In this immensely engaging book, professional botanist Pete Stroh introduces us to the nature and landscapes on his doorstep. The premise is a straightforward and familiar one, writing in a diary format, the author takes us through the seasons, sharing his experiences of the natural world. The book begins with …
Shelly Dennison continues her reviews of the Climate Fiction Prize longlist: One of the positives of taking on a challenge like reading through the Climate Fiction Prize longlist, is that it encourages you to read books that you wouldn’t normally pick up. I would put ‘The Mars House’ firmly into …
Shelly Dennison reviews the Booker Prize winning climate fiction novel Orbital by Samantha Harvey: The Climate Fiction Prize was launched at the Hay Festival in June 2024 with the aim of celebrating ‘the most inspiring novels tackling the climate crisis.’ The organisers explained their vision for the prize: ‘Through great …
Last month Martin Hodson interviewed renowned climate scientist, Michael Mann, about his new book “Our Fragile Moment” for the John Ray Initiative (JRI) book club. We are very grateful to Michael for his time and highly recommend the book to all our supporters. The complete 22-minute interview can be viewed …
Hannah Gray meets the author and reviews The Joyful Environmentalist: In my role as an A Rocha volunteer speaker, I was invited to speak at an event in Halesworth, Suffolk in September. The Halesworth Climate Action Conference was a 3-day series of talks, workshops, art and eating, jointly hosted by …
Shelly Dennison reviews, “Seeing Differently. Franciscans and Creation,” by Simon Cocksedge, Samuel Double & Nicholas Alan Worssam. ‘Seeing Differently’ caught my eye whilst browsing in the bookshop at Greenbelt this year. The timing means that, rather appropriately, I read it during the ecumenical Season of Creation which ends on October …
