Welcome to our New Titles email alert for July and August. For more titles, browse or search our online catalogue Eat Smart Stay Well Power Foods That Could Save Your Life Susanna Lyle Many of us know the importance of eating a wide range of fruit, vegetables and nuts for well-being. But less well known are the specific beneficial health properties of plants. This book provides detailed nutritional information on 115 common edible plants and the medical benefits that can be derived from eating them. DUE Jul 2010 - David Bateman - 312pp - Illustrations Paperback - 9781869537333 - $29.95 The Coming Famine The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it Julian Cribb The heightened risk of regional famines will have a planet-wide effect on food prices, trade, and conflict and will generate new waves of refugees. But, far from outlining a doomsday scenario, the book provides a strong and positive call to action, exploring the greatest issue of our age and providing practical suggestions. DUE Aug 2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 264pp - Illustrations Paperback - 9780643100404 - $29.95 Resilience and Transformation Preparing Australia for Uncertain Futures Steven Cork (Editor) Australia21 has assembled some of Australia’s leading thinkers to give their perspectives on the extent and direction of resilience across our nation’s social, economic, ecological and disaster management systems. DUE Aug 2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 216pp Paperback - 9780643098121 - $39.95 The Life and Death of the Australian Backyard Tony Hall A substantial backyard has long been considered an iconic feature of the Australian suburb. This book discusses the nature, uses and meaning of the traditional backyard, presents an understanding of the changes that have been happening and suggests possible remedies. DUE Aug 2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 176pp - Colour illustrations Paperback - 9780643098169 - $69.95 Sheep Farming for Meat and Wool Jane Court, John Webb Ware, Sue Hides (Editors) Contains practical, up-to-date information on sheep production and management for producers throughout temperate Australia. It is based on research and extension projects conducted over many years. DUE Jul 2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 336pp Paperback - 9780643092945 - $69.95 Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters Gustaaf M Hallegraeff, Chris J S Bolch et al. A richly illustrated, multi-author volume Marine Phytoplankton of South-eastern Australia is the first guide for the identification of these fundamentally important microscopic algae in the temperate Australasian region. DUE Jul 2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING / Australian Biological Resources Study - 432pp Hardback - 9780643100398 - $140.00 Connect with us on Facebook Connect with CSIRO PUBLISHING on Facebook and not only will you stay up to date with all our news, views and publishing activities, you'll also be automatically entered into the monthly draw to win one of our books. The next draw will take place on 30 June and all those who have indicated that they 'like' the CSIRO PUBLISHING page by that date will be eligible to win.
New CSIRO Book Green Harvest A History of Organic Farming and Gardening in Australia Rebecca Jones Green Harvest explores the ideas and practices that have shaped organic farming and gardening in Australia from the interwar years to the present day. It reveals that Australian organic farming and gardening societies were amongst the first in the world, being active as early as the 1940s. Personalities in Australian organic gardening, such as Jackie French and Peter Bennett, talk about organic growing. The book also features extracts from early organic magazines and interviews with current organic growers, including banana and macadamia farmers, managers of outback sheep stations, dairy farmers and self-sufficiency gardeners. All of these tell the story of Australian organic farming and gardening: past, present and future. DUE Sep 2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 208pp - Colour photographs Paperback - 9780643098374 - $49.95 Connect with us on Facebook
Sustainable House Michael Mobbs An updated new edition of the essential guide to help you achieve an environmentally friendly home. DUE Sep 2010 - 288pp - Colour illustrations Paperback - 9781920705527 - $45.00 Energy-Wise Landscape Design A New Approach for your Home and Garden Sue Reed Presents hundreds of practical ways you can save money, time and effort while making your landscapes more ecologically rich and energy efficient. NEW Jul 2010 - 304pp Paperback - 9780865716537 - $49.95 Successful Smallholding Planning, Starting and Managing Your Enterprise JC Jeremy Hobson Phil Rant Colour illustrations 192 pages Publisher: Crowood Press, UK 2009 Hardback - ISBN: 9781847970756 - AU $ 65.00
I wish I had the funds to get a great library with some of these books. We have an old 30's house with small windows (4' of window space compared to the 5-6' per small room)and it has concrete block walls= cold. Insulwool is in the ceilings and we started putting the thick plastic down under the house. Its still cold. We could put carpet back in the house with the underlay which would make it feel warmer but I'm not really a carpet person. Problems,problems Wish our library had more on these sort of books.
