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A call to reframe nature as something we ought to serve A pleasure to listen to individual accounts of personal connections with nature from butterflies to black poplar trees Some really strong takeaways too around indigenous practices rethinking land ownership sharing and caring 9781526673299 It sometimes feels that there are so many books about what we can do for nature that it becomes bewildering and it was perhaps that that made me surprised to find that I had a resistance to reading Wild Service but this book is certainly not a to do list Instead it weaves politics history folk traditionecology resistance and so much in an anthology of essays that are thought provoking inspiring galvanising and occasionally even amusing And Nick Hayes illustrations are gorgeous Wild Service is not about requirement but about relationship love and reconnection with the land and nature a call to reclaim what has been deliberately taken from us through division and a bitter enchantment Wild Service is a prayer to resituate ourselves within nature not apart from it and so to take responsibility for nurturing that relationship We need it The land needs it Life needs it This is a wonderful hopeful inspiring book And anything that acknowledges the tragedy of the Enclosures and the loss of the Commons is alright with me A must read for anyone who cares about anything at all. Book wild cats We are Esme Boggart 9781526673299 This is a beautifully illustrated book but apart from a few insights the narrative lacks depth and says nothing new at least for this reviewer My expectation from the title and especially the sun title Why Nature Needs You that the book would include a perspective from science The view of this reviewer is that we need nature than nature needs us and that nature will always continue even if we as a species don t 9781526673299 A beautifully written book that s a pleasure to read Perhaps overly utopian in its hope for an improved relationship between humans and nature but it s nice to dream sometimes 9781526673299 a well written series of essays impressive how none of them repeat each other 9781526673299 In May 2022 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences released a paper that measured fourteen European countries on three factors biodiversity wellbeing and nature connectedness Britain came last in every single category The findings are clear We are suffering and nature is too Enter Wild Service a visionary concept crafted by the pioneers of the Right to Roam campaign which argues that humanity s loss and nature s need are two sides of the same story Blending science nature writing and indigenous philosophy this groundbreaking book calls for mass reconnection to the land and a commitment to its restoration In Wild Service we meet Britain s new nature defenders an anarchic cast of guerilla guardians who neither own the places they protect nor the permission to restore them Still they re doing it anyway This book is a celebration of their spirit and a call for you to join So whether you live in the countryside or the city want to protect your local river or save our native flora this is your invitation to rediscover the power in participation the sacred in your service Wild Service Why Nature Needs YouGood environmentalist rallying call well worth reading 9781526673299 I love everything to do with the Right to Roam movement and will continue to read anything they publish The work they are doing to spread awareness for the importance of being connected to nature in order to light a fire underneath people s bellies to protect it is imperative If we don t feel a kinship and connection to the land then we are never going to possess the urgency to save it This manifesto is truly inspiring Collecting the individual voices of people from across the globe who are each doing their own little bit to protect the land they live within and uniting their shared common sentiment is so powerful It gives me faith that no matter how small an action may seem if you are doing it it will amount to something I especially found the teachings on indigenous philosophies interesting as it educated me on the fact that this call to action is not some newfangled idea it is drawn from some of the oldest thinking humanity has ever possessed we have just forgotten it I loooved The Architecture of Belonging sections and will probably never look at a rope swing the same again My only criticism is that some points were slightly repetitive due to each author having their say but the message they were repeating is an important one and probably does need to be driven home 9781526673299 I urge you to read this book The myriad voices sharing a common sentiment echo across the pages Nature needs us Shared culture shared land a shared passion for nature the intrinsic values of what makes us human what makes us a part of nature and why we need to protect it Our connectedness to each other and the earth that we walk upon from the Highlands of Scotland to Namibia Keep singing those folk songs keep sharing those experiences keep trespassing and challenging ownership Wild Service is a manifesto for protecting nature told in voices from all walks of life 9781526673299 The excellent essays in this book while UK centric are drawn from the knowledge of Indigenous philosophies from around the world I could say a lot about my takeaways after reading but a big theme for me was how harmful the deep set shame of human presence in nature is seen to be in western cultures If we are raised to believe that all of our interactions with nature will taint it and that we are not to be considered a part of nature of course we will grow to feel a disconnect with the natural world One of the book s rallying cries is to replace this shame with connection and give all people the right to show their responsibility toward nature by not revoking access to forests and rivers but allowing ourselves to be able to interact and remember how we are a part of everything I ve simplified the nuances involved in the stories in this great compilation but can recommend it to anyone looking for ideas on how to improve your personal or community s connection to the natural world 9781526673299 A beautiful beautiful book It s charm lies in the different voices and perspectives unified by a love of the natural world This book explores our relationship with the land and offers opportunity for us to consider how we can rebuild it for a positive future I loved it 9781526673299

Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You By Nick Hayes

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Nick Hayes is the author of The Rime of the Modern Mariner an updating of Coleridge s famous poem and the visual biography Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads both of which are among the most highly regarded of recent British long form comics He has also published two collections of his short comics Lovely Grey Day and 11 Folk Songs He is the founding editor of Meat magazine a periodical showcasing new writing comics and illustration and has won two Guardian Media awards..