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The Sunday Times bestseller *Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*
A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year 'This book calls for
nothing less than a revolution in the future of food' Kate Raworth
From the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse
of a new future for food and for humanity Farming is the world's
greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are
least prepared to talk about. We criticise urban sprawl, but
farming sprawls across thirty times as much land. We have ploughed,
fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests,
killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and oceans to feed
ourselves. Yet millions still go hungry. Now the food system itself
is beginning to falter. But, as George Monbiot shows us in this
brilliant, bracingly original new book, we can resolve the biggest
of our dilemmas and feed the world without devouring the planet.
Regenesis is a breathtaking vision of a new future for food and for
humanity. Drawing on astonishing advances in soil ecology, Monbiot
reveals how our changing understanding of the world beneath our
feet could allow us to grow more food with less farming. He meets
the people who are unlocking these methods, from the fruit and
vegetable grower revolutionising our understanding of fertility;
through breeders of perennial grains, liberating the land from
ploughs and poisons; to the scientists pioneering new ways to grow
protein and fat. Together, they show how the tiniest life forms
could help us make peace with the planet, restore its living
systems, and replace the age of extinction with an age of
regenesis.
Winner of the 2022 Orwell Prize for Journalism | A Sunday Times
(London) Bestseller | Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for
Writing on Conservation "George Monbiot is one of the most fearless
and important voices in the global climate movement today." -Greta
Thunberg For the first time in millennia, we have the opportunity
to transform not only our food system but our entire relationship
to the living world. Farming is the world's greatest cause of
environmental destruction-and the one we are least prepared to talk
about. We criticize urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across thirty
times as much land. We have plowed, fenced, and grazed great tracts
of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning
rivers and oceans to feed ourselves. Yet millions still go hungry
and the price of food is rising faster than ever. Now the food
system itself is beginning to falter. But, as George Monbiot shows
us in this brilliant, bracingly original new book, we can resolve
the biggest of our dilemmas and feed the world without devouring
the planet. Regenesis is a breathtaking vision of a new future for
food and for humanity. Drawing on astonishing advances in soil
ecology, Monbiot reveals how our changing understanding of the
world beneath our feet could allow us to grow more food with less
farming. He meets the people who are unlocking these methods, from
the fruit and vegetable grower revolutionizing our understanding of
fertility; through breeders of perennial grains, liberating the
land from plows and poisons; to the scientists pioneering new ways
to grow protein and fat. Together, they show how the tiniest life
forms could help us make peace with the planet, restore its living
systems, and replace the age of extinction with an age of
regenesis.
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Green Ideas Slipcase (Paperback)
Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, Timothy Morton, George Monbiot, Bill McKibben, …
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In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the
environmental movement - now in one complete set Over the past 75
years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living
planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the
world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have
endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental
movement today. From art, literature, food and gardening, to
technology, economics, politics and ethics, each of these short
books deepens our sense of our place in nature; each is a seed from
which a bold activism can grow. Together, they show the richness of
environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner,
greener world.
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the
environmental movement. In the galvanising speeches and essays
brought together in This Can't Be Happening, George Monbiot calls
on humanity to stop averting its gaze from the destruction of the
living planet, and wake up to the greatest predicament we have ever
faced. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on
Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers
around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and
affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have
endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement.
Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought,
and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.
'Captivating. Will change the way you think about the natural
world, and your place in it' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall In Feral,
George Monbiot, one of the world's most celebrated radical thinkers
offers a riveting tale of possibility and travel in the wild How
many of us sometimes feel that we are scratching at the walls of
this life, seeking to find our way into a wider space beyond? That
our mild, polite existence sometimes seems to crush the breath out
of us? Feral is the lyrical and gripping story of George Monbiot's
efforts to re-engage with nature and discover a new way of living.
He shows how, by restoring and rewilding our damaged ecosystems on
land and at sea, we can bring wonder back into our lives. Making
use of some remarkable scientific discoveries, Feral lays out a
new, positive environmentalism, in which nature is allowed to find
its own way.
George Monbiot is one of the most vocal, and eloquent, critics of
the current consensus. How Did We Get into this Mess?, based on his
powerful journalism, assesses the state we are now in: the
devastation of the natural world, the crisis of inequality, the
corporate takeover of nature, our obsessions with growth and profit
and the decline of the political debate over what to do. While his
diagnosis of the problems in front of us is clear-sighted and
reasonable, he also develops solutions to challenge the politics of
fear. How do we stand up to the powerful when they seem to have all
the weapons? What can we do to prepare our children for an
uncertain future? Controversial, clear but always rigorously
argued, How Did We Get into this Mess? makes a persuasive case for
change in our everyday lives, our politics and economics, the ways
we treat each other and the natural world.
Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' told us what was wrong. Now, George Monbiot
shows us how to put it right. Provocative, brave and beautifully
argued, 'The Age of Consent' is nothing less than a manifesto for a
new world order. 'Our task is not to overthrow globalisation, but
to capture it, and to use it as a vehicle for humanity's first
global democratic revolution.' All over our planet, the rich get
richer while the poor are overtaken by debt and disaster. The world
is run not by its people but by a handful of unelected or
underelected executives who make the decisions on which everyone
else depends: concerning war, peace, debt, development and the
balance of trade. Without democracy at the global level, the rest
of us are left with no means of influencing these men but to shout
abuse and hurl ourselves at the lines of police defending their
gatherings and decisions. Does it have to be this way? George
Monbiot knows not only that things ought to change, but also that
they can change. Drawing on decades of thinking about how the world
is organized and administered politically, fiscally and
commercially, Monbiot has developed an interlocking set of
proposals all his own, which attempts nothing less than a
revolution in the way the world is run. If these proposals become
popular, never again will people be able to ask of the critics of
the existing world order, 'we know what they don't want, but what
do they want?' Fiercely controversial and yet utterly persuasive,
the ingenious solutions Monbiot suggests for some of the planet's
most pressing problems mark him as perhaps the most realistic
utopian of our time and a man whose passion is infectious and whose
ideas, many will surely come to agree, are becoming irresistible.
