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