A hopeful yet practical collection of essays exploring the many opportunities and benefits of rewilding and how to get involved today. Highly illustrated with nature photography tracing landscape change over thousands of years. Rewilding has become the key talking point in the modern conservation movement. But it’s commonly misunderstood as a campaign to fill the forests with lynxes, wolves and bears, when in fact the ethos guiding the British r ...
Bees continue to fascinate and charm us all – from novice gardeners and nature-lovers to dedicated environmentalists – and today, bees need our help more than ever. Discover the story of these incredible creatures, with The Little Book of Bees.Bees first appeared on Earth an incredible 130 million years ago. Since the time of the dinosaurs, evolution has taken our beloved bees on an incredible journey – and today, there are 20,000 species on the ...
*The Sunday Times Bestseller*‘Extraordinary Insects is a joy’ The TimesA Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019A journey into the weird, wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small but mighty creatures who keep the world turning.Out of sight, underfoot, unseen beyond fleeting scuttles or darting flights, insects occupy a hidden world, yet are essential to sustaining life on earth.Insects influence our ecosystem like a ripple effect on ...
Creation is the antidote to despair.‘All power to this amazing project.’ Joanne Harris‘[A] wonderful little book’ Jerome Flynn‘A must read for anyone who lives on earth.’ Bella LackHow can we begin to talk about what is happening to the world? We are facing a global emergency. Temperatures are rising. Mass species extinction has begun. The time for denial is over. It is time to act.Letters to the Earth is the beginning of a new story. It is an i ...
Where water meets land, life abounds. This is the story of the nature and people of the wetlands of the world.From Wetlands International comes Water Lands, a beautifully illustrated book about this life-giving, global ecosystem.From the peat bogs of Ireland to the bayous of Louisiana; from the flooded forests of Cambodia to the permafrost of Siberia; from the mangroves of the Ganges Delta to the ‘everlasting swamps’ of the Nile; and from the ma ...
‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert MacfarlaneWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more. This book has been a long time coming. Since 1086, in fact. For centuries, England’s elite have covered up how they got their hands on millions of acres of our ...
Океаны в опасности! Но есть и хорошие новости: если мы будем действовать, то сможем их спасти! Океаны полны сюрпризов и неожиданностей: их населяют животные, способные сиять или менять окраску, гиганты, на которых живёт множество микроскопических существ, на дне растут целые подводные леса, и таинственные глубины манят своей неизвестностью. В этой книге вы узнаете о 10 морских экосистемах, их удивительных особенностях и хрупкости и о конкретн ...
Автор делится своим опытом и дает советы, как перейти на более экологичный образ жизни, научиться употреблять в пищу органические продукты и не оставлять после себя никаких отходов, не использовать токсичные вещества и отойти от навязанных стандартов, создать уютный и чистый дом, придерживаясь минимализма, применяя для декора винтажный или скандинавский стиль. Ноль отходов – это планета здоровья.
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