The Todae library features a diverse range of educational and informative books & DVD's. Our range of books covers a wide variety of issues and topics including: Sustainable Living, Climate Change, Organic Living and Renewable Energy. Every book in our library is full of useful and insightful information that will enlighten you to the issues we face and the solutions available. Our range of books & DVD's also offers excellent ideas for gifts.
Find out how your daily lifestyle affects the health of the planet, and what you can do to help support it. This book gives you all the information you need to choose the most ecologically sound option in all aspects of your life. Todae's 1001 Ways You Can Save the Planet gives you the tools to choose wisely before you clean, shop, cook, eat, relax, travel, and more. Whether it be in your home and garden, your workplace or community, the ultra-concise explanations, amazing facts and everyday sage advice offered in this compact companion will capture your imagination and sharpen your desire to make your significant contribution. Todae 's 1001 Ways You Can Save the Planet teaches you about greenhouse gases and climate change, how you can stop your lifestyle from affecting the health of the planet, and what you can focus on to really make a difference. Get yourself a copy of 1001 Ways You Can Save the Planet today to start saving money, conserving resources and making a real positive contribution to the environment.
Worms have been around since the days of the dinosaurs... eating their way through giant, steamy dung heaps and turning them into food for plants - nature's recyclers.
Sounds simple doesn't it? But the history of the worm has not always been easy, especially when humans built huge cities and started using more and more artificial fertilisers. And yet over 4000 varieties of worms have survived.
Check out how worms have survived through the ages to claim their rightful place among us, as Nature's recyclers. This book charts the worm's progress, from the earliest days to today when, believe it or not, worms are dining and holidaying in 5 star restaurants and resorts. They love it. We are helping them and they are helping us and the planet.
Caren says: Educating our children is never easy. Motivating them to think about the environment and our impact on the planet is even harder. To capture their interest, to spark their enthusiasm, to make them excited, to think and then to actively participate is the key to true learning and understanding. I was determined to create a world class, high quality book that would not just sit on the shelf."
Caren Trafford's style is amusingly quirky, but richly informative. Suitable for primary school aged children.
An Inconvenient Truth is a very important book which combines research from well respected scientists with a variety of other informative and easy to understand resources to produce a fascinating and illuminating book which details why we have to act on climate change NOW. Mr Gore argues that global warming is not just about science, nor is it just a political issue: it is a moral issue and we have a responsibility to do something about it.
Destined to become a classic, this accessible, entertaining, and thorough book is a unique reference for anyone who wants more information about global warming as well a guidebook for those who want to join the fight.
Pick up a copy of An Inconvenient Truth now to find out what is really going on in the world around you and what you can do to conserve energy and join the fight against climate change.
Fresh, additive-free natural foods are essential for the healthy development of all children. Quick & easy to make, every parent can prepare tasty and nutritious meals with the Organic Baby & Toddler Cookbook. Lastest edition now available.
Contents:
Why organic?
What is organic?
Recipes:
4-7 months
7-10 months
10-15 months
Toddler
Preschool
Health Issues & Nutrition
Pregnancy & breast-feeding
The vegetarian baby and child
Special diets for your child
Seasonal produce guide
The Todae BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY DVD is a graphically illustrated and engaging film of a talk delivered on June 7th, 2007, in White Plains, New York. Hosted by the Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, the audience was a typical mix of business leaders, government officials, NGO’s, academics and interested citizens. The presentation describes: 1. Appropriate sustainability language to use with executives 2. The 5-stage corporate sustainability journey 3. The iceberg of company value and the increasing importance of intangible value hidden below the water line 4. The perfect storm of mega-issues and the risks that demanding stakeholders pose to corporate reputations 5. The quantification of additional profits – at least 38% more for large companies and 66% more for small – or medium – sized companies (SME’S) – if executives integrate sustainability strategies with their business strategies. The Todae BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY is a perfect DVD for any business who is interested in becoming more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
''Crude'' by Sonia Shah is a fascinating biography of oil and it''s crucial role in our everyday lives.
Oil fuels our cars and illuminates our cities and it's by-products fertilise our crops, pave our roads and make plastics.
The modern world is drenched in oil, and Crude tells the gripping story of how this came to be. Shah masterfully captures the many sides of the indispensable mineral that we someday may have to find a way to live without.
Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet's climate system into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced - a catastrophe of our own making.
Crude: The Incredible Journey of Oil. Where does it come from? When will it run out? Where is it driving us? This is a superbly crafted, 90 minute documentary spanning 160 million years of the Earth's history to reveal the story of oil.
