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Rewild: Can Nature Heal Our World?
Rewild is a celebration of nature and the incredible ways it keeps us alive, and an exploration of how we can welcome the wild on a personal and epic scale. River-nurturing wolves, tree-toppling beavers, climate warrior whales and even genetically-engineered woolly mammoths could all help us protect, revive and restore our planet to its full glory. Join Ben Martynoga and Moose Allain for an inspiring look at how we can rewild life so that nature - and humankind - flourishes for a long time to come.
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First published May 2, 2024
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Ben Martynoga
10 books2 followersBen Martynoga is a biologist and award-winning science writer.
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May 25, 2024
A very useful book for anyone who wants to learn about rewilding.
But it contains a lot more than rewilding, in this little book you have a complete list of all the things that we need to do to save the planet. It's more ambitious, and extensive, than its title suggests.
At one point the author suggests that half the land currently being used for farming be transformed by rewilding, i.e. letting each areas natural flora and fauna return. This is an excellent idea and one that should be understood by everyone. The problem is he doesn't state very clearly that there's only one way this can realistically come about -- by a majority of people going vegan. I'm surprised he doesn't make more of the fact that over half of farmland is dedicated to animal farming -- grazing and the crops needed to feed all those imprisoned beasts.
I went vegan because I understood that it's the most profound thing I can do to reduce greenhouse gases. What I subsequently learned is that animal agriculture uses well over half of arable land, and if only more people went vegan we could be able to liberate a lot of land for rewilding.
But it contains a lot more than rewilding, in this little book you have a complete list of all the things that we need to do to save the planet. It's more ambitious, and extensive, than its title suggests.
At one point the author suggests that half the land currently being used for farming be transformed by rewilding, i.e. letting each areas natural flora and fauna return. This is an excellent idea and one that should be understood by everyone. The problem is he doesn't state very clearly that there's only one way this can realistically come about -- by a majority of people going vegan. I'm surprised he doesn't make more of the fact that over half of farmland is dedicated to animal farming -- grazing and the crops needed to feed all those imprisoned beasts.
I went vegan because I understood that it's the most profound thing I can do to reduce greenhouse gases. What I subsequently learned is that animal agriculture uses well over half of arable land, and if only more people went vegan we could be able to liberate a lot of land for rewilding.
September 10, 2025
Fantastic resource aimed at exploring the climate crises in approachable language. Published in 2024. Terrifying in its veracity but something everyone should read and with only 159 pages it is a quick read depending on your read speed. Please if anyone reads this review PLEASE read this book!
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