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In For the Love of Rivers, stream ecologist Kurt Fausch draws readers across the reflective surface of streams to view what is beneath, ponder how they work, and consider what is essential about streams and rivers for us as humans. In this beautiful memoir, he uses his many years of experience as a field biologist to explain the underlying science connecting these aquatic ecosystems and their fishes to streamside forests and the organisms found there —including humans.

"One of the greatest thinkers of our age" (The Guardian) presents a new way of living—one modeled on nature's design instead of capitalism's—for fans of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Doughnut Economics It has often been said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to...

Drawing from decades of Sufi teaching, a deep relationship with nature, and the transformative power of story, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee guides us beyond today’s ecological and cultural crises to the heart of the matter: our collective forgetfulness and the severing of our primordial bond with Earth. Following the entwined threads of grief and love, he explains how this moment of crisis holds within it the seeds of transformation and regrowth.

This book explores a new approach to understanding the evolution of mind and consciousness by examining the perceptual abilities of animals and the way they experience their world. It offers a science-based, bottom-up approach to our own conscious worldview by seeing it through the eyes of...

A simpler life can also be a more meaningful one. Sustainable Living & Simple Life is a gentle guide for anyone who wants to reduce stress, waste less, and enjoy everyday life more. This book shows how small, simple changes can make a real difference. You don’t need to change everything at...

An awe-inspiring exploration of how symbiosis can change the way we understand our world, ourselves and our future From evolution to capitalism, ‘survival of the fittest’ has shaped our view of the world. But we got it wrong – and our mistake has brought us to the brink. For the history of...

Nature wants to heal, and we can help. When Earth's ecosystems fall out of harmony, the damage can spiral out of control. But what if we could help nature to regain its balance? As a leading ecologist, Professor Thomas Crowther studies not just how species work in isolation, but how complex...

A profound, playful, and kaleidoscopic collection from one of our most evocative contemporary philosopher-poets. A posthumanist polymath and "trans-public" intellectual, Báyò Akómoláfé has produced a vast body of work that represents a startling picture of the world in perpetual process and radical relation. Through an ever-growing archive of books, articles, interviews, films, social media posts, workshops, and rituals, Akómoláfé seeks to interrogate the fundamental assumptions and epistemological blind spots of our current culture in crisis.

An instant classic of nature writing and breathtaking blueprint for a more expansive view of animalkind, inspired by the profound sense of awe that accompanies an expedition into unknown lands "Shatters the notion that humanity holds a monopoly on civilization.” —Joaquin Phoenix "This book...

At a time when most people on Earth live in regions of acute light pollution, Craig Childs takes us on a journey to rediscover the awesome power of night itself. Seeking not the absence of light, but the presence of the universe, master storyteller Craig Childs sets out to bike from the blinding...

An expert on otters dives into their wild and wondrous world You’ve heard of a murder of crows and a pride of lions—but what about a romp of otters? In this informative and entertaining book, animal behaviorist Heide Island takes readers on an odyssey through otterdom, focusing on a family...

In Wilderlands, archaeologist Eloise Kane unearths 12,000 years of our changing relationship with and influence on the landscape. Through prehistory, Roman occupation, the Middle Ages and beyond, we see the unfamiliar beasts of our old wild make way for species such as brown hare and fallow deer, now romanticised as eternal symbols of the British countryside, but introduced much later than we might think. Places free from our influence haven't existed for a very long time. But Eloise Kane invites us to rethink our definition of the wild - not as separate from us.

Between 1700 and 1900, an art movement unveiled nature's great secret: the global diversity of life-forms. Centuries before the word "biodiversity" existed, naturalists began to glimpse the reality that lay behind Charles Darwin's lyrical evocation of nature's "endless forms most beautiful." The...

Ancient and carbon-rich, old-growth forests play an irreplaceable role in the environment. Their complex ecosystems clean the air, purify the water, cool the planet, and teem with life. In a time of climate catastrophe, old-growth and other natural forests face existential threats caused by...

Concrete Botany is a gritty, kick-in-the-guts look at the ecological disturbance humans have caused and the resilience of the plants living amongst it. Delivered in his raw and unapologetic yet botanically accurate tone, Joey Santore—the unforgettable host of Crime Pays but Botany...

In The Secret Language of Plants, author Nelkary Colon explores the hidden intelligence of the plant world and the remarkable systems that allow plants to sense and respond to their environment.

Ante nosotros está surgiendo un planeta diferente. El clima cambia: los veranos son más largos y calurosos y se suceden con más frecuencia episodios extremos, tales como olas de calor o lluvias torrenciales. Catástrofes que antes ocurrían una vez cada varios siglos, ahora se repiten apenas...

Brought to you by Penguin. The trailblazing scientist returns with a book that centres nature’s cycles of renewal in the future vision of our forests When the forest breathes out, we breathe in. When the forest thrives, we thrive. The world-renowned forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has...

En La vida en un planeta poco conocido, Elizabeth Kolbert nos guía por algunos de los lugares más afectados por el calentamiento global, desde Groenlandia hasta los lagos de Utah, pasando por montañas protegidas en Nueva Zelanda y comunidades costeras que hoy luchan por sobrevivir. A lo largo de este viaje asistimos al descubrimiento de nuevas especies, presenciamos los esfuerzos por rescatar a otras del borde de la extinción y tomamos consciencia del alcance real de la restauración ecológica y la reintroducción de fauna silvestre.

In ihrem neuen Hörbuch konfrontiert Claudia Kemfert uns mit den heute neu gestellten klimapolitischen Fragen und deckt auf, wo Mythen gefährliche Realitäten verschleiern. Sie zeigt, welche Technologien noch funktionieren könnten und wie der Gasausstieg Deutschland zum Technologie-Weltmarktführer macht – wenn uns die Zeit bleibt. Ein Hörbuch für alle, die sich der Illusion verweigern, dass es noch einfache Antworten gibt. Klima und Wirtschaft lassen sich nicht gegeneinander ausspielen.