EcoLibrary
We have a small library of environmental books and DVDs. Anyone who comes to PEG meetings can borrow items for free. I’ll simply put your name beside the item until you return it. Please don’t keep items for too long. Feel free to lend us items; you can get them back at any time. Collect and return items to/from Mark Mann at 6 Stebbing Lane, off Squirrel Street, Woy Woy. (You can also return items to me at any PEG meeting or picnic.)
Note: brackets indicate (current borrower) and [owner]. * = MM’s top picks
DVDs
all documenataries unless indicated
Age of Stupid – climate change [MM]
Climate Wars* – 3 x 1hr episodes; excellent introduction to climate change issues [MM]
Hot Planet -climate change and population [MM]
Baraka* – classic wordless montage about our environment. A classic. [PEG]
The Power of Community – Cuba’s local food-growing revolution [PEG]
The Future of Food – a critical look at GM food [PEG]
Our Seeds / Yum Blumi – about seed saving in Australia, Papua and the Pacific [PEG]
The Power Down Show – Irish series; 10 x 20m episodes on Transition Town themes [PEG]
The End of Suburbia – interesting look at suburban life and its impacts [PEG]
Jake Cassar’s DVD – Jake explains local bushtucker near Kariong [PEG]
Australia Pumping Empty – peak oil with an Australian focus [PEG]
A Sea Change – about ocean acidification [PEG]
The Seedhunter – an Australian finding and preserving [MM]
The Story of Stuff * – great, witty 15-minute guide to all that’s wrong with the world [MM]
Jimmy’s Global Harvest (Australia episode) – UK farmer explores how Aussie farmers are adapting to water shortages [MM]
Tribe – various episodes – Bruce Parry lives with tribal communities around the world. [MM]
Videos
The Sacred Balance – David Suzuki on being green [MM]
The Corporation – documentary about “corporation’s as psychopaths” [MM]
Books
Climate Wars: Gwynne Dyer* – how climate change will affect the world. [MM]
The Revenge of Gaia: James Lovelock* – one of [MM]
No Logo: Naomi Klein – key anti-globalisation book [MM]
The Weather Makers: Tim Flannery – climate change [MM]
The Future Eaters: Tim Flannery* – how humans have shaped nature, including Aboriginal land use [MM]
The Ethics of What We Eat: Peter Singer and Jim Mason [ZM]
Scorcher: Clive Hamilton – climate change policies during Howard era [MM]
The Age of Consent: George Monbiot – left/green agenda for a better world [MM]
Silent Spring: Rachel Carson – seminal green text about dangers of chemical pesticides [MM]
Biomimicry: Janine Benyus – how designers can learn by studying nature [MM]
Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy: Mark Diesendorf[MM]
Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought: Peter Hay [MM]
The Tao of Physics: Fritjof Capra* [MM]
The Hidden Connections: Fritjof Capra [MM]
The Snow Leopard: Peter Matthiessen [MM]
The Story of Crude: Sonia Shah [MM]
Songlines: Bruce Chatwin [MM]
The Chalice and the Blade: Riane Eisler* - ”eco-feminist” theory of civilisation. [MM]
Fast Food Nation: Eric Schlosser [MM]
50 Facts That Should Change the World: Jessica Williams [MM]
The Battle for the Bush: Geoff Mosley – story of the founding of the Australian conservation movement [MM]
Something Under the Sun: an Environmental History of the 20th Century – John McNeill [MM]
Resetting the Compass: Australia’s Journey Towards Sustainability – David Yencken and Debra Wilkinson [MM]
Heat: Georg Monbiot – climate change [MM]
The End of Nature: Bill McKibben* - explores how man impacts the planet [MM]
Green Power: Christine Williams – profiles of key people in Australian green movement [MM]
Locally Wild: Keeping Native Animals as Pets: Christopher Cheng [MM]
Collapse: Jarrod Diamand* (Zainem) – studies of civilisations that have collapsed due to climate changes [MM]
Books: green living tips
Sustainable Living for Dummies [MM]
Greeniology: Tanya Ha [MM]
The Australian Green Consumer Guide – Tanya Ha [MM]
Green is Good – Rebecca Blackburn [MM]
A Lighter Footprint – Angela Crocombe [MM]
Every Last Drop – guide to water saving [MM]