Get Off the Grass ... and win a copy of the book
Win a copy of Get Off the Grass, the prescription for the economy by the late Sir Paul Callaghan and Professor Shaun Hendy, launched in Wellington last night.
View ArticleWe're giving away a copy of Ecoman, the story of a sustainable business
Ecostore founder Malcolm Rands has written a book to explain how he built a successful, sustainable international business.
View ArticleShe'll be reading Ecoman ...
Jane O'Loughlin of Wellington is the winner of Ecoman, the story of how Ecostore founder Malcolm Rands developed an international business out of eco-friendly cleaning products.
View ArticleTake a searching look at our rivers ... and be in the draw to win a copy of...
This year DAVID YOUNG updated his 1986 historical geography Faces of the River. His new book is entitled, Rivers: New Zealand's Shared Legacy, from Random House. In the politically and ecologically...
View ArticleWildlife writer wins our book draw
Veteran environmentalist Julian Fitter will be able to spend his Christmas break reading about rivers ... not birds.
View ArticleWe're giving away a copy of Dirty Politics
Missed out on a copy of Dirty Politics, the book which uses private emails between politicians, bloggers and PR people to shine a little light on the murkier side of our politics? We've got a copy to...
View ArticleWorth reading ... a lucky winner
Our free copy of Dirty Politics, Nicky Hager's expose of how politics is practised in New Zealand, at least by some, goes to Amelia Guy-Meakin. Congratulations - your book is on its way.
View ArticleWorth listening to ... The Nukes
New Zealand band The Nukes captures the essence of the country's environmental problems in Last Kauri found on their just-released album Lucky Ones.
View ArticleWorth reading ... we're giving away a copy of MiStory
With talk of mass surveillance of New Zealanders dominating the news, Philip Temple's new novel is timely.
View ArticleAnd the winner is ...
The winner of a copy of MiStory, Philip Temple's cli-fi story set in a futuristic New Zealand, is the out-going Labour MP and climate change spokesperson Moana Mackey.
View ArticleWORTH SEEING … Thin Ice
New Zealand scientist Simon Lamb's award-winning film Thin Ice will have a public screening in Hamilton next week. Lamb, a geologist, filmed the documentary himself, with a view to finding out whether...
View ArticleWorth listening to ... Naomi Klein on climate change
In her latest book, This Changes Everything, Canadian writer and activist Naomi Klein tackles the issue of climate change through a familiar prism: capitalism.
View ArticleTim Flannery gives us hope ... and we're giving away a of copy of his new book
Tim Flannery says he's more hopeful now than he has been in years, thanks to the carbon-storing potential of technologies being developed by businesses all over the world. Email your name and address...
View ArticleLucky Lotte wins Professor Tim's new book
Lotte Blair of Wellington is the winner of Professor Tim Flannery's new book, Atmosphere of Hope.
View ArticleHow we see ourselves in the year 2100
Most books report on what has already happened. John O'Brien has written one that describes the future.
View ArticleFREE! A Kiwis' view of climate change
If you want to understand climate change and what we need to do about it, two new Bridget Williams Books Texts will help.
View ArticleClimate world behind the wall
The US-Mexico border wall in Arizona WHAT WOULD it be like to live behind a barrier built to keep the world out? The Wall explores a post-climate change world.
View ArticleNEW READ: Only a revolution can cool the world
Fossil fuels make the world's wheels go round - for much longer? AN ACADEMIC book on fossil fuel consumption reaches a startling conclusion: only a climate revolution can force governments to act to...
View ArticleNet Zero: How we stop causing climate change
Climate change won't be tackled until the world stops consuming vast amounts of imported goods THE WORLD is nowhere near tackling the climate crisis, says a new book by an Oxford scholar, Net Zero:...
View ArticleTo win the new climate war, we need a new strategy: book review
THE well-known US climatologist Michael E. Mann is no pussyfooter. He likes to provoke, which makes his new book downright entertaining.
View ArticleNew book tells 1,001 firsthand stories of climate change from around the world
'1,001 Voices on Climate Change' aims to humanise the issue and inspire action
View ArticleThe Lorax is Rod Carr's pick for best climate change related fiction book of...
The Lorax by Dr Seuss is Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr's choice for the best fiction book relating to climate change in the inaugural Carbon News Climate Change Summer Reading list.
View Article'Climate positive' summer reading
By Liz Kivi Psychologists tell us we’re more likely to take positive action if we feel hope - rather than doom - about the climate crisis. So Carbon News has found some ideas for local reads for...
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