pickI don't think the book needed a different title, but it might have needed a different editor. There is a significant portion of the book, say from 75 pages in to the last 20 pages, where the chapters focus directly on issues related to rewilding, for the most part in a UK context, though international concerns and stats are introduced as supplementary examples. 1/?
pickThis is such an important read! For someone who doesn't know enough about conservation, it is a tough read, in that I had to keep going back over parts to understand what I was reading . .. but it is worth it. The illustrated edition is so beautiful and Angela Harding's prints are gorgeous 🥰 it is really good to share with children.
#Naturalitsy #Litsolace #MidsummerSolace
Remember when Wilding was our #buddyread last year? There's now a film of the whole rewilding process, which looks fantastic. It looks a similar style to The Biggest Little Farm.
https://www.biggestlittlefarmmovie.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/11/wilding-review-green-conser...
A very passionate take from my hero, Monbiot on what needs to be done to tackle environmental and ecological breakdown.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxDeV9os4ZX/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
pickPictured alongside photos from my attempts at making a better landscape for pollinators and fostering a native environment in my own backyard, Wilding is further inspiration to continue my efforts! Finally got around to finishing this #NaturaLitsy read. Though focused on British flora and fauna there are many environments mentioned throughout. Why did I know so little about the turtledove? I hope this movement continues across the globe!
pickThis book is about how we destroy the world and how nature gets creative rebuilding it. It's also very similar to the TV show Mysteries of the Abandoned.
#Naturalitsy @AllDebooks #NaturalitsyBingo #rewilding
pickWhat a phenomenal book!! I'm so glad to have jumped back into the #naturalitsy group when I did so that I didn't miss out on reading this 💚 I'm definitely going to keep up-to-date on what's happening at Knepp!
Now, here's hoping I can finish The Language of Butterflies before the end of this month, so I can actually be reading June's book at the same time as the rest of the group 😂
@AllDebooks
pickI fully enjoyed this story of returning an old English estate farm back to its natural roots and as the project continued the unexpected surprises that emerged as one resurgence led to other species returns and rebounds. And interesting how much this is still a fight with both the community & government to let “good land go to waste” even now as we pay farms not to produce and watch species fall into extinction.
The vast majority is similar to what I was looking for when I picked up the book, with one subjective flaw: perhaps understandably Monbiot spends a lengthy amount of time detailing the madness that is current policy (circa 2013) surrounding conservation in the UK, the various ecosystems 2w
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I think it's important that Monbiot clearly indicates where local government is befuddled with bad science and lobbying groups with other priorities are calling the shots, that he describes why changes in law and policy 2w
I don't think I can see quite as far ahead as he has, I don't need to consider how much wilder an area can get than just letting things grow back and reintroducing some recently absented species, leaving ecosystems alone to adjust to climate change, without human management/interference.
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⚠️animal death, mention of WW2 violence, genocides, the Holocaust 2w