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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 42 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book It
    It's Not Just You: How to Navigate Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis - by Tori Tsui

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398508729 | ISBN 10: 1398508721

    The world is in desperate need of this book’ - Greta Thunberg   'It's Not Just You is a galvanising breath of fresh air' - Mikaela Loach   'Tori Tsui is changing the conversation around mental health and the climate crisis' - Vogue   ‘A ... more

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  • Cover image of book Earth Spirit: Honoring the Wild: Reclaiming Witchcraft and Environmental Activism by Irisanya Moon
    Earth Spirit: Honoring the Wild: Reclaiming Witchcraft and Environmental Activism - by Irisanya Moon

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781789049619 | ISBN 10: 178904961x

    Deeply rooted in environmentalism and activism, Honoring the Wild answers crucially pertinent questions while driving at lasting change.   From political demonstrations to personal calls, Irisanya Moon offers a collection of stories and lesso ... more

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  • Cover image of book Stopping Oil: Climate Justice and Hope by Sophie Bond, Amanda Thomas and Gradon Diprose
    Stopping Oil: Climate Justice and Hope - by Sophie Bond, Amanda Thomas and Gradon Diprose

    £19.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780745341316 | ISBN 10: 0745341314

    Stopping Oil dives into the story of how deep-sea oil exploration became politicised in Aotearoa New Zealand, how community groups mobilised against it and the backlash that followed. It is also a story of activists exercising an ethic of care and re ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wild Fell: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm by Lee Schofield
    Wild Fell: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm - by Lee Schofield

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781804990964 | ISBN 10: 1804990965

    'I found myself turning the pages with an inward leap of joy' - Isabella Tree  *Shortlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Conservation* *Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing*   'Exquisite' GUARDI ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People+Planet by Leah Thomas
    The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People+Planet - by Leah Thomas

    £12.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781800812857 | ISBN 10: 180081285x

    A radical and empowering primer for the next generation of activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive and sustainable change.   'Essential brain food' Condé Nast Traveler 'As much a manifesto as a guide' Los Angeles Times 'Read this ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Ocean in a Drop: Navigating from Crisis to Consciousness by Dr Rosalind Savage MBE
    The Ocean in a Drop: Navigating from Crisis to Consciousness - by Dr Rosalind Savage MBE

    £20.00   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780750999694 | ISBN 10: 0750999691

    The bad news is that our civilisation is collapsing. The good news is that you are already helping create a new and better one.  The Ocean in a Drop follows the quest of Roz Savage, a frustrated environmentalist and ocean adventurer, to find ... more

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  • Cover image of book On Gallows Down: Place, Protest and Belonging by Nicola Chester
    On Gallows Down: Place, Protest and Belonging - by Nicola Chester

    £10.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781915294067 | ISBN 10: 1915294061

    Shortlisted for the James Copper Wainwright Prize 2022 for Nature Writing   Winner for the Richard Jefferies Award 2021 for Best Nature Writing   ‘Evocative and inspiring... environmental protest, family, motherhood and... nature.’ Claire F ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams with Gail Hudson
    The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times - by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams with Gail Hudson

    £10.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241479469 | ISBN 10: 0241479460

    A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR  'A true hero' Greta Thunberg  A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope.  In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?  Loo ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Children of the Anthropocene: Stories from the Young People at the Heart of the Climate Crisis by Bella Lack
    The Children of the Anthropocene: Stories from the Young People at the Heart of the Climate Crisis - by Bella Lack

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241501085 | ISBN 10: 0241501083

    'An inspirational manifesto for change' Caroline Lucas, former leader of The Green Party  'A remarkable and important book' Steve Backshall, Naturalist, Broadcaster, and Author  'Astute, erudite and crystalline, Bella writes with visionary cl ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Women Who Saved the English Countryside by Matthew Kelly
    The Women Who Saved the English Countryside - by Matthew Kelly

    £20.00   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780300232240 | ISBN 10: 0300232241

    A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women.   In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural environment and guarantees public access to green s ... more

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  • Cover image of book Small World, Big Ideas: Eco-Activists for Change by Satish Kumar
    Small World, Big Ideas: Eco-Activists for Change - by Satish Kumar

