The most productive ecosystems have reached a steady stable-state with maximum entropy production. Like so many before them since the war, scientists convinced them that they could squeeze ever more productivity The power of an ecosystem to process energy. Isabella and Charlie are farmers who own a historic English estate, Knepp Farm, in Sussex, England. It wasn’t an easy journey for Isabella and husband Charlie though … and the challenges remain as fresh today as they were, when they began their project in earnest, at the turn of the millennium. Sever that connection and we are floating in a world where our deepest sense of ourselves is lost”. “The need to relate to the landscape and to other forms of life … is in our genes. The quantity of this plant-based waste is so science and in doing so, reveals that the power to make a real difference to our environment, quality of life and future is within all our grasps … all we need to do, is allow nature space and time to recover. Without animals, the energy from today’s plants (algae, trees, flowers etc) will eventually reach the atmosphere and ocean, much of it as carbon.
Isabella Tree challenges common misconceptions about conservation Why is animal conservation important? Animal conservation is important, because animals are the only mechanism to create biodiversity, which is the mechanism that creates a habitable planet for humans. Why? Because it is a wonderful feel good story for anyone who is feeling helpless about wildlife.
This book review of Wilding by Isabella Tree is about one of the most important books I’ve ever read.
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