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In this lyrical, deeply researched and original work of narrative non-fiction, Joycelyn Longdon merges ancient wisdom with modern technology. Examining 6 key pillars, RAGE, IMAGINATION, INNOVATION, THEORY, HEALING, CARE, Joycelyn Longdon guides the reader towards approaching the natural world with awe, inspiring us to view climate action as a shared goal rather than an individual burden. Natural Connection brings together lessons from people of colour from the US to the UK, Brazil to India and Nigeria to Iran to showcase how the extraordinary acts of ordinary people have paved the way for today''s rapid technological changes. This book inspires readers everywhere to better understand how we can all take up new roles in the fight for sustainability beyond the activist and observer binary, and find our way back towards our roots.
About the author
Joycelyn Longdon is an award-winning environmental justice researcher and educator. Her PhD research at the University of Cambridge centres on the design of justice-led conservation technologies for monitoring biodiversity with local forest communities in Ghana.
Her work makes more accessible topics of climate justice, climate colonialism, activism, creativity and systems change across a variety of forums on and offline and for platforms including Meta, The United Nations Geneva Dialogues, Channel 4, Cheltenham Science Festival, Oxford University, The National Lottery, The Design Council and The Wellcome Collection.
Joycelyn was 2022’s winner of the Emerging Designer London Design Medal, was featured in British Vogue’s December 2023 ‘Forces for Change’ Issue and is a and is a TEDx Alumni. Most recently, she has been listed as one of Pique Action and Harvard Chan C-CHANGE's 2024 Climate Creators to Watch and as one of Country and Town House’s Future Icons Power People 2024.
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A truly original journey to the root of our collective problems that offers new hope for how to solve them. Reading it is a balm. Afua Hirsch
