A Perfect Day for a Walk by Bill Arnott
When I arrived, a tourist in Vancouver twenty years ago, it was apparent almost immediately how incredibly walkable the city is.
Environment
Ice: Moments, Photographs by Klaus Hochheim
In this photo memoir, with Foreword by Klaus’ widow, Martha Hochheim, Sarah Hodges-Kolinsynyk and David Babb assemble a collection of photographs commemorating the life and career of Dr. Hochheim. It is a love letter to our planet’s north and south poles, and an homage to a man whose life ended tragically during his last excursion. Klaus died in a helicopter crash in 2013, working in his beloved Arctic — land of the ice.
The New Beachcomber’s Guide to the Pacific Northwest, Second Revised Edition
J. Duane Sept’s Beachcomber’s Guide provides a well-organized and comprehensive list which identifies many of the strange organisms I encountered that day. Those weird little black beatles crawling about as I lifted up rocks to unblock the sand to sea beeline of a juvenile Norther Kelp Crab? Oregon Pill Bug.
Throwback: Earthkeeping by Gary Saunders
Part poet, philosopher, scientist, and artist – Gary brings to mind the acronym STEAM.. when academia finally realized the importance of art to the scientific realm. He is definitely science and art in a wonderful blend.
Water Confidential by Susan Blacklin
Water is a basic human right. In 2024, in Canada, there are First Nations Communities that have been living under Boil Water Advisories for up to 28 years.
Signs of Life by Sarah Cox Spirits Us to Extinction’s Front Lines
An unswerving look at issues related to biodiversity in Canada.
Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas by Karen Pinchin
Author Karen Pinchin has given us a gift. It is her perfectly paced, exquisitely written work of creative nonfiction.
Medicinal Perennials to Know and Grow
Some of my musings of late have been inspired by this rather practical little book which reminds us that flowers aren’t only there to be beautiful. Many of them offer health benefits and — best of all, as far as the lazy gardener in me insists — the flowers in these pages, perennials, keep coming up on their own, year after year.
Hazard, Home Evokes Nature’s Beauty and Vulnerability
In Hazard, Home, Christine Lowther offers 52 poems about the natural world and our relationship with it.
The Great Greenwashing by John Pabon
If you’re like me and you highlight passages that really resonate with you as you read, be sure to buy a value pack of highlighters for John Pabon’s excellent book, The Great Greenwashing. Part One covers what greenwashing is with fairly broad strokes, over the course of three chapters, and explains what will be covered …
Hot Springs of Western Canada: a Complete Guide, 4th edition
Explore the natural glory of hot springs with the updated 4th edition of Hot Springs of Western Canada.
The Future is now: Solving the Climate Crisis with Today’s Technologies by Bob McDonald
Bob McDonald’s reassuring message is that we have everything we need to stop using fossil fuels now without anything else being invented.
On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason
On Time and Water is both deeply personal and globally minded: a travel story, a world history, a desperate plea to live in harmony with future generations—and is unlike anything that has yet been published on the current climate emergency.
Letters from the Future: How New Brunswickers Confronted Climate Change and Redefined Progress -Edited by Daniel Tubb, Abram Lutes, and Susan O’Donnell; Illustrated by Ian Smith
Letters from the Future presents a sample of hopeful stories, written by people who care deeply about New Brunswick.
On Borrowed Time: North America’s Next Big Quake by Gregor Craigie
Finalist, 2021 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy.
The Big One and what we can do to get ready for it.
