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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page xi
... 2008/05/29/human-deaths-in-the-us-caused-by- animals/. 6. http://www.videojug.com/interview/unlikely-ways-to-die#how-many-people-havedied-from-toothpicks. 7. Adam Welz, 17 May 2013, 'Bloodthirsty “factual” TV shows xi Preface.
... 2008/05/29/human-deaths-in-the-us-caused-by- animals/. 6. http://www.videojug.com/interview/unlikely-ways-to-die#how-many-people-havedied-from-toothpicks. 7. Adam Welz, 17 May 2013, 'Bloodthirsty “factual” TV shows xi Preface.
Page xii
... animals they have caught in their traps, the series insists that the men have no choice: otherwise these animals would stalk and gut them. Even wolverines, it says, 'are capable of tearing human beings apart.' When the biologist Adam ...
... animals they have caught in their traps, the series insists that the men have no choice: otherwise these animals would stalk and gut them. Even wolverines, it says, 'are capable of tearing human beings apart.' When the biologist Adam ...
Page xiv
... animals to extinction. It would create permeable landscapes, through which these animals could move once more. It hopes to restore the populations of large predators (such as wolves, bears, cougars, lynx, wolverines and jaguars) which ...
... animals to extinction. It would create permeable landscapes, through which these animals could move once more. It hopes to restore the populations of large predators (such as wolves, bears, cougars, lynx, wolverines and jaguars) which ...
Page 7
... small their numbers, they soon destroyed much of the wildlife – especially the larger animals – that lived there. There was no state of grace, no golden age in which people lived in harmony with nature. 7 Raucous Summer.
... small their numbers, they soon destroyed much of the wildlife – especially the larger animals – that lived there. There was no state of grace, no golden age in which people lived in harmony with nature. 7 Raucous Summer.
Page 8
... animals into the wild. Soon the definition expanded to describe the reintroduction of animal and plant species to habitats from which they had been excised. Some people began using it to mean the rehabilitation not just of par- ticular ...
... animals into the wild. Soon the definition expanded to describe the reintroduction of animal and plant species to habitats from which they had been excised. Some people began using it to mean the rehabilitation not just of par- ticular ...
Contents
| 1 | |
| 14 | |
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 |
Other editions - View all
Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding George Monbiot No preview available - 2013 |
Common terms and phrases
Alan America animals appears areas aurochs beach Beast beavers began big cats birch birds boat breeding Britain British Caledonian Forest Cambrian Mountains Cardigan Bay cattle cent century coast conservation creatures Dafydd deer ecological ecosystem elephants environmental estuary Eurasian lynx Europe European extinction farmers farming feet Feral fish Fisheries forest Forestry Forestry Commission George Monbiot grass grasslands grazing ground grouse habitats heather hills human hunting Ibid kayak killed land landscape lion live looked lynx Mammals Mesolithic miles Mountains National Ecosystem Assessment native natural world North numbers once paddle Park perhaps pine places plankton plants population predators prey protect red grouse reintroduction rewilding Ritchie river rocks salmon Scotland seen sheep shore Slovenia soil species square kilometres straight-tusked elephant subsidies suggests survive told trees trophic cascades uplands valley Wales walked waves Welsh whales Wildlife Trust wind wolf wolves woodland woods Yalden Zimov