World Environment Day

Our goal at Earth Aware Editions is to educate and help inspire global movements to help improve life on our planet. 


We're excited to celebrate World Environment Day and share with our readers, the many books that focus on the environment and what every day people can do to help save our planet.



The following titles can be purchased directly from our website:

National Parks


Wildlands Philanthropy


Grand Canyon

Plundering Appalachia

Blue Planet Run


These are just a few of the titles found in our Nature & Environment category. Check out our website for more, along with a description of each book and which organization is associated with them.

Earth Aware Editions is committed to broadening awareness and understanding the unique challenges of our time through powerful and provocative publications. From climate change and conservation to the accelerating loss of diversity in our planet's species and cultures, the continued erosion of our biosphere and ethnosphere cannot be ignored.

Founded on the principle that the sustainability of life on Earth depends on the spiritual heal and wisdom of humanity, Earth Aware Editions presents the diverse voices of today’s leading environmentalists, photojournalists, cultural commentators, artists, and activists. It is our goal to celebrate global diversity and preserve our cultural heritage for future generations.

Celebrate Children's Book Week

Established in 1919, Children's Book Week is the longest-running literacy initiative in the country. Each year, books for young people and the joy of reading are feted for a full week with author and illustrator appearances, storytelling, parties, and other book-related events at schools, libraries, bookstores, museums, and homes from coast to coast! 

Check out the official events happening around the country, or visit the Children's Book Week website for ideas on how to celebrate with your kids, at home or in the classroom.


Make sure you take a look at the list of the 2012 Children's Choice Award Winners, including our author and illustrator Scott Campbell for his book, Zombie in Love.


If you haven't already visited our new Facebook page for the Insight Kids titles, you should head over and take a peek. There are a lot of great books for young readers coming out in the coming months from each of our imprints, Mandala Publishing and Earth Aware Editions.

National Salad Month

For people who eat meat on a regular basis, becoming a vegetarian means eating (boring) salads every day but this could not be more far from the truth.

Spiedini Primavera (Spring Vegetable Skewers)
An intriguing combination of grilled vegetables and seitan with an herb topping.

A vegetarian lifestyle and diet consists of colorful fruits and vegetables, meaty mushrooms and protein enriched lentils and beans. Creative dishes and rich flavors come together in the new cookbook, Vegeterranean: Italian Vegetarian Cooking from the recipes collected from the renowned kitchen of Umbria's celebrated Country House Montali.

Chapters on first and second courses, as well as starters, sides, breads, desserts, and even breakfast round out this comprehensive work.

Be Kind to Animals Week

We think every week should be designated as Be Kind to Animals Week, but the official event takes place from May 6 - May 12 every year.

Our books on animals are sometimes difficult to read, but for those who have seen firsthand the type of cruelty that many of these creatures face, it is important to share their stories and help spread the word on ways in which we can help to educate and inform others.

Behind the Dolphin Smile is the latest book to discuss the topic of dolphins being hunted in Japan and how attractions, such as SeaWorld have contributed to the deaths of many creatures used for entertainment. Author and activist, Ric O'Barry leads the fight to save dolphins around the world. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of his book go to Richard O'Barry's Dolphin Project of the nonprofit Earth Island Institute.

CAFO takes readers on a behind-the-scenes journey into the alarming world of animal factory farming and also offers a compelling vision for a healthier food system: one that is humane, sound for farmers and communities, and safer for both consumers and the environment. CAFO will also inform and influence the growing public movement of activists, farmers, policymakers, medical professionals, and consumers who are working to make our food healthier for ourselves, for domesticated animals, and the planet.

Following in the footsteps of celebrity advocates Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, and Angelina Jolie, Black Market exposes the unsettling truth about the cruel exploitation and bureaucratic indifference surrounding the multibillion-dollar underground industry that drives wildlife exploitation.

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National Photo Month

Our photography books cover nature, geography, faces and places that reflect the beauty found in our daily lives and surrounding some of the most beautiful landscapes and backgrounds.

Whether you have an iphone or a professional camera, we invite you to participate in a global event that will capture images around the world on one given day. On May 15th, have your camera ready.

On this one single day we ask you to pick up your camera and help us photograph daily life. What is close to you? What matters to you? We will connect your images to images from all around the world, creating a unique online experience where photographs will be shared, compared and explored. Your view on life will be preserved to inspire generations to come.

All images will be displayed online for you and everyone to explore. Some of them will be selected for our book, A Day In the World, to be published in October 2012, others shown in digital exhibitions. Every single one will be saved for future research and inspiration. The photos will never be used for commercial purposes. They will always be treated with care and respect. Should your photo be selected to feature in a book, we will try to contact you beforehand.

May is National Meditation Month

How do you meditate? Where do you go to find silence, and solace? Do you use guided meditation? Does music accompany your ritual? Are you indoors or outside connecting with nature?

Meditation Kit: Traditional Tools to Awaken the Soul

Everyone's meditation routine is unique but we do know that for those who meditate:

• Heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and oxygen consumption are all decreased.
• Meditators are less anxious and nervous.
• Meditators were more independent and self-confident
• People who deliberated daily were less fearful of death.
• 75% of insomniacs who started a daily meditation program were able to fall asleep within 20 minutes of going to bed.
• Production of the stress hormone Cortisol is greatly decreased, thus making it possible for those people to deal with stress better when it occurs.
• Women with PMS showed symptom improvements after 5 months of steady daily rumination and reflection.
• Thickness of the artery walls decreased which effectively lowers the risk of heart attack or stroke by 8% to 15%.
• Relaxation therapy was helpful in chronic pain patients.
• 60% of anxiety prone people showed marked improvements in anxiety levels after 6-9 months.
  (stats from Project-Meditation.org)

Mandala Publishing has a variety of books and guides to help you get into a meditation ritual and keep you feeling refreshed. Sign up for our email newsletter to receive up to date information on our latest publications and news on our upcoming titles.

Honoring Mother Earth

Vedic Ecology

All around the world, classrooms and families are celebrating Earth Day in their own way. Here in California, students in elementary schools close enough to walk to the beach are heading there for an annual Beach Clean Up field trip, while students in the Midwest are planting trees.

Families are encouraged to carpool, ride their bikes or walk to school or work and the environment and recycling are topics of great discussion while art projects are created with materials that would normally end up in the trash.

Art galleries are cropping up in many design districts to highlight this recycled art concept, such as Re-Gallery in Solana Beach and the Eco-Logical Art Gallery in Los Angeles.

What do you have planned this weekend in honor of Earth Day?