Books
Agri-culture: Reconnecting people, land and nature
- fundamentally questions the current agriculture and food systems and looks at alternative ways for a new food revolution
BGCI medicinal plants report
- the findings of a year-long investigation into the state of medicinal plants around the world in a new report
Climate Change ~ local and global: an enquiry approach
- a learner-centred, enquiry approach to climate change
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
- absorbing book on the mysterious collapse of past civilizations and examines what this might mean for our future
Designing Interpretive Signs: Principles in Practice
- comprehensive guide providing a series of principles for effective sign design
Dr Art’s Guide to Planet Earth
- covers the three major cycles of the global ecosystem: matter, energy and life
Easy Access to Historic Landscapes, English Heritage, UK
- practical advice on how to increase or improve access to a site in an inclusive and integrated way
Ecotourism A Guide for Planners and Managers
- a guide for institutions planning a move into ecotourism, covers a wide range of issues such asmaximising economic benefits, managing visitors, designing low impact facilities and increasing community participation
Education Kit on Combating Desertification Division of Ecological Sciences
- provides good background material and useful ideas for educational activities
Educacion para la conservacion (Spanish) Education for conservation
- this work brings together aspects of history, the theory of knowledge, of communication and environmental education with experiences and concrete actions for biodiversity conservation
Enriching the Experience, an interpretive approach to guiding
- a practical and comprehensive skills-based resource for guides with a range of techniques and strategies
Hotspots: Earth’s biologically richest and most endangered terrestrial ecoregions
- highlights the significance of conservation of these important threatened areas
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
- brings together a new and growing body of research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development
Learning for sustainable living in Kenya
- a resource book for young children exploring issues of sustainable development
Learning science outside the classroom
- a book demonstrating informal non-classroom based learning
Nature’s Playground: Activities, crafts and games to encourage children to get outdoors
- a guide to introducing children to the great outdoors through fun activities in nature
Planet in Peril: An Atlas of Current Threats to People and the Environment
- explores the relationships between the world’s population and its ecosystems and natural resources
Research Councils UK Evaluation: Practical Guidelines
- a clear and east to use guide to some of the techniques and methods for evaluation
Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams
- breakdown of the impacts of large dams, on the environment, people and the planet
Social learning towards a sustainable world
- key principles, perspectives, and practices of social learning in the context of sustainability
The Atlas of Food: Who eats what, where and why
- probes into the whole process of food production, distribution, GM, nutrition and aid
The Atlas of Water: Mapping the Global Crisis in Graphic Facts and Figures
- a clear overview of the key aspects of the global water situation
The Genius of Play: Celebrating the spirit of childhood
- an outspoken ‘Children's Play Charter’ for parents and teachers
The GM Debate – Who Decides?
- a detailed look at the GM debate, who is making the decisions, who is being left out and how is the media covering the controversy
The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection
- a colourful life portrait of the man
The Water Hole
- a story, art and puzzle book depicting water as the key to all life
The World Zoo Conservation Strategy
- the role of zoos in in situ and ex situ conservation, education and research and highlights the importance of current zoo networks
Women and Plants: Gender Relations in Biodiversity Management and Conservation
- an overview of the concepts, relationships and contexts explaining the gender dimensions of people-plant relations
