Sustainability
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Better than new
£20.00Better than new
Renovating tired old furniture can make it look as good as new – or even better! It can be a cost-effective and more sustainable solution than buying modern replacements, encouraging creative thinking and resulting in eye-catching and unique pieces. In this colourfully illustrated guide by furniture artist and upcycling expert Chloe Kempster, you can learn all the tricks of the trade to revitalise well-loved but worn out furniture. Throughout the 15 step-by-step examples in this book – ranging from a textured bombe chest to a decoupaged wardrobe, and a hand-painted floral cupboard – there is plenty of advice regarding design and preparation, the types of paint and variety of decoration that can be used, and ideas for how to make your project really stand out.
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Containers
£18.99Containers
This complete primer on how to make an eco-friendly container garden is dedicated to showing that everyone can have a garden, no matter the size, that can benefit the planet. Featuring an easy-to-follow guide to green techniques, as well as a helpful series of plant profiles, this is the perfect handbook for a sustainable container garden.
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Hedgelands
£20.00Hedgelands
In this joyous journey around the wild edges of Britain, Christopher Hart takes us through the life, ecology and history of the humble British hedge, showing us how this much-loved (but somewhat overlooked) feature is inextricably woven into our language, history and culture.
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Kings of their own ocean
£10.99Kings of their own ocean
This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma.
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My head for a tree
£14.99My head for a tree
How much can one love a tree? Rajasthan, in northern India, is home to the Bishnoi, a desert people whose religion is built around nature and wildlife conservation. They are renowned for the extreme lengths they go to defend nature: Bishnoi have died to defend trees from loggers and in pursuit of illegal poachers. In ‘My Head For A Tree’, Martin Goodman charts the history of the Bishnoi way of life, and asks what a world facing climate change and natural harms can learn from a 600 year-old sustainable community. Goodman explores what lessons we can learn from the Bishnoi’s resilience and commitment to their delicate way of life in the face of modern adversity.
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Nature’s ghosts
£22.00Nature’s ghosts
What history can teach us about how to avoid ecological catastrophe
‘Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today.’ Chris Packham
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RHS greener gardening
£18.99RHS greener gardening
Build your vegetable garden on sustainable, eco-friendly foundations from the start with this guide to growing your own fresh, organic food. The book is for all seasons, helping budding and experienced gardeners alike in their journey towards a greener way of gardening.
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Scattering plenty
£22.99Scattering plenty
As we plan the future of the British countryside, it’s time to consider those who formed the modern-day landscape as we know it.
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The seed hunter
£27.00The seed hunter
There’s a thrilling diversity of rare and unusual heirloom plants out there: a riot of beauty, colour, and flavour that can only be experienced by growing your own. So saddle up and join the trail blazed by Mitch the Seed Hunter as he shows you how to source, grow, and enjoy the most amazing crops from around the world.
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