I have an idea that one day i might moot to my local permaculture group, (that overlaps two council areas). The group raises a lot of money. They don't do lot with it. I thought of trying to get them to start a group library but that is cumbersome and difficult i have found from experience with previous OG groups. I wondered if i approached the local head librarian and asked him if we(the local PC Group) bought permaculture related books for the library (say one a month)- would he look after them? but would he also give access to the books we bought to members of our group but not in his Council area, (and thus usually not allowed to borrow)? I try not to buy books anymore as I have no where for them to live and am no longer on a Capitalist Pig income. But i am often seen coming out of op. shops with a pile of "presents for others" Last month I complained/winged at my local (excellent/cheap) St.VDP. "I have a complaint!" "O dear, O my, what is it!" "Your books are too cheap!" "What!?" "Your books are too cheap! $2 for a huge hardback (or virtually any book) is too little! If they were dearer, then, I wouldn't have to buy them!" The volunteer laughed because she thought I was joking.
Sustainability Unpacked Food, Energy and Water for Resilient Environments and Societies Kristiina A Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand et al. Examines and decodes some of the basic elements of sustainability. Soil Chemical Methods - Australasia George E Rayment and David J Lyons Hardback - AU $140.00 520 pages Linking the Dynamics of People, Land and Water in the Drylands of the Murray-Darling Basin The Rangeland Journal Special Issue volume 32 number 3 Sarah Ryan Paperback - AU $75.00 92 pages September 2010 https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/20.htm
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Hi Mischief, The local library should be able to get your books in from any library in NZ (maybe even further abroad) for a small fee.
Some suggestions for your local library? https://www.publish.csiro.au/ Understanding Soils in Urban Environments Pam Hazelton, Brian Murphy Details the physical, chemical and engineering properties of soils and how they can be managed. NEW Jan 2011 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 160pp - Illustrations Paperback - 9780643091740 - $59.95 Energy 2050 Making the Transition to a Secure Low-Carbon Energy System Jim Skea, Paul Ekins, Mark Winskel The result of a major national energy research effort by the UK Energy Research Centre. NEW Mar 2011 - Earthscan - 400pp Hardback - 9781849710848 - $120.00 World on the Edge How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse Lester Brown Calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now. NEW Mar 2011 - Earthscan - 144pp Paperback - 9781849712743 - $29.95
Warm House Cool House Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing Second Edition Nick Hollo https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6869.htm Urban Consumption Edited by: Peter Newton Swinburne University of Technology Illustrations 304 pages, 270 x 210 mm Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING Growth in human consumption is the transcending problem of our times. In the short span of 50 years, high income societies have shifted from an era when a ‘simple life’ was the norm to one where material consumption is pervasive. Consumption has become the engine for post-industrial societies. The liveability of cities in these societies is directly attributable to the consumption of resources – indirectly via their built environments and directly by their residents. This pattern of development is not sustainable. Nor is it equitable. https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6472.htm Making Healthy Places Designing and Building for Health, Well-being, and Sustainability Andrew L Dannenberg Howard Frumkin Richard J Jackson 456 pages Publisher: Island Press, USA The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats inherent in places already built. However, there has been little awareness of the adverse effects of what we have constructed -- or the positive benefits of well designed built environments. https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6778.htm Defending the Social Licence of Farming Issues, Challenges and New Directions for Agriculture Edited by: Jacqueline Williams Issues including climate variability, water scarcity, animal welfare and declining biodiversity have led to increasing demands on farmers to conduct and communicate their farming practices so as to protect their ‘social licence to farm’. Farmers are increasingly expected to demonstrate their social and environmental responsibility as a pre-condition to being allowed to carry out their preferred farming and commercial practices. Current examples include the live animal export trade, battles over protection of aquifers from mining, and contests over rural carbon emissions. In Defending the Social Licence of Farming, authors from Australia, the USA, Europe and Iceland document the diverse issues associated with the ‘social licence to farm’. They provide examples of different sectors’ strategies and experiences, and give specific indications of what is involved in coping successfully with this political and legal dimension of farming.