George Monbiot is one of the most vocal, and eloquent, critics of
the current consensus. How Did We Get into this Mess?, based on his
powerful journalism, assesses the state we are now in: the
devastation of the natural world, the crisis of inequality, the
corporate takeover of nature, our obsessions with growth and profit
and the decline of the political debate over what to do. While his
diagnosis of the problems in front of us is clear-sighted and
reasonable, he also develops solutions to challenge the politics of
fear. How do we stand up to the powerful when they seem to have all
the weapons? What can we do to prepare our children for an
uncertain future? Controversial, clear but always rigorously
argued, How Did We Get into this Mess? makes a persuasive case for
change in our everyday lives, our politics and economics, the ways
we treat each other and the natural world.
Today, our lives are dominated by an ideology of extreme
competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature,
destroying hope and common purpose. But we cannot replace it
without a positive vision, one that reengages people in politics
and lights a path to a better world. Urgent and passionate, George
Monbiot shows how new findings in psychology, neuroscience and
evolutionary biology cast humans in a radically different light: as
the supreme altruists and cooperators. He shows how both democracy
and economic life can be radically reorganised from the bottom up,
enabling us to take back control and overthrow the forces that have
thwarted our ambitions for a better society. Out of the Wreckage
explains just how communities can be rebuilt with the help of a new
"politics of belonging".
Visionary George Monbiot's road map for a global democratic
revolution.
George Monbiot is known to millions for his newspaper commentaries,
which are widely circulated on the Internet. Monbiot's "Manifesto
for a New World Order" offers a plan for transforming the world
into a decent place for all. All over the planet, the rich get
richer while the poor are overtaken by debt and disaster. The world
is run by a handful of executives who make the most important of
decisions, concerning war, peace, debt, development, and the
balance of trade. Without democracy at the global level, the rest
of us are left in the dark. George Monbiot shows us how to turn on
the light.
Emphasizing not only that things ought to change but also revealing
how to change them, Monbiot develops an interlocking set of
proposals that mark him as the most realistic utopian of our time.
With detailed discussions of what a world parliament might look
like, how trade can be organized fairly, and how underdeveloped
nations can leverage their debt to obtain real change, "Manifesto
for a New World Order" offers a truly global perspective, a defense
of democracy, and an understanding of power and how it might be
captured from those unfit to retain it.
'With a dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in
people, George Monbiot writes about social change with his eyes
wide open' Naomi Klein 'A manifesto for change ... The combination
of practical detail and creative thinking is immensely impressive'
P. D. Smith, Guardian We know that climate change is happening. We
know that it could, if the worst predictions come true, destroy the
conditions which make human life possible. Only one question is now
worth asking: can it be stopped? In Heat, George Monbiot shows that
it can. In every case, he supports his proposals with a rigorous
investigation into what works, what doesn't, how much it costs and
what the problems might be. He wages war on bad ideas as
energetically as he promotes good ones. He is not afraid to attack
anyone - friend or foe - whose claims are false or whose figures
have been fudged. Heat also contains a breath-taking new exposure
of the corporations trying to stop us from taking action.
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Project Wild Thing (DVD)
David Bond, George Monbiot, Chris Packham; Directed by David Bond
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Film-maker David Bond directs this documentary exploring the
relationship of modern youngsters with nature. Bond's first
challenge is to try and get his own two children away from the TV
screens, iPads and games consoles that dominate their free time and
outside to play, as he did when he was a youngster. To do so he
decides that he will have to fight fire with fire and utilise the
modern marketing techniques that have made technological
entertainment so irresistible to children to market nature as a
brand. How will he fare? The film includes contributions from
environmentalists George Monbiot and Chris Packham.
A toxic ideology rules the world - of extreme competition and
individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and
common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new story
that re-engages people in politics and lights a path to a better
world. George Monbiot shows how new findings in psychology,
neuroscience and evolutionary biology cast human nature in a
radically different light: as the supreme altruists and
cooperators. He shows how we can build on these findings to create
a new politics: a 'politics of belonging'. Both democracy and
economic life can be radically reorganized from the bottom up,
enabling us to take back control and overthrow the forces that have
thwarted our ambitions for a better society. Urgent, and
passionate, Out of the Wreckage provides the hope and clarity
required to change the world.
To be an environmentalist early in the twenty-first century is
always to be defending, arguing, 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, and
wonder, 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 separate and
antagonistic, but are together part of a single, healing world.
Monbiot's commitment is fierce, his passion infectious, his writing
compelling. Readers willing to leave the confines of civilization
and join him on his bewitching journey will emerge changed--and
ready to change our world for the better.
Collective youth up trees or down tunnels, protest camps and
all-night raves across the land-these are the spectacular features
of the politics and culture of nineties youth in Britain. DiY
Culture lays to rest the myth of "Thatcher's children," for the
flags are flying again-green, red and black. Editor George McKay
claims that popular protest today is characterized by a culture of
immediacy and direct action. Gathered together here for the first
time is a collection of in-depth and reflective pieces by activists
and other key figures in DiY culture, telling their own stories and
histories. From the environmentalist to the video activist, the
raver to the road protester, the neo-pagan to the
anarcho-capitalist, the authors demonstrate how the counterculture
of the nineties offers a vibrant, provocative and positive
alternative to institutionalized unemployment and the restricted
freedoms and legislated pleasures of UK plc.
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