From the food on our tables to the fuel in our cars, crude oil seeps invisibly into almost every part of our modern lives. It is the energy source and raw material that drives transport and the economy. Yet many of us have little idea of the incredible journey it has made to reach our petrol tanks and plastic bags.
Coming in the wake of rising global concerns about the continued supply of oil, and increasingly weird weather patterns, award-winning Australian filmmaker, Dr Richard Smith takes us through time: from the birth of oil deep in the dinosaur-inhabited past, to its ascendancy as the indispensable ingredient of modern life. Filmed on location in 11 countries across five continents, Smith consults the leading international scientific experts to join the dots between geology and economy and provide the big- picture view of oil.
Smith says: When I first started getting interested in oil, I was amazed to find that not only did most people not really have a good idea what this stuff was, but it was hard to find a really definitive explanation from the experts on how it formed. Clearly, the science of oil was lagging behind the exploitation. The deeper I dug into the latest research on the subject, the more incredible links in the story began to drop into place."
[Crude] takes a step back from the day to day news to illuminate the Earth's extraordinary carbon cycle and the role of oil in our impending climate crisis. Nearly seven billion people have come to depend on this resource, yet the Oil Age, that began less than a century and a half ago, could be over in our lifetimes. Crude is essential viewing in the tradition of An Inconvenient Truth and Who killed the Electric Car?
A thoughtful, surprising and really important film"
DAVID SUZUKI environmental guru, author, presenter of 'The Nature of Things'
About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically engineered ingredients and the biotech industry is spending $50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope. Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage and featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, FED UP! presents an entertaining and compelling overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the Biotech Revolution and what we can do about it. FED UP! answers many questions regarding genetic engineering, the Green Revolution, genetic pollution and modern pesticides through interviews with Marc Lapp and Britt Bailey from the Center for Ethics and Toxics, Peter Rosset and Anuradha Mittal from Food First, Vandana Shiva from the Research Center for Science, Technology and Ecology, Ignacio Chapela from UC s Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Martina McGloughlin, Director of UC Biotechnology Program and many others. It also introduces us to Bay Area organic farmers from Purisima Greens Farm and the Live Power Community Farm, presenting community supported agriculture (CSA) and small-scale organic farming as real alternatives to agribusiness and industrial food.
Film Date:
2002
Film Length:
56 min
Special Edition DVD 2-Disc Set There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.
Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, THE FUTURE OF FOOD examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world’s food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.
Deborah Koons Garcia - Director, Writer, Producer
88 mins
Ecological Architecture by Chris Van Uffelen presents about 100 of the most outstanding recent projects in the field of ecological architecture, which is gaining relevance and momentum in the modern world. Sustainable building concepts have become important topics in contemporary architecture and the use of renewable resources and the intention to build in harmony with nature are characteristic aspects for this development.
This beautiful volume collates many fine examples of ecologically conscious architecture which, apart from using ecological building materials, also draw attention to reaching a high degree of independence from fossil energy sources and aim for a high energy efficiency level.
Read this beautiful volume today to appreciate some of the greatest developments in ecological architecture in recent times.
Fermenting Revolution is Chris O’Brians guide to how to drink beer and save the world. This book traces the history of beer, as the worlds oldest beverage and its subsequent globilisation. O’Brian describes how craft breweries and home-brewing are forging stronger communities and how corporate mega-breweries are saving the world by pioneering industrial ecology. He also profiles the most inspiring and radical breweries, brewers and beer drinkers that are making the world a better place to live.
Fermenting Revolution is humorous and enlightening, pick up your copy today to find out how you too can save the world one beer at a time!
Let’s face it, the environment is in trouble. Global warming and climate change are a reality and our Western lifestyle is largely to blame. The good news is that there are many simple ways to turn things around, even if you are a busy, car-driving, resource-guzzling city dweller.
Over the next few years the choices you make will have an enormous impact. But out of the mountain of conflicting information, how do you know which choices are the right ones?
In this practical, straight-talking book, environmental scientist Rebecca Blackburn targets three main areas - home, food and transport - and shows how small changes of habit can have a large effect.
Timely, useful and beautifully packaged, ''Green is Good'' is an essential book for every modern household - and a perfect gift for anyone who cares about the future.
Green Travel and Transport is part of the Greeniology series of books by Tanya Ha. These are a series of practical, useful guides to making greener choices in our daily lives and making our homes, offices and lives more sustainable, more comfortable, healthier and cheaper to run.
