To celebrate Oxford University’s Green Action Week from 23-27 February 2026 we have put together a display of books covering climate change, nature and sustainable living. You can find the book display around the corner from the Issue Desk and it will be in place until 8 March.
Some of the books are from the SSL’s collection and can be borrowed. Most of them are on loan to us from the Collections Storage Facility (CSF). They are for use in the library only and cannot be borrowed. Do feel free to remove them from the display to look at in the library and then return them there afterwards.
If you can’t make it to the library the books on display are listed here:
Climate change
- Anon (2021) Simply climate change. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited.
- Berners-Lee, M. (2020) How bad are bananas? : the carbon footprint of everything. Revised 2020 edition. London: Profile.
- Masters, M. (2020) 123 seriously smart things you need to know about the climate. London: Thames & Hudson.
- Romm, J. J. (2022) Climate change. Third edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sustainable living
- Arnaud, M. (2025) Forever Paris : green spaces & sustainable living in the city of light. New York: Abrams Books.
- Conway, E. (2024) Material world : a substantial story of our past and future. London: Penguin.
- Edwards, Z. (2021) Mend it, wear it, love it : stitch your way to a sustainable wardrobe. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited.
- Garcia, E. (2022) Things you can do : how to fight climate change and reduce waste. London: Pop Press.
- Harper, Nick. How to Repair Everything : A Green Guide to Fixing Stuff. London: Michael O’Mara Books Limited, 2020.
- Harrad, L. (2022) Living plantfully : your guide to growing, cooking and living a healthy, happy & sustainable plant-based life. London: Welbeck Balance.
- Kimmerer, R. W. (2020) Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. London], UK: Penguin Books.
- Langford, S. (2023) Rooted : stories of life, land and a farming revolution. London: Penguin Books.
- Monbiot, G. (2023) Regenesis : feeding the world without devouring the planet. London: Penguin Books.
- Wilson-Powell, G. (2023) 365 ways to save the planet : a day-by-day guide to sustainable living. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited.
Nature
- Buller, A. (2022) The value of a whale : on the illusions of green capitalism. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- McGavin, G. (2024) The hidden world : how insects sustain life on Earth today and will shape our lives tomorrow. London: Welbeck.
- Simard, S. (2022) Finding the mother tree : uncovering the wisdom and intelligence of the forest. London: Penguin Books.
- Tree, I. (2019) Wilding : the return of nature to a British farm. London: Picador.
- Wohlleben, P. (2017) The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate ; discoveries from a secret world. London: William Collins.