Chelsea Green

About Chelsea Green

Founded in 1984, Chelsea Green Publishing is recognized as a leading publisher of books on the politics and practice of ecologically based living, publishing authors who bring in-depth, practical knowledge to life, and give readers hands-on information related to organic and regenerative farming and gardening, ecology and the environment, healthy food, local economies and resilient communities, and integrative health and wellness.

Chelsea Green sees publishing as a tool for challenging conventional narratives and assumptions about how the world “works,” about what it means to be human, and about how life and cultural systems are organized.  Our purpose is to reverse the destruction of the natural world by challenging the beliefs and practices that are enabling that destruction and by providing inspirational and practical alternatives that promote regenerative action.

We publish authors that empower and inspire individuals to reduce their ecological impact and to participate in the restoration of healthy local communities, bioregional ecosystems, and a diversity of cultures. Chelsea Green promotes better understanding of natural systems as a global commons and to empower people to participate in restoring those commons, to serve as its effective stewards, and to help mitigate worldwide social and environmental disruptions.

Chelsea Green is also leader when it comes to book publishing as a craft. Our editors work closely with authors to develop and edit their manuscripts. We also have in-house design, sales, and marketing teams—including events, media, and publicity outreach, as well as social media and online marketing—that allow us to provide a full suite of support services for our authors. We were a founding member of the Green Press Initiative and have been printing books on recycled paper since our books first appeared in bookstores in 1985.

In 2018 Chelsea Green established a UK company, Chelsea Green Publishing UK and opened an office in London. In 2019, Chelsea Green became a 100% employee-owned company through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The long-term goal of converting the ownership to an ESOP is aimed at keeping Chelsea Green an independent publisher, and now in 2022, with the creation of The Chelsea Green Foundation, a further commitment to insure that the publishing vision and mission started in 1984 lives far into the future.