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Wild Service
- Why Nature Needs You
- Narrated by: Nadia Shaikh
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents Wild Service by Nick Hayes, read by Nadia Shaikh.
‘A reckoning with our past and a vision for a new ecological future’ Amy-Jane Beer
‘Seeks to undo the damage of exclusionary ownership through the transformative power of belonging’ Guy Shrubsole
In May 2022, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences released a paper that measured fourteen European countries on three factors: biodiversity, wellbeing, and nature connectedness. Britain came last in every single category. The findings are clear. We are suffering, and nature is too.
Enter ‘Wild Service’ – a visionary concept crafted by the pioneers of the Right to Roam campaign, which argues that humanity’s loss and nature’s need are two sides of the same story. Blending science, nature writing and indigenous philosophy, this groundbreaking book calls for mass reconnection to the land and a commitment to its restoration.
In Wild Service we meet Britain’s new nature defenders: an anarchic cast of guerilla guardians who neither own the places they protect, nor the permission to restore them. Still, they’re doing it anyway. This book is a celebration of their spirit and a call for you to join. So, whether you live in the countryside or the city, want to protect your local river or save our native flora, this is your invitation to rediscover the power in participation – the sacred in your service.
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- Claire
- 27-08-24
a call to actionand so many ways to reconnect with the natural world
each chapter offers a different perspective and voice on connecting to nature. very engaging, fast paced and packed full of interesting references, facts and concepts. I am going to get the book and bookmark the topics and ideas that resonate most.
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- B. Taylor
- 05-05-24
loved this
The narrator is brilliant, a breath of fresh air, and the essays are constantly interesting, challenging and inspiring
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- cat lawson
- 03-06-24
a passion for change
I really loved the mix of story and facts. It gave me a feeling of hope in the midst of the extreme loss of connection to the land. A cry for systematic change.
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- katy
- 28-05-24
Engaging read
this is less a coherent manifesto and more a polyphonic work of propositions and exemplars on the idea of wild service. Although there are elements I disagreed with I am hugely glad I read it. For my part the best pieces, such as the bothy chapter, describe a genuine anarchism people organizing themselves to care for nature outside of ownership or hierarchy. The worst open wild service up to exploitation, a return to feudalism or by proffering it as a cure for health or poverty risk a linking to benefits or NHS care that could make it indentured labour. Ultimately I'd like to see the movement evolve like right to roam, joyful anarchic and politically engaged. sorry Nick Hayes, kids TV and Gogmagog aren't going to do this for us.
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