The Democracy of Species

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In The Democracy of Species Robin Wall Kimmerer guides us towards a more reciprocal, grateful and joyful relationship with our animate earth, from the wild leeks in the field to the deer in the woods.

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.

About the author

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants as well as Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. Kimmerer is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.

Summary

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In The Democracy of Species Robin Wall Kimmerer guides us towards a more reciprocal, grateful and joyful relationship with our animate earth, from the wild leeks in the field to the deer in the woods.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Kimmerer Robin Wall
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780141997049
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199704-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 178 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Green Ideas; Penguin Green Ideas
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; SELF-HELP / Green Lifestyle, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Applied ecology, Indigenous Peoples, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Pollution & threats to the environment, Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency, Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Pollution and threats to the environment