Crunch Time by ODDBOX | Eco-reads Volume.12
Being an avid user of ODDBOX for a couple of years, seeing the release of their brand new ODDBOX cookbook, had me at hello. If you’re unaware, ODDBOX is a company that save fruits and vegetable from farmers/growers who have had their produce rejected from mainstream supermarkets. In the UK, the standard for products is…
The Plastic Problem by Aubre Andrus | Eco-reads Volume.11
Want a whistle stop tour of all things plastic? From its creation, development and (unfortunate) demise into an environmental burden? Well, The Plastic Problem is for you! Despite its labelling as a book aimed at kids, I felt it was suited to all ages. Having lots of useful and informative infographics to really paint a…
The is Vegan Propaganda by Ed Winters | Eco-reads Volume.10
This is vegan propaganda; an eye-opening exploration into the repercussions of meat-eating and the planetary and human damage it’s inflicting on our society. Covering just shy of 300 pages, the book unveils some very harrowing topics. Revealing truths behind the meat so many of us dish up on our dinner plates each evening. Being a…
Green Christmas by Eilidh Gallagher | Eco-Reads Christmas Edition🎄
Hello everyone and happy December! It’s incredibly cliché to say, but I genuinely cannot believe it’s nearing Christmas already! To kick off the month, and thus some festive content, I’m giving you a Christmas edition of eco-reads. This being a little book, Green Christmas by Eilidh Gallagher, that I picked up at my local library.…
Join the Greener Revolution by Ollie Hunter | Eco-Reads Volume.9
Everyday sustainability is the main focus of Join the Greener Revolution by chef Ollie Hunter. It’s a part cookbook, part factual advice-type book, making for not only an easy read but an extremely comprehensive one too. Written by a man who knows what he’s talking about (which is always what we want!) Chef Hunter, a…
How Bad Are Bananas? by Mike Berners-Lee | Eco-Reads Volume.8
How bad are bananas? A question on everyone’s lips I’m sure. All jokes aside, I recently finished ‘How Bad are Bananas?’ by Mike Berners-Lee and boy is it a head-scratcher. As the title suggests, this eighth version of my ‘eco-reads’ series looks scientifically at the carbon intensity of our everyday items. From a plastic bag…
Who Cares Wins by Lily Cole | Eco-Reads Volume.7
Despite reading my fair share of books surrounding the topic of Sustainability, this seventh offering, Who Cares Wins by Lily Cole, brought a whole manner of new, insightful information to increase my understanding of the developing climate crisis. Over the space of the 400+ pages the scope and level of comprehensiveness that Cole went into…
Minimal by Madeleine Olivia | Eco-Reads Volume. 6
Exploring the world of Minimalism, and its connections to Sustainability form the basis of Minimal by Madeleine Olivia. Being a self-confessed over-buyer of clothes, makeup and things alike in years gone by, the author confesses to a realisation a few years back of her environmentally damaging ways, and soon realising the need to cut back.…
Save the World by Louise Bradford | Eco-Reads Volume.5
A short pocket read I picked up a few months back has made it onto my bedside table. ‘Save The World’ by Louise Bradford acts as a short book filled with handy tips and tricks on living Sustainably. Unlike others, I found this to be every so slightly academic, but be completely readable. In way…
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide by Jen Gale | Eco-Reads Volume. 4
A complete comprehensive guide to being Sustainable(ish) would be the best way to describe this little treasure of a read. To give it the praise and admiration it deserves. At this point, I have read quite a few ‘Sustainability’ books, ranging from short pick-me-ups to full novels, and by far this is the best I…
CHOOSE LIBRARY | Now More Than Ever, Your Local Library Needs You
The humble library, one of the many places to have been hit hardest by the disastrous Covid-19. Shut for months, many many jobs at risks and so many great books lay untouched along the shelves; unread and deserted. In the same way secondhand clothes shopping has risen to gargantuan heights, the local library has seen…
How To Go Waste Free by Caroline Jones | Eco-Reads Volume. 3
A long-established fact by now is that becoming completely ‘waste free’ in the home is an almost impossible task. Well to the average everyday folk such as myself it is. Whether it be disposable income not covering the slightly higher price point some more Sustainable products are marked at, or simply down to an alternative…
Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet by Tom Hunt | Eco-Reads Volume. 2
Not being a particular Nigella in the kitchen, I often shy away from cookbooks, deeming them often too complex for my culinary skill set. But, being a person who is heavily into sustainability, reducing waste and the general climate crisis we are in the midst of, I was drawn to Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet…
Eco House Book by Terence Conran | Eco-Reads Volume. 1
Books on the market that centre around the idea of Sustainability has grown to tremendous heights in recent years, more so now than ever before… or so you would think. In a recent trip to my local library, I picked up Eco House Book by Terence Conran. Dazzled by the eco-style branding and design, it…