For those quiet moments in a sun-lounger in the garden, around the pool, or under your favourite tree, here are five environment themed books to inform, inspire and motivate you to greener things as the year progresses.
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
The Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock
Worldchanging: a users guide to the 21st century by Alex Steffen and Al Gore
Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben
Gloucestershire’s greenest retailer wants you to join their Facebook Forest group. As part of their commitment to the planet Ecotopia.co.uk are planting a tree for every 50 members of its Facebook Forest group and another tree for every 50 customers.
The first Facebook Forest is being planted on a small plot of land just outside Minchinhampton (see the site on Google Earth) on the edge of what is to be the first carbon neutral market garden. Lucy Offord, creator of the market garden is excited about the project that compliments the new carbon neutral market garden that she is developing and thinks that it will be a great point of interest in the local area.
This is the first of many planned sites where Ecotopia will be helping to create new woodlands in the UK. They are hoping to find more projects to get involved in. Steve Jones, director of Ecotopia says, “We are delighted to establish our first forest. By planting indigenous species, forests can support themselves and after a short period of time will begin to support an entire ecosystem which will benefit the local countryside. We would be delighted to hear from any organisations and groups who would be interested in benefiting from having their own small Facebook Forest.”
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