Environment and geography
Eucalypts of WA: SW Coast and Ranges 2nd Ed
Eucalypts of WA: SW Coast and Ranges 2nd EdFrench, Malcolm; Dean Nicolle This second edition is a...
Eucalypts of WA: SW Coast and Ranges 2nd EdFrench, Malcolm; Dean Nicolle This second edition is a complete revision of the 2019 original edition and includes an additional six new species/subspecies, updated taxonomy and distribution maps as well as updated conservation status. Every eucalypt species occurring along the south-west coast and ranges of Western Australia is comprehensively described (153 species and subspecies in total). The region covered by the book extends from Dongara on the...
$59.00
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
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
Naturalist on the Bibbulmun: A walking companionLeigh W. Simmons The Bibbulman Track is a World-c...
Naturalist on the Bibbulmun: A walking companionLeigh W. Simmons The Bibbulman Track is a World-class walking trail that runs just over 1000km through the forests and across the coastal heaths of southwestern Western Australia, from the towns of Kalamundain the North to Albany in the South. 'Naturalist on the Bibbulman' is the story of one man’s journey with his son through this ancient and extraordinary corner of the world. The biodiversity is so extensive that it is impossible to provide a ...
$39.95
The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and NaturePeter Wohlleben Bestsel...
The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and NaturePeter Wohlleben Bestselling author and forester Peter Wohlleben reveals the hidden interactions between humans and trees, and how reconnecting with the natural world is the key to our survival. From the New York Times bestselling author of 'The Hidden Life of Trees' comes a powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground. Where the colour green calms us, and t...
$36.95
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
Full Circle: A search for the world that comes nextScott Ludlam A visionary book for our wild tim...
Full Circle: A search for the world that comes nextScott Ludlam A visionary book for our wild times. In 'Full Circle', Scott Ludlam draws on his unique experience as senator and activist to capture our world on a precipice and explore what comes next. We are now in the Anthropocene - humans are changing the earth's climate irreversibly, and political, human and natural systems are on the cusp of collapse. Ludlam shines a light on the bankruptcy of the financial and political systems that have...
$36.95
Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthyMatthew Evans What we do to th...
Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthyMatthew Evans What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. 'Soil' is the unlikely story of our most maligned resource as swashbuckling hero. A saga of bombs, ice ages and civilisations falling. Of ancient hunger, modern sicknesses and gastronomic delight. It features poison gas, climate collapse and a mind-blowing explanation of how rain is formed. For too long, we've not only neglected the land beneath us, we've squandered and...
$34.95