Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea, and Human LifeAn optimistic approach to environmentalism that focuses on the wonders of rewilding, not just the terrifying consequences of climate change. To be an environmentalist early in the twenty-first century is always to be defending science and acknowledging the hurdles we face in our efforts to protect wild places and fight climate change. But let’s be honest: hedging has never inspired anyone. So what if we stopped hedging? What if we grounded our efforts to solve environmental problems in hope instead, and let nature make our case for us? That’s what George Monbiot does in Feral, a lyrical, unabashedly romantic vision of how, by inviting nature back into our lives, we can simultaneously cure our “ecological boredom” and begin repairing centuries of environmental damage. Monbiot takes readers on an enchanting journey around the world to explore ecosystems that have been “rewilded”: freed from human intervention and allowed—in some cases for the first time in millennia—to resume their natural ecological processes. We share his awe as he kayaks among dolphins and seabirds off the coast of Wales and wanders the forests of Eastern Europe, where lynx and wolf packs are reclaiming their ancient hunting grounds. Through his eyes, we see environmental success—and begin to envision a future world where humans and nature are no longer in conflict, but are part of a single, healing world. |
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... North America during the twenty-first century is one1,2: if averaged out, that would be 0.08 per year. The average number of people killed in the US by vending machines is 2.2 (people sometimes rock them to try to extract their drinks ...
... North America during the twenty-first century is one1,2: if averaged out, that would be 0.08 per year. The average number of people killed in the US by vending machines is 2.2 (people sometimes rock them to try to extract their drinks ...
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... North America. European lovers of nature gaze longingly at the Wilder- ness Act, that has so far protected 110 million acres of land from sig- nificant human impacts. They also recoil from the ways in which some people still engage with ...
... North America. European lovers of nature gaze longingly at the Wilder- ness Act, that has so far protected 110 million acres of land from sig- nificant human impacts. They also recoil from the ways in which some people still engage with ...
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... North America: A Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century, Island Press, Washington DC. 14. Ibid. 15. Adam Federman, 2013, 'Return of the Wild: Will humans make way for the great- est conservation experiment in centuries?', http ...
... North America: A Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century, Island Press, Washington DC. 14. Ibid. 15. Adam Federman, 2013, 'Return of the Wild: Will humans make way for the great- est conservation experiment in centuries?', http ...
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... North Atlantic cod fishery reads like a biography of the two horsemen of ecological destruction: greed and denial. The basis on which the stocks were managed was the opposite of the Precautionary Principle: the Providential Principle ...
... North Atlantic cod fishery reads like a biography of the two horsemen of ecological destruction: greed and denial. The basis on which the stocks were managed was the opposite of the Precautionary Principle: the Providential Principle ...
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... North Atlantic, so have they blamed and persecuted other predators for the decline of woodland caribou. The Alberta Caribou Committee, which represents such defenders of the natural world as Petro-Canada, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, Koch ...
... North Atlantic, so have they blamed and persecuted other predators for the decline of woodland caribou. The Alberta Caribou Committee, which represents such defenders of the natural world as Petro-Canada, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, Koch ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 Foreshadowings | 23 |
Chapter 4 Elopement | 40 |
Chapter 5 The Neverspotted Leopard | 49 |
Chapter 6 Greening the Desert | 62 |
Chapter 7 Bring Back the Wolf | 90 |
Chapter 8 A Work of Hope | 121 |
Chapter 10 The Hushings | 167 |
Chapter 11 The Beast Within Or How Not to Rewild | 186 |
Chapter 12 The Conservation Prison | 209 |
Chapter 13 Rewilding the Sea | 228 |
Chapter 14 The Gifts of the Sea | 258 |
Chapter 15 Last Light | 267 |
Notes | 269 |
Index | 303 |
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