitats support an astonishing variety of plants and animals, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth. Although, the rugged and remote nature of the region offers the...
$59.00
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of AgricultureBruce Pascoe 'Dark Emu' argues for a ...
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of AgricultureBruce Pascoe 'Dark Emu' argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Abori...
$27.95
Nandi Chinna and Rebecca Maddern, Illustrated by Ji Min Trouble lies ahead for the wildlife of Ki...
Nandi Chinna and Rebecca Maddern, Illustrated by Ji Min Trouble lies ahead for the wildlife of Kings Park when they snack on peoples food rather than their own bush tucker. Follow the adventures of Pobblebonk the frog, Chatsy the Raven and friends in this special Kings Park story. This book is part of a series of Kings Park story books and is exclusive to Aspects. All books feature wildlife characters who live in Kings Park and include gentle conservation messages designed to help kids learn ...
$9.95
Banksia Woodlands: A Restoration Guide for the Swan Coastal PlainJason C. Stevens, Deanna P. Roki...
Banksia Woodlands: A Restoration Guide for the Swan Coastal PlainJason C. Stevens, Deanna P. Rokich, Vernon J. Newton, Russell L. Barrett and Kingsley W. Dixon (editors) Banksia woodlands represent an important part of the rich fabric of Southwest Australia’s biodiversity. Their close proximity to the sprawling Perth Metropolitan Region has seen losses of 60% of woodland lost in areas with many of the remnants under increasing threats from processes associated with fragmentation. Integrating ...
$45.00
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