2023 has been the year where we have recently seen global temperature records being broken repeatedly, sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Atlantic making the international news, and Antarctica sea ice extent hitting new record lows.  In a world that has seen the UN describe climate change as being ‘out of control’, Jeff Goodell’s…

Gleick’s book is an engaging, detailed and yet wide-ranging, authoritative exploration of the relationship between humans and water and how a positive sustainable world is within our reach. He describes that we have already had the first two Ages of Water, with the Third Age being the positive, equitable vision that realises the benefits of…

‘Breathe, said the wind How can I breathe at a time like this,when the air is full of the smokeof burning tires, burning lives?’ -Lynn Ungar Despite the frankly ridiculous tearing up of Sadiq Khan’s book ‘Breathe’ by Talk TV presenters on live television a few days ago, no stunt by them can get away…

When did a spacecraft from Earth first land on the Moon? Who owns the Moon? How many people have walked on the Moon? How many flags are there on the Moon? What legal frameworks regulate space activity and who enforces these frameworks? Tim Marshall returns in ‘The Future of Geography’, a prophetic vision of what…

In ‘Reconnection- Fixing Our Broken Relationship with Nature’, Miles Richardson charts the causes of nature decline in the UK and convincingly argues that a re-evaluation and a reset of this relationship will help give nature a chance. Miles Richardson is Professor of Human Factors and Nature Connectedness at the University of Derby and has gained…

‘Not Too Late’ is a collection of climate hope messages from climate scientists, organisers and activists, who challenge us to recognise that the future is yet to be decided and that our actions do matter. Solnit opens the collection in a powerful manner, stating the current state of affairs. ‘It is late. We are deep…

‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.’ Robinson opens his text by challenging his reader to be aware of the invisible world and to understand its long connection and relationship with humans. Microorganisms have existed on planet Earth for billions of years and will likely continue to…

What are your views of ‘Government’ and where do these come from? How much should any government regulate industry, if at all? With the fossil fuel giant Shell reporting their highest profits in 115 years of almost $40 billion this year, calls have intensified in the UK at least, for a bigger windfall tax on…

‘The Lost Rainforests of Britain’ by Guy Shrubsole charts the author’s awakening to the ‘lost worlds’ of Britain and reflects the dedicated and personal journey that he made to appreciate and love the temperate rainforests that once dominated Britain. Although Shrubsole notes early in his text that ‘Few people realise that Britain harbours fragments of…

It would be difficult to write a review of ‘The Darkness Manifesto’ while trying to avoid the lyric of ‘Hello darkness, my old friend’, so let me get this out of the way at the start. Thankfully, Eklöf also acknowledges this familiar relationship, when he writes, ‘The night is quite simply our friend- we rest…