Green Reads & Good Deeds

From recycling tips to big ideas about climate and conservation, this nonfiction collection has something for every age

Updated May 2, 2025
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Cardboard activity lab 25 exciting recycling projects for crafty kids
Westing, Jemma
Paper Book
Discover plenty of creative crafts you can do using cardboard in this activity book bursting with exciting ideas! With 25 amazing projects to inspire young creators, this fun activity book encourages children to get creative by transforming everyday materials into incredible...
The Milkwood permaculture living handbook habits for hope in a changing world
Bradley, Kirsten
Paper Book
What if your habits could create a more meaningful life for you and a better world? The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook is your guide to improving your home, health and happiness - and the planet - one simple step at a time. Packed with practical skills...
Fashion upcycling the DIY guide to sewing, mending, and sustainably reinventing your wardrobe
Hilado, Ysabel
Paper Book
From popular TikTok designer and Project Runway...
What would nature do? a guide for our uncertain times
DeFries, Ruth S.
Paper Book
Not long ago, the future seemed predictable. Now, certainty about the course of civilization has given way to fear and doubt. Raging fires, ravaging storms, political upheavals, financial collapse, and deadly pandemics lie ahead--or are already here. The world feels less comprehensible and more...
Permaculture for beginners the ultimate guide to natural farming and sustainable living
Faires, Nicole
Paper Book
Take your garden to the next level--organic, native, and natural! Permaculture is an important but often misunderstood method of growing food and building homes in a manner that works with nature, rather than against it, to create beautiful, healthy, and useful gardens....
Super Power : Renewable Energy: What It Is, How We Get It, and Why We Need It
Bunting, Philip.
Paper Book
"Populated with bug-eyed molecules, humans, and animals, the infographics are as visually engaging as they are instructive, and the irreverent humor goes far to keep the book's chatty, enthusiastic outlook on an overwhelming crisis without downplaying the severity of the situation" - The...
This book will (help) cool the climate : 50 ways to cut pollution and protect our planet!
Thomas, Isabel
Paper Book
Our planet is heating up, and it needs your help! If you want to learn to reduce your carbon footprint and cool the Earth, here are practical tips and projects that make a difference! Are you concerned about climate change? The bad news is, global warming is a real problem that...
Planet ocean why we all need a healthy ocean
Newman, Patricia, 1958- author.
Paper Book
"Books like this one help lead the way to a better climate future for all inhabitants of Mother Earth. We are all in this together!" -- Jeff Bridges, Academy Award winner and environmentalist A little more than 70 percent of Planet Earth is ocean. So wouldn't a...
The ultimate guide to urban farming sustainable living in your home, community, and business
Faires, Nicole, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
How to maximize your food production in an urban environment. The idea of bringing agriculture into the city has been promoted by many on both sides of the political fence: proponents of sustainability and prevention of climate change as well as those who worry about government...
Sustain groundbreaking recipes and skills that could save the planet
Barrett, Jo
Paper Book
​Sustain: Groundbreaking Recipes And Skills That Could Save The Planet is an inspiring cookbook and beautifully designed manual of ideas to consider, practices to adopt and techniques to learn for a more sustainable kitchen.  ...
The compost coach make compost, build soil and grow a regenerative garden -- wherever you live!
Flood, Kate
Paper Book
The Compost Coach is a colourful, comprehensive and accessible guide to creating the very best compost AKA garden gold. Kate is on a mission to empower readers to understand the small steps they can take every day to look after the environment and live more sustainability. ...
Mousetown
Levine, Jodi.
Paper Book
Martha Stewart Living alumnae Jodi Levine and Margaret McCartney team up to create a beautiful and unique craft book that also tells the story of Mouse and his adventures in Mousetown. Welcome to Mousetown! In this inventive craft book, kids follow Mouse...
The art of upcycling creative ways to make something beautiful out of trash, thrifted finds and everyday recyclables
Foss, Emma
Paper Book
Upgrade Your Upcycling Game! Discover a trove of upcycling ideas and inspiration, with this collection of projects from upcycling influencer Emma Foss. She shares detailed, step-by-step tutorials to teach you essential upcycling techniques so you can create something out of nothing. Through these...
No-waste composting small-space waste recycling, indoors and out
Balz, Michelle
Paper Book
No-Waste Composting includes step-by-step plans for multiple small-scale indoor and outdoor composting systems that turn repurposed household items into containment systems for composting kitchen scraps and yard waste.
A zero waste family in thirty days
Vandyke, Anita
Paper Book
From the eco-luxe lifestyle champion Anita Vandyke comes a practical and beautifully illustrated, fresh, and fun guide to sustainably reduce your family's waste by 80 percent in just thirty days!  Trying to live a zero-waste life while simultaneously raising a family can...
The plastic problem 60 small ways to reduce waste and save the Earth
Andrus, Aubre
Paper Book
Look around you - plastic is everywhere! It's in your shoes, pens, toothbrush, car, toys, TV, water bottles, food packaging... It's so popular that it's almost impossible to get through one day without using it. And it's creating major problems for our planet, wildlife and ourselves. With...

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