Green Travel and Transport is a wealth of useful advice on alternative transport options to car use and reducing our petrol costs when car travel is necessary. This book is an excellent guide to reducing our carbon footprint while we travel and exploring nature without harming it.
Green Travel and Transport also supplies some great information on ecologically and ethically sound travel souvenirs as well as ecotourism options.
Pick yourself up a copy of Green Travel and Transport by Tanya Ha to find out how you can make environmentally friendly transport choices that will save resources and money.
Tanya Ha is an author, television presenter and sustainable living advocate. She has worked with Planet Ark for many years and is on the board of Sustainability Victoria. This book is a guide to greener living in all facets of our lives, and helps you to see that being green is easier than you think. Greeniology is a practical, comprehensive and fun guide to local environmental action in your home, at work and on holiday.
Greeniology contains all the information you need to begin cutting the impact of your lifestyle on the planet, you will learn how to cut your petrol usage, make your home more comfortable for you and your family, save money on power and water bills as well as live in a safer home. All this is possible and the best part is that it doesn’t have to be hard, living green is a lifestyle and Greeniology is the ultimate guidebook to get you started living in harmony with the natural world.
Pick up a copy today as a wonderful gift or a guide to get you and your family on the path to sustainable living.
Dr Peter Dingle presents a captivating book that will truly change the way you live. Is Your Home making You Sick is an illuminating book which helps to highlight the mixture of chemical and biological toxins which inhabit our homes as well as the various sources of radiation which contaminate our living spaces. Most importantly we find out what we can do to improve the air quality and overall health of our homes.
Is Your Home Making You Sick is essential reading for anyone who wants to prevent allergies as well as a variety of other health problems amongst your family. Pick up your copy today to start making your home a healthier place to live.
Weather is one of the most talked about subjects in the world. There is no better time to join in the conversation and find out what the weather is really up to. What are its plans? How does it see the future? Discover how weather works. Where does it come from? Why is the weather getting so hot and bothered? What can you do to help?
Join Muzbar, intergalatic weather detective, Storm Front and Weather-Pod. They have hooked into the weather grid to explain why the climate is changing.
Global warming has a solution. You can help find it. It's easier than you think to work together and harness the weather. There's so much you can do. It's time to put a dent in global warming. Come on, what are you waiting for? We've got a planet to save.
Caren Trafford's style is amusingly quirky, but richly informative. Suitable for primary school aged children.
An ‘Inconvenient Truth’ identified the problem. Now ‘Our Choice’ offers the solution.
It is now abundantly clear that we have at our fingertips all of the tools we need to solve the climate crisis. The only missing ingredient is collective will.
‘Our Choice’ gathers in one place all of the most effective solutions that are available now and that, together, will solve this crisis. It is meant to depoliticize the issue as much as possible and inspire readers to take action – not only on an individual basis, but as participants in the political processes by which every country, and the world as a whole, makes the choice that now confronts us.
Mobbs and his wife Heather Armstrong have used their experience to help and encourage others to do the same. Filled with practical information and advise this is, above all, a practical guide to self-sufficiency.
The sustainable house is much like any other to live in. It looks little different to its neighbours and contains the same modern appliances. So, whether you are planning to build or renovate, Sustainable House gives detailed information to help you achieve a sustainable, environmentally friendly home.
The Chemical Maze, Your guide to food additives and cosmetic ingredients. Australian-based, Bill Statham has pulled together an easy to use guide of chemicals including their names, numbers, functions and uses and potential health effects. A great way to sift through the mumble jumble.
In The Ethics of What We Eat, Peter Singer and Jim Mason help us to gain a deeper understanding of the environmental and ethical impact of the choices we make about food in our daily lives, their findings are shocking and illuminating.
Singer and Mason scrutinise methods of production for every food group, including the factory farming of cattle and pigs, of chicken and fish, as well as the recent increase of genetically modified foods now available on our supermarket shelves.
They also explore the burgeoning organic food movement, the fair trade movement, the pros and cons of buying locally, and how it is possible to be an ethical consumer in the twenty-first century.
Pick up a copy of The Ethics of What We Eat today to learn the true ecological and ethical impact of the food choices you make.
The Fairtrade Everyday Cookbook is a guide to producing mouth-watering meals at home for people who care about the source of what they eat. All dishes contained in this book are made from ingredients sourced from reputable companies, guaranteed to come from farmers and suppliers getting a better, fairer deal for their work.
