A library of resources is available on temporary loan to any member of Council staff enrolled as a Green Ambassador. This service is free of charge, all we ask is that the cost of returning the book/DVD at the end of the loan period is met by the individual. Using internal mail, or arranging for the item to be dropped off at HQ will be free.
Below is a list of books and DVD's currently available on loan. The maximum loan period will be for four weeks.
Please complete the booking form to the right under current documents to reserve your preferred title and send to : green.council@highland.gov.uk
Books Available
America's Climate Problem - The Way Forward. Robert Repetto
Collapse - How societies choose to fail or survive - Jared Diamond
The Weather Makers - Our changing climate and what it means for life on Earth - Tim Flannery
Human Ecology - Basic concepts in Sustainable Development - Gerald G Marten
Will Climate Change Your Life? - How to drive a 4x4 and still save the planet - Anthony Day
Community Development a Critical Approach - Margaret Ledwith
Heat - How we can stop the planet burning - George Monbiot
Sustainable Energy - Without the hot Air - David JC Mackay. This book is also available in PDF format online ( warning it is a lengthy document): http://www.withouthotair.com/download.html).
Soil Not Oil - Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity - Vandana Shiva
Painting the Town Green - Steven Hounsham
The Transition Handbook - from oil dependency to local resilience - Rob Hopkins
The Sustainable Self - a personal approach to sustainability education. Paul Murray
Carbon Detox - Your step-by-step guide to getting real about climate change - George Marshal
The Green Office Manual - A guide to responsible practice - Wastebusters Ltd
The Power of Sustainable Thinking - Bob Doppelt
Green is the New Black - Tamsin Blanchard
Hungry City- How Food shapes our Lives - Carolyn Steel
The Real Global Warming Disaster - Is the obsession with "climate change" turning out to be the most costly scientific blunderin history. - Christopher Booker
World on the Edge - How to prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse - Lester R Brown.
DVD's Available
The Age of Stupid - Why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance.
An Inconvenient Truth - Al Gore
The End of Suburbia
The Power of Community
The Convenient Solution - Greenpeace (also available online)
Message In The Waves - Available online
Please Note: Highland Council Web Filters prevent the streaming of video online and to access online films you will need to do this from your home computer. Apologies.