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780711275379 | ISBN 10: 0711275378

    Small World, Big Ideas collects twelve of the most inspiring and courageous activists together to share their stories and present an inspiring vision of what each of us can do to build a better world today.  There's an activist in all of us, and ... more

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  • Cover image of book Nature Is A Human Right: Why We
    Nature Is A Human Right: Why We're Fighting for Green in a Grey World - by Ellen Miles (Editor)

    £14.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241531358 | ISBN 10: 0241531357

    Having access to natural, green spaces is vital to our physical and mental wellbeing. But, as urban development spreads, grey has become the new green.   Already, concrete outweighs every tree, bush and shrub on Earth. Nature deprivation is a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice by Chris Saltmarsh
    Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice - by Chris Saltmarsh

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780745341828 | ISBN 10: 0745341829

    Time is up. The climate crisis is no longer a future to be feared, but a devastating reality. We see it in the wildfires in California and floods across Britain - the 'once in a generation' extreme weather events that now happen every year.  In ... more

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  • Cover image of book Why Rebel by Jay Griffiths
    Why Rebel - by Jay Griffiths

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780241992722 | ISBN 10: 0241992729

    "If bravery itself could write, it would write like she does"(John Berger) Why rebel?  Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more impor ... more

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  • Cover image of book Choked: The Age of Air Pollution and the Fight for a Cleaner Future by Beth Gardiner
    Choked: The Age of Air Pollution and the Fight for a Cleaner Future - by Beth Gardiner

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781846276477 | ISBN 10: 1846276470

    Every year, air pollution prematurely kills seven million people around the world, in rich countries and poor ones. It is strongly linked to strokes, heart attacks, many kinds of cancer, premature birth and dementia, among other ailments.  In Choked ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dare To Be Great: Unlock Your Power to Create a Better World by Polly Higgins
    Dare To Be Great: Unlock Your Power to Create a Better World - by Polly Higgins

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780750994101 | ISBN 10: 075099410x

    'I know it may not yet look like it, but we are sowing the seeds of greatness for countless generations to come. That is the Great Work of our times. Yours and mine.'  This is a book unlike any other.  It does not tell you what you mu ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Know This to Be True: Greta Thunberg by Greta Thunberg, edited by Geoff Blackwell and Ruth Hobday
    I Know This to Be True: Greta Thunberg - by Greta Thunberg, edited by Geoff Blackwell and Ruth Hobday

    £10.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781797202747 | ISBN 10: 179720274x

    The I Know This to Be True series is a collection of extraordinary figures from diverse backgrounds answering the same questions, as well as sharing their compelling stories, guiding ideals, and insightful wisdom.  At just fifteen, Greta Thun ... more

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  • Cover image of book This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook by Extinction Rebellion
    This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook - by Extinction Rebellion

    £7.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780141991443 | ISBN 10: 0141991445

    Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown. Now you can become part of the movement - and together, we can make history.   It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global climate ... more

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  • Cover image of book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (10th Anniversary Edition) by Mark Hawthorne
    Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (10th Anniversary Edition) - by Mark Hawthorne

    £17.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781785358821 | ISBN 10: 1785358820

    A major revision of animal rights bible Striking at the Roots, referencing changes from the last 10 years including the rise of social media, which is now a key part of any campaign. The book brings together the most effective tactics for speaking ou ... more

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  • Cover image of book You Can Save The Earth: 7 Reasons Why & 7 Simple Ways. A Book to Benefit the Planet by Written by Sean K. Smith, Edited by June Eding and Anna Krusinski
    You Can Save The Earth: 7 Reasons Why & 7 Simple Ways. A Book to Benefit the Planet - by Written by Sean K. Smith, Edited by June Eding and Anna Krusinski

    £10.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781578266708 | ISBN 10: 157826670x

    Finally a hopeful book which empowers us to make the choices we need to make...not out of fear but out of love for ourselves, our Earth, and each other.   Includes inspirational quotes from influential environmentalists and thought leaders includi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist by Paul Kingsnorth
    Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist - by Paul Kingsnorth

    £14.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780571329694 | ISBN 10: 0571329691

    Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist, an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit. But as t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Greenpeace Captain: Bizarre Wanderings on the Rainbow Warrior by Peter Willcox
    Greenpeace Captain: Bizarre Wanderings on the Rainbow Warrior - by Peter Willcox

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781910985526 | ISBN 10: 191098552x

    In over 30 years as a senior captain for Greenpeace International, Peter Willcox has been in the vanguard of the international environmentalist movement. He has led crews into battle for the good of the planet against whale killers, nuclear testing s ... more

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  • Cover image of book Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace by Vandana Shiva
    Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace - by Vandana Shiva

    £16.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781783607747 | ISBN 10: 1783607742

    A leading voice in the environmental movement, Vandana Shiva has played a key role in bringing the struggles for social and ecological justice to international attention.   Earth Democracy remains one of her key works, in which she addresses ... more

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  • Cover image of book Don
    Don't Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg: 100 Days as a Prisoner of Putin - by Ben Stewart

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781783350780 | ISBN 10: 1783350784

    There is a saying in Russian jails. Never ne boysya ne prosi: don't trust, don't fear, don't beg. Don't trust because life here will always disappoint you. Don't fear because whatever you're scared of, you are powerless to prevent it. And don't beg b ... more

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  • Cover image of book Why Women Will Save the Planet by Friends of the Earth
    Why Women Will Save the Planet - by Friends of the Earth

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783605798 | ISBN 10: 1783605790

    Women's empowerment is critical to environmental sustainability, isn't it? When Friends of the Earth asked this question on Facebook half of respondents said yes and half said no, with women as likely to say no as men.   This collection of ar ... more

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  • Cover image of book Spiritual Activism: Leadership as Service by Alastair McIntosh and Matt Carmichael
    Spiritual Activism: Leadership as Service - by Alastair McIntosh and Matt Carmichael

    £19.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780857843005 | ISBN 10: 0857843001

    Over the past half century the issues facing activists have changed, as has our understanding and awareness of spirituality. For activists, spiritual philosophy is rising up the agenda because it offers distinct, tried and tested approaches to deep q ... more

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  • Cover image of book Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi by Mark Boyle
    Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi - by Mark Boyle

    £10.95   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781856232432 | ISBN 10: 1856232433

    Drinking Molotov Cocktails With Gandhi attacks the very roots of the world’s crises and reframes our understanding of how to solve them. It is eloquent, visionary and beautifully wrought – a turning point in our journey towards an ecological society. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist by Bill McKibben
    Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist - by Bill McKibben

    £10.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781250048714 | ISBN 10: 1250048710

    Bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben recounts the personal and global story of the fight to build and preserve a sustainable planet.  Bill McKibben is not a person you'd expect to find handcuffed and behind bars, but that ... more

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  • Cover image of book From Deptford to Antarctica by Pete Wilkinson
    From Deptford to Antarctica - by Pete Wilkinson

    £14.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781905916764 | ISBN 10: 1905916760

    Pete Wilkinson helped establish Friends of the Earth, leaving after three years. In order to allow his his natural campaigning flair to flourish he then joined Greenpeace UK. He was a co-founding member and became a central figure in the UK’s embryon ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rainbow Warriors by Maite Mompo
    Rainbow Warriors - by Maite Mompo

    £14.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781780261720 | ISBN 10: 1780261721

    Following the lives of the three ships with the name Rainbow Warrior, this book, written by a long-serving Greenpeace activist, tells the inside stories of life on board and recounts some of the ships’ most exciting adventures and actions.   I ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Last Rhinos by Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence
    The Last Rhinos - by Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781447203803 | ISBN 10: 1447203801

    Lawrence Anthony's South African game reserve is home to many animals he has saved, from a remarkable herd of elephants to a badly behaved bushbaby called George.   Described as 'the Indiana Jones of conservation', when one of his rhinos was ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Next Eco-Warriors: 20 Young Women and Men Who are Saving the Planet by Emily Hunter
    The Next Eco-Warriors: 20 Young Women and Men Who are Saving the Planet - by Emily Hunter

    £14.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781573244862 | ISBN 10: 1573244864

