You and I are woven into the fabric of nature, much more closely than you think. Millions of species are vital for us to get food, medicine and a habitable living environment, in addition to all the knowledge and joy nature provides us.
In her engaging way, acclaimed summer speaker Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson tells exciting and thought-provoking stories about nature's hidden interplay. She takes us into the rainforest, where the orchid bees make perfume and pollinate the nuts in the Friday treat bag, but does not stop in the world of insects – this time she takes us to visit a myriad of small and vital species on a dizzying journey around the world. Into the cool shade under the pedestrian streets' big trees, the ones that mean we need less air cooling. Down in the trenches where soldiers used luminescent mushrooms as lanterns during moonless nights. We get to read about trees in the primeval forest that give us cancer medicine and the kingfisher that inspired the construction of high-speed trains. But also about how human progress can put all of this at risk. In our eagerness to exploit nature, there is also the risk of undermining the very basis for people to be able to live. We are talking today about a natural crisis, where species are threatened and their habitats disappear, a crisis as acute and serious as the climate crisis. If we are to be able to secure our own future, we must change our way of life. We must learn from nature - and realize that we and our ecosystem are in the same boat.
Product information
Author: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Translator: Helena Sjöstrand Svenn & Gösta Svenn
ISBN: 9789179651015
Language: Swedish
Weight: 480 grams
Released: 2021
Publisher: Volante
Pages: 238