Green lifestyle

This easy-to-use guide has the answers to all your recycling questions. Use it’s A-Z listing of everyday household items to see how you can recycle most of your unwanted things, do your bit for the planet, and maybe make a bit of money while you’re at it. 96pp in colour.

Composting is fun, easy and satisfying! This easy household guide includes and A-Z on how to compost everything from ash to weeds, information on bins and wormeries, and on community composting schemes. Chapters include: Why make compost?, Compost happens!, Getting Started, How does it work?, Using your compost, Bigger composting systems, Getting more involved. 96pp in colour

Lists 100 ways in which to do your bit. Tips range from simple measures – such as turning off the tap while you clean your teeth – to more drastic ones such as installing a rainwater harvesting system. Interspersed with ‘Did you know?’ facts and photos. 80pp in colour.

This new colour edition of Cutting your car use can help you to a fitter, more prosperous and sustainable lifestyle, whether you want to go the whole hog and sell the car or just reduce your car use. 96pp in colour

As the politics of energy grows bleak, visionary entrepreneurs in the bio-fuels industry may very well become society’s next great hope. If the political, environmental or financial woes of our current fuel industry have you concerned, its time to take another look at bio-diesel. 224pp