Recipes for over 100 delicious main courses, entrees and deserts are included in The Fairtrade Everyday Cookbook, which are supplied by a host of top cooks, stars and celebrities; including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Sophie Grigson, Joanne Harris, Steve Redgrave and Ruth Roger.
Pick up a copy of The Fairtrade Everyday Cookbook today to start enjoying these amazing recipes at home, which will taste all the better knowing that they are ethically produced.
The Green Office is part of the Greeniology series of books by Tanya Ha. These are a series of practical, useful guides to making greener choices in our daily lives and making our homes, offices and lives more sustainable, more comfortable, healthier and cheaper to run.
The Green Office offers great practical advice on efficient recycling at work as well as choosing and using various office equipment. This book can help you to reduce paper use at work, save energy and offers helpful tips on greener purchasing.
Get a copy of The Greener Office for your workplace today to start making a difference to the environment and the bottom line in a truly meaningful way.
The Hype about Hydrogen offers an accessible explanation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. It takes a hard look at the practical difficulties of transitioning to a hydrogen economy and reveals why neither government policy nor business investment should be based on the belief that hydrogen cars will have meaningful commercial success in the near or medium term.
Joseph Romm argues that hydrogen is not economically feasible to use for transportation, nor will its use reduce global warming, because of the cost and greenhouse gases generated during production, the low energy content per volume and weight of the container, the cost of the fuel cells, and the cost of the infrastructure.
Get yourself a copy of The Hype about Hydrogen today to cut out the hype and find out the facts about hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
The Rough Guide to Climate Change is a complete, unbiased guide to one of the most pressing problems facing humanity.
From the current situation and back ground science to the government sceptics and possible solutions, this book covers the whole subject.
The guide looks at: visible symptoms of change from a warming planet how global warming works the evolution of our atmosphere over the last 4.5 billion years what computer simulations of climate reveal about our past, present, and future the sceptics: Who are they? What are their grounds for disagreeing with the crowd? Battle of the titans: the oil industry vs. the global commons global warming in the media: A review of the last few decades global solutions: What governments and scientists are doing to try and solve the problem plus much more.
The guide also includes lifestyle advice and tips for consumers who want to make a difference in tomorrow's climate, and comes complete with a glossary of websites for further information.
The Rough Guide to Ethical Living is essential reading for anyone who wants to live without causing harm but does not know where to start in today’s world. This book tackles the big questions regarding climate change, sweatshops, fair-trade, ethical investment, and organic food and contains some great research regarding which products or companies we should support or avoid as well as which ‘ethical’ claims we can trust.
This book contains useful up-to-date information regarding many of the issues consumers currently face regarding diet, clothing and travel, while providing all the necessary information so that you can start making ethical choices in your life to work towards a sustainable future.
Get your copy today to empower yourself with the knowledge to change your life.
The Weather Makers is one of the most important books you will ever read. Flannery deals with the most controversial and important topic of our age, and examines the core issues in an informative yet accessible manner.
In this groundbreaking and essential new book, Tim Flannery argues passionately for the urgent need to address the implications of a global climate change that is damaging all life on earth and endangering our very survival.
Flannery tells the fascinating story of climate change spanning millions of years to help us understand the predicaments we face, he answers important questions such as what climate change means? How global warming will affect our lives? Is global warming the cause of wilder storms and more frequent drought? Are these events inevitable? 


Pick up a copy of The Weather Makers today to learn all the important facts about climate change and what you can do to help slow it down.
What do birds say when they sing? Why do trees lose their leaves?
The first step in caring for the world around us is to understand what makes it so special. With real questions from children, this book is a great way to encourage them to explore our fascinating world. The ‘lift-the-flap’ book combined with its fun illustrations in stunning colours on matte paper, is a beautiful introduction into the world. It interactively answers questions like, ‘why is the sun warm?’, ‘who wakes the birds up in the morning?’, ‘do fish drink?’.
Lift the flap and find out!
Suitable for children aged 3 years and older.
XS Green is a follow up book to Phyllis Richardson’s XS, which focuses on unique, modern small buildings and the ecological benefits that can be had by building in harmony with the environment.
XS Green focuses on the beauty of various small structures that are built to work with nature; from traditional huts through to charmingly surreal modern structures, all of the buildings presented in this book are unique and beautiful.
XS Green is a truly unique book which celebrates the possibilities that are created when architects choose to work with nature rather than fight it. Pick up your copy of XS Green today to see what is possible when architects and builders work with nature to create truly beautiful modern buildings.
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