    Peter Hammarstedt and Benjamin Potts of Sea Shepherd fame and co-stars of television's Whale Wars. Enei Begaye, a Navajo/Diné activist bringing green jobs to the reservation. Rob Stewart, award-winning filmmaker of Sharkwater. Jamie Henn, c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rush! The Making of a Climate Activist by Tamsin Omond
    Rush! The Making of a Climate Activist - by Tamsin Omond

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780714531465 | ISBN 10: 0714531464

    When Tamsin Omond left university she had no idea that within a year she would be up on the roofs of Parliament, breaking the law for her beliefs about climate change. Rush! The Making of a Climate Activist is a candid account of her journey from ca ... more

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  • Cover image of book Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in the World is Restoring Grace, Justice & Beauty... by Paul Hawken
    Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in the World is Restoring Grace, Justice & Beauty... - by Paul Hawken

    £15.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780143113652 | ISBN 10: 0143113658

    Across the planet groups ranging from neighborhood associations to well-funded international organizations are confronting issues like the destruction of the environment, the abuses of free-market fundamentalism, social justice, and the loss of indig ... more

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  • Cover image of book Unbowed: My Autobiography by Wangari Maathai
    Unbowed: My Autobiography - by Wangari Maathai

    £8.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780099493099 | ISBN 10: 0099493098

    'When I was a child, my surroundings were alive, dynamic, and inspiring. Even though I was entering a world where there were books to read and facts to learn - the cultivation of the mind - I was still able to enjoy a world where there were no books ... more

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  • Cover image of book Anarchipelago by Jay Griffiths
    Anarchipelago - by Jay Griffiths

    £5.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263234 | ISBN 10: 1904263232

    A young man's search for freedom, leaving the confines of Wimbly and finding himself living in a treehouse, a partner in grime with the road protesters of Newbury.   A sharp green tale from the multiple award-winning author of Pip Pip: A Side ... more

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  • Cover image of book 365 Ways to Change the World by Michael Norton
    365 Ways to Change the World - by Michael Norton

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780007242306 | ISBN 10: 0007242301

    This world could be a lot better, right? Something needs to be done by someone - anyone. Why not you? Here are 365 original, funny, controversial and effective ideas for making the world a fairer, freer, greener place - helping those who need it, and ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Idler 38 (Winter 2006) The Green Man by Edited by Tom Hodgkinson
    The Idler 38 (Winter 2006) The Green Man - by Edited by Tom Hodgkinson

    £10.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780091916497 | ISBN 10: 0091916496

    In Issue 38 The Green Man: We look at "green" issues, and argues that idleness is eco-friendly... Gaia scientist Stephan Harding writes in why inaction will save the planet... Richard Benson, author of The Farm, struggles to create a wild flower mead ... more

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  • Cover image of book Eco-Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement by Rik Scarce
    Eco-Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement - by Rik Scarce

    £31.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781598740288 | ISBN 10: 1598740288

    Eco-Warriors, first published in 1990, was the first in-depth look at the people, the actions, the history and the philosophies behind the "radical" environmental movement.  Focusing on the work of Earth First!, the Sea Shepherds, Greenpeace, and th ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Month and a Day and Letters by Ken Saro-Wiwa
    A Month and a Day and Letters - by Ken Saro-Wiwa

    £9.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780954702359 | ISBN 10: 0954702352

    "Many people still remember how they felt when Ken Saro-Wiwa was judicially murdered. Some of us have spent the period trying to forget, as a strategy to mask our pain..."(Ken Wiwa, from a speech at the Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa Commemoration, London ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Greenpeace to Amchitka: An Environmental Odyssey by Robert Hunter
    The Greenpeace to Amchitka: An Environmental Odyssey - by Robert Hunter

    £16.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781551521787 | ISBN 10: 1551521784

    Greenpeace is known around the world for its activism and education surrounding environmental and biodiversity issues. With a presence in more than forty countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific, Greenpeace is undoubtedly a domina ... more

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  • Cover image of book Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke
    Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World - by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke

    £25.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781844070244 | ISBN 10: 1844070247

    The world's most fundamental and indispensable resource - fresh water - is becoming scarcer, fast. It is now big business and a preserve of the wealthy."In this book, we tell the story of the world's growing fresh water crisis, the corporate assault ... more

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