Joycelyn Longdon

Natural Connection (eBook, ePUB)

What indigenous wisdom & marginalised people teach us about environmental action

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Urgent, profound and compassionate' Robert Macfarlane

'A wonderful book' Katherine May

In this lyrical, deeply researched and original work of narrative non-fiction, University of Cambridge AI and bioacoustics researcher Joycelyn Longdon reclaims the importance of awe for the natural world, and how marginalised communities and ancient wisdom can help us create a sustainable mindset and future for generations to come.

When it comes to environmental action, many of us view ourselves through the binary of activist or observer. But as Longdon shows, there are many paths to positive change, and embracing rage, imagination, innovation, theory, healing and care as outlooks can fuel the wider movement. Featuring contributions from key voices such as Robert Macfarlane, Miranda Lowe, Katherine May and Rebecca Solnit, this is an invitation to view environmental action as a shared goal rather than an individual burden.

Natural Connection celebrates the histories and extraordinary acts of ordinary people who have paved the way for today's environmental movement, such as the Chipko women of India - the original tree huggers, who pioneered direct action by hugging the trees in their communities to combat deforestation - and Nigeria's Ogoni 9, who fought the threat of fossil fuel in the Delta region. Bringing together stories and wisdom from marginalised people from the US to the UK, Brazil to Iran, this book roots us back to our intrinsic connection with the natural world, celebrating the power of community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529926415
• Artikelnr.: 72247828

Autorenporträt

Joycelyn Longdon is a climate researcher at Cambridge University on the Artificial Intelligence For Environmental Risk (AI4ER) Programme researching the applications of AI to the climate emergency. She is also the founder of @ClimateInColour, an online education platform and community for the climate curious, making climate conversation more accessible and diverse. As an educator, Longdon has given talks on climate justice, climate colonialism, activism, creativity and systems change for the United Nations Geneva Dialogues, Harvard University, COP27, Channel 4, Cheltenham Science Festival, Oxford University, The National Lottery, The Design Council and The Wellcome Collection. Joycelyn was the climate columnist at award-winning media company Gal-Dem and is a regular climate contributor on the Sky News daily climate show.