Go Green: Top 10 Books to Help You Save the Planet

Featuring missives from both celebrities and the general public, Letters to the Earth is an inspiring and provocative collection of personal testimony and a revealing snapshot of outrage at the global climate crisis.

Recognising that millions of people making small changes to their lifestyles can make a real difference to the global environment, How to Save the World for Free features countless tips and tricks to aid the fight against climate change and pollution.

The sheer scale of the climate crisis can make implementing even the smallest change seem daunting, but, in Live Green, the green challenge is broken down week by week, ensuring that action is both manageable and consistent. Full of useful advice and eye-opening tips, Jen Chillingsworth’s invaluable little volume could make a huge difference.

This gorgeous little hardback is packed with enlightening information on how to help the dwindling species that inhabit the nation’s gardens. From our prickly pals to birds, bees and butterflies, the RHS offer practical wisdom to help preserve the fragile ecology.

It may have an irreverent title and feature a host of good gags but, make no mistake, Gardening for the Zombie Apocalypse has highly useful and practical intent. An accessible yet exhaustive guide to self-sufficiency, Lloyd and Clarke’s book answers many urgently asked questions in these times of increasing global uncertainty.

The perfect introduction to the scourge of plastic for younger readers, Neal Layton’s brightly illustrated book explains the science behind why plastic does not biodegrade and what the consequences are for the planet, as well as offering countless ideas for how we can all help ease the crisis.

With its winning line-up of skilled craftspeople adept at repurposing and restoring items destined for the scrapheap, The Repair Shop has been a feel-good television hit. Now, this accompanying book provides the public with the knowledge required to salvage sentimental objects and reduce waste and pollution at a time of rapid climate change.

Short, sharp and powerful, Wynes’ punchy companion to combating climate change is a highly motivational tool, enabling all of us to make a significant contribution to averting impending economic meltdown.

An explosive, interactive call to arms from the phenomenally successful climate change protest organisation, This is Not a Drill teaches the reader how to become an informed and determined activist in the front line of the most urgent and important cause of our times.