Green Books imprint: 155 books
You Are Therefore I Am
A Declaration of Dependence
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
This book traces the spiritual journey of Satish Kumar: child monk, peace pilgrim, ecological activist, and educator. In it he recounts the sources of inspiration that formed his understanding of the world as a network of multiple and diverse relationships. You Are, Therefore I Am is divided into...
How to Grow Perennial Vegetables
Low-maintenance, Low-impact Vegetable Gardening
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Perennial vegetables are a joy to grow and require a lot less time and effort than annuals. In this book Martin Crawford gives comprehensive advice on all types of perennial vegetables (edible plants that live longer than three years) including coppiced trees, aquatic plants and edible woodland species....
Transforming Economic Life
A Millennial Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
How can we reshape our economic system?which now transfers wealth from poor to rich, marginalises individuals, communities and cultures, damages the natural environment, and denies all sense of the sacred?so that it will meet the needs of people and the Earth in the 21st century? In this Briefing,...
Building with Cob
A Step-by-Step Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
With detailed illustrations and photos, this manual features step-by-step instructions for creating cob structures. Information on natural finishes is provided, including lime plasters, renders and washes, homemade clay and casein paints, and earthen plasters. It details how to construct a cob building...
Beauty of Craft
A Resurgence Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Craftspeople usually leave their work to speak for itself, so it is a rare privilege to have the thoughts, stories, experiences, observations, and feelings of such skilled people in a book. Most have been featured in Resurgence, the longest running UK environmental magazine, which regularly features...
Poisoned Arrows
An investigative journey to the forbidden territories of West Papua
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
At great personal risk and with forged travel documents, George Monbiot bluffed, cheated and forced his way into the remotest tropical place in the world – the forbidden territories of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Sealed from the outside world by Indonesian forces, it was home to tribes who were unchanged...
by Ulysses Lee
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Ulysses Lee's The Employment of Negro Troops has been long and widely recognized as a standard work on the subject. Although revised and consolidated before publication, the study was written largely between 1947 and 1951. If the now much-cited title has an echo of an earlier period, that very echo...
Animate Earth
Science, Intuition and Gaia
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
In Animate Earth, Stephan Harding explores how Gaian science can help us develop a sense of connectedness with the "more-than-human" world. His work is based on careful integration of rational scientific analysis with our intuition, sensing, and feeling—a vitally important task at this...
Gaian Democracies
Redefining Globalisation & People-Power
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
In this Schumacher Briefing, Roy Madron and John Jopling argue that the main purpose of our Western democracies is to satisfy the needs of a global debt-money system through the pursuit of economic growth. This 'Global Monetocracy' is a hugely powerful system that is imposing social injustice, economic...
How to Grow Your Own Nuts
Choosing, Cultivating and Harvesting Nuts in Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
This comprehensive book covers all aspects of growing, harvesting, processing and using nuts, based on forest gardening principles. Filled with gorgeous images of trees and nuts on the branch, as well as samples of nuts from different varieties, this book is essential reading for any nut-loving gardener....
Natural Baby
A Gentle Guide to Conception, Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
This gentle guide starts with planning your pregnancy and then takes you on a week-by-week journey through a holistic and healthy pregnancy, an active birth and the precious early months of being a parent. With chapters dedicated to caring for a newborn and looking after yourself both before and after...
Edible Mushrooms
A Forager's Guide to the Wild Fungi of Britain and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
An up-to-date, comprehensive and brilliantly illustrated book on fungi foraging in Britain and Europe. It covers every known edible species, and all the poisonous groups, as well as a few very common species and a handful of mushrooms included for their interesting or unusual characteristics. - Identify...
Holistic Beauty Book
Over 100 Natural Recipes for Gorgeous, Healthy Skin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Do you like to use only the best, chemical-free, hand-made holistic potions? Do you have sensitive skin and need very pure beauty products? Do you want to use ethical and environmentally friendly cosmetics? Then why not make your own? DIY skin care is fun, easy, and empowering, and The Holistic Beauty...
Roots of Health
Realizing the Potential of Complementary Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
The advances of modern biomedicine have provided a sophisticated but somewhat mechanistic approach to health. It is an approach which is able to function well in emergencies, but which has fallen down in the more basic areas of maintaining and creating health. Dazzled by the progress of science, we...