Library references

SEED: The untold story Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds,

Making a Nest Places to call home and raise a family. These apply to the

The Book of Nature Connection is packed with fun activities for using all our senses

How To Raise Outdoor Kids builds on the rose-tinted idyllic childhoods of the 70s and

They All Rain Wild: The animals and plants that plague Australia Interesting book, especially as

Sensory Studies Manifesto DAVID HOWES challenges the assumptions of mainstream Western psychology by foregrounding the

Earth Is My Home For humans and other life on this planet Earth is the

The Sustainable House Handbook A comprehensive guide to building an affordable, energy and water-efficient green home. Gardening

The Upcycle – Beyond sustainability, designing for abundance For McDonough and Braungart, the questions of

The Green Bible Is God green? Did Jesus have anything to say about nature? With

Half Earth: Our planets fight for life We are blindly ignoring the histories of millions

The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide This is a book for all of us who are making

The Future is Fungi The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events.

Out of School and into Nature Naturalist and artist Anna Comstock (1854-1930), defied social conven-tions

No such place as away. This children’s book offers an opportunity for children (and their

A Family Guide to Waste Free Living by Lauren and Oberon Carter. An Australian publication

Four books this month … We are Nature, by Ray Mears (see main image).  Also,

The pollination of flowers by insects, birds and other animals is a fundamentally important ecological

Trees grow and change so slowly that it’s hard to tell how busy they really

Give Me a Home Among the Gum Trees follows the words of the song made popular

Nema and the Xenos is the story about  Nema (a Steinernema nematode and the hero in

We need new stories. The ancient traditions and narratives under which we still operate have

Join us for July’s Living Smart Book Club featuring Claire Dunn’s brand new book Rewilding the Urban

Trees are tall, strong, ancient, and easily thought of as silent statues. Tree Beings challenges

Biophilia is the love of living things and nature. Biophilic Cities Australia advocates for, and

Three books with titles that speak for themselves …

Nature teaches four core life skills for raising children In Wildhood, Harvard evolutionary biologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

In his new book, ‘Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind’, Australia’s ‘scuba-diving

Larry Elliott, The Guardian, 10 February 2021 It is easy to see how the review

A skilled falconer and artist, Richard Weatherly has spent more than fifty years observing birds

A reflection on the solace brought by nature and her power as a balm for stressed-out

Uncommon Sense delves into the shortcomings of the human mind for dealing with big-picture, long-term problems such as

This book aims to connect visitors to the earth and her life, beyond the typical “follow

Simple explanations, amusing analogies, quirky facts and detailed illustrations make this an easy to use

The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledge in vital areas and their

Since we are creations of nature, the earth being our ancestral mother, it seems like a

This ecological love affair is not for adults only. What a wonderful story, told from

A story that echoes across the land Aboriginal people had been living around the river

Having a bird brain was once an insult. But not anymore. Despite their small size,

Travelling Australia on foot – The Ways of the Bushwalker – some would say the

Shining a light on life underground. For healthy animals, we need healthy plants, and for

Hills and rivers. Our role is one of caretaker. Rivers are ancestors, they are kin. 

WE KNOW THE names of early European naturalists John Gould, Joseph Banks and Carl Sofus

Anita Vandyke wants to show us that by living a zero waste life, we actually

Peter Wohlleben has done it again, with this delightful book. Written for children by the

Behind every name there’s a story. This book helps us connect with how the birds

Cats in Australia.  Companion and friendship animals they may be for humans, but they are

If ever there was a time for rethinking the way we do business be it

Birds apart from being able to fly have many other fascinating features that we perhaps

This book has played an important part in broadening the outlook of many a CEO

This is a troubling account of human influence that extends to every corner of the

Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting film that takes us on a journey

In Friendship, journalist Lydia Denworth visits the front lines of the science of friendship finding it

In Surviving and Thriving in the 21st Century, ten threats are identified by the UN

Nature Play: Take Childhood Back brings a new perspective to teaching by showcasing the Scandinavian

Scott Bevan is no stranger to the water, having written about his travels down the

“We’re awake now, and the question is how do we stay awake to the living

What is the earth worth? This is a new approach to analysing today’s planetary emergencies.

Bibliotherapy: books that have the power to enchant, enrich and inspire; books that offer hopeful

There’s a little known Australian produced feature film – THE KINGDOM* – about fungi that

This publication is the first produced by the Australian Earth Laws Alliance’s “Earth Ethics Program”, which offers

A spear in the chest epiphany, was how Ray Anderson (Founder and Chairman of Interface Inc.) described