The Insect Crisis

When is the last time you were stung by a wasp? Or were followed by a cloud of midges? Or saw a butterfly? All these normal occurrences are becoming much rarer. A groundswell of research suggests inse …

Hot Air

Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme weather, forest fires. Dire warnings are everywhere, so why has it taken so long for the crisis to be recognised?Here, for the first time, …

The Natural Health Service

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‘Brilliant’ — Matt HaigIn 2016, Isabel Hardman’s mind, in her own words, ‘stopped working’ as she fell prey to severe depression and anxiety. She took time off on long-term sick leave and despite sev …

Sylvan Cities

‘Clever, pretty, fun and informative – what more can a reader ask for?’ Sara Maitland, author of Gossip From the ForestWe’re surrounded in cities by trees, quiet colossuses that most of us don’t know …

Poisoned Planet

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We want things to be cheap, convenient and useful. Our food arrives contaminated with pesticides and wastes, wrapped in plastic made of hormone-disrupting chemicals. We bathe and dress our children in …

Whole Earth Discipline

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The green movement used to protect the earth from mankind; now they need to protect mankind from the earth. In Whole Earth Discipline, Stewart Brand argues that in order to do this, they urgently need …

To Sea and Back

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Combining natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, To Sea and Back is a dazzling portrait of a fish whose story is closely intertwined with our own.’Indispensable and …