In the US, states and localities are stepping forward to address critical problems like climate change, urban sprawl and polluted water and air. Making a city fundamentally sustainable is a daunting task, but fortunately, there are dynamic, innovative models outside US borders. Green Cities of Europe draws on the world's best examples of sustainability to show how other cities can become greener and more liveable. Timothy Beatley has brought together leading experts from Paris, Freiburg, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Heidelberg, Venice, Vitoria-Gasteiz and London to illustrate groundbreaking practices in sustainable urban planning and design. These cities are developing strong urban cores, building pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and improving public transport. They are incorporating ecological design and planning concepts, from solar energy to natural drainage and community gardens. And they are changing the way government works, instituting municipal 'green audits' and reforming economic incentives to encourage sustainability. Whatever their specific tactics, these communities prove that a holistic approach is needed to solve environmental problems and make cities sustainable. Beatley and these esteemed contributors offer vital lessons to the domestic planning community about not only what European cities are doing to achieve that vision, but precisely how they are doing it. The result is an indispensible guide to greening cities.
We all want to minimise our environmental impact, but we don’t always know how. In this new edition of the bestselling Warm House Cool House, respected Australian architect Nick Hollo provides valuable advice, illustrated by more than 100 inspiring contemporary examples of low-energy housing design, to help keep our homes cool in summer and warm in winter with little or no cooling and heating by appliances. The book shows how we can live comfortably without airconditioning in Far North Queensland, be cosy and bushfire-proof in the Australian Alps, and cope with temperature fluctuations in cities like Melbourne and Adelaide. From project and kit homes to new architect-designed houses, renovations and extensions, these low-energy principles can easily be incorporated into every home. https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6869.htm Detailed plant profiles describe ideal growing conditions and characteristics of each species. In addition there are suggestions on the best ways to prepare and eat your bushfoods. A bushfood directory is also included which lists suppliers of catalogues, seeds and seedlings as well as native plant gardens open for inspection. Written with an emphasis on using natural growing methods, Grow Your Own Bushfoods enables everyone to enjoy Australian bushfoods while at the same time preserving our endangered plant species https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6736.htm Ever dreamed of owning your own block of land in the country, of building a house, rearing some chooks and settling down to a life of wholesome simplicity? Of course you have - it is the Great Australian Dream! Going Bush warns you of the pitfalls, and then shows you in clear, practical steps how to turn your dream into reality. https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6885.htm https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6557.htm https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6893.htm https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6745.htm
Food, Globalization and Sustainability Peter Oosterveer https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6904.htm
Making Your Home Sustainable A Guide to Retrofitting Derek F Wrigley https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6933.htm
The Chicken Encyclopedia An Illustrated Reference Gail Damerow Colour illustrations, Colour photographs 320 pages Publisher: Storey Publishing, USA https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6932.htm Keeping Your Own Free-range Pigs A Beginner's Guide to Raising Porkers, Baconers and Backfatters Jen Owens Colour photographs 144 pages Publisher: Hyland House https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6989.htm Vertical Vegetables and Fruit Creative Gardening Techniques for Growing Up in Small Spaces Rhonda Massingham Hart Illustrations 176 pages Publisher: Storey Publishing, USA https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6983.htm Decoding Gardening Advice The Science Behind the 100 Most Common Recommendations Jeff Gillman Meleah Maynard 224 pages Publisher: Timber Press USA https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6980.htm
tone House Construction is a comprehensive study of Australian stone building techniques in a residential context, for people with an interest in building or renovating, including property owners, architects and builders. It has a strong theme of historic stone buildings, as traditional forms of building respond to the need for structural integrity and stability over time against weathering. The book covers aspects of building in locally sourced stone, from quarrying on-site to building arches over openings for upper storey walls, and is a source book of examples and methods to help the reader to carry on a tradition of building in local stone. Stone buildings inspire people because they transfer a natural beauty to a human achievement. The book shows many examples of Australian stonework that have not been given exposure in previous architectural references. It promotes Ecologically Sustainable Development https://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/6489.htm
