You may have read about our upcoming event on how to green your home on the 17th October in Leatherhead (read more here)

A good partner to our presentation is the book 'Simply Sustainable Homes' by Tim Pullen. It's packed with information presented in an easily comprehensible manner. It also usefuly points out where not to waste your money, so could easily pay for itself very rapidly. People say it is 'Quite simply the best book to date on green homes'.

See more or the books we recommend here.

Several members of the The Green Mole Forum have joined in the Mole Valley carbon trading scheme - a pilot (dare I say pioneer) project run by the RSA. The idea behind personal carbon allowances is outlined in a book by Mayer Hillman called “How we can save the planet”. It's not too late to join the project - contact us or MVDC if you would like more information.

This book is worth a read for the other points it contains too.

'Climate change is the single biggest problem that humankind has ever had to face. Yet politicians cannot agree a framework for tackling it effectively and meanwhile we continue with lifestyles that are way beyond the planet's limits. Here Mayer Hillman explains the real issues we should focus on: what the government is doing, what role technology can play and, above all, why we must act now to protect our planet for later generations. Challenging, stimulating and practical, How We Can Save the Planet is the essential guide to help you understand how we can safeguard our future.'

Chris Goodall is is a columnist for the Independent on Sunday, regularly delivers talks and presentations on climate change, and provides consulting advice to businesses and other institutions.

He also also written the fantastic book How to Live a Low-carbon Life. This is a great guide to the carbon cost of the home and of our everyday activities. What's more it provides simple and pragmatic advice on how to reduce it in a cost-effective manner. With real numbers based on real research and sound analysis, this is a book we can all use to make sensible steps to reduce our carbon footprint.

Everyone in the country needs to roughly cut their CO₂ emissions by half, and this book shows how it can be done in plain language.

If you don't feel up to stumping up the few quid for the book, it has a companion website which has a number of interesting articles. 

Are you about to embark on some home improvement works and are concerned about the environmental impact? Or do you just want easy guidance on how to make simple improvements to reduce the impact of your home?

Yes, there is lots of advice scattered about the internet, for example here at the Energy Savings Trust, or even on the Green Mole Forum's links page, but wonderful as the world wide web is, often it's better to have a book as a reference.

The 'Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies', though targetted at an American audience, is a great resource for us making our first tentative steps. You can read some sample chapters here.