Are you looking for significant signs of hopefor the future, in our collective living-insympathy with the environment? If so, pleaselet me draw your attention to Farmer ManagedNatural Regeneration (FMNR), and specificallythe story of it as told by Tony Rinaudo in hisbook, The Forest Underground.Tony Rinaudo may be regarded as the …
I am currently in the Solomon Islands, where I have been spending a fortnight visiting the Anglican Church of Melanesia on behalf of my own Diocese of Lichfield and with the support of Melanesian Mission UK (MMUK). I have been visiting a whole range of places and communities, learning about …
Robert MacFarlane has worked as a Fellow at Emmanuel College University of Cambridge for many years, but in a parallel life has become well known as a champion of English nature writing and also a practitioner in this field, writing accounts of journeys on foot through the countryside and collaborating …
Shelly Dennison rounds up four more climate fiction reads: As regular readers will know, this year I’ve been exploring the Climate Fiction Prize Longlist which has been introducing me to new authors and expanding my fiction reading horizons. I’ve been thinking about the books in relation to the questions posed …
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 …
As we journey through the season of Lent, we enter a period of lamentation. Globally, we are experiencing more frequent and severe climate-related disasters, such as floods, droughts and storms, which are disproportionately impacting those at the margins of society. A UN Refugee Agency reports climate change is a growing …
