George Monbiot – författare

Systemet för vår matförsörjning har börjat vackla. Vi plöjer och gör betesmarker av stora delar av världens yta, avverkar skog och förgiftar våra vatten. Allt för att förse en växande befolkning med mat och näring – ändå går miljontals människor hungriga.

För första gången har vi möjlighet att omvandla inte bara vårt matsystem, utan hela vårt förhållande till den levande världen. George Monbiot visar i sin friskt upplyftande bok att det fortfarande finns en möjlighet att lösa problemen. 

Ny jord: att föda en värld utan att sluka planeten är en hisnande vision av en alternativ framtid – för matindustrin och för mänskligheten. 

Monbiot möter personerna som leder utvecklingen och tillsammans visar de hur de allra minsta organismerna kan hjälpa oss sluta fred med vår planet och bana väg för en tidsålder som inte präglas av utrotning, utan av återskapande. En tidsålder av nytt liv och ny jord.

George Monbiot är en brittisk författare, journalist och politisk aktivist. Han är krönikör för tidningen The Guardian och har bland annat skrivit de bästsäljande böckerna Feral: rewilding the land, sea and human life, The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order och Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain. Leopard har tidigare gett ut Ur ruinera: En ny politik för en värld i kris (2017).

Brought to you by Penguin.People talk a lot about the problems with intensive farming. But the problem isn''t the adjective. It''s the noun. Around the world, farming has been wiping out vast habitats, depleting freshwater, polluting oceans, and accelerating global heating, while leaving millions undernourished and unfed. Increasingly, there are signs that the system itself is beginning to flicker. But, as George Monbiot shows us in this brilliant, bracingly original new book, there is another way.Regenesis is an exhilarating journey into a new possible future for food, people and the planet. Drawing on the revelatory, rapidly advancing science of soil ecology, Monbiot shows how the hidden biological universe beneath our feet could transform what we eat and how we grow it. He travels to meet the people who are unlocking these methods, from the fruit and vegetable growers who cultivate pests as well as potatoes; through producers of perennial grains who are liberating their fields from ploughs; to the scientists pioneering new forms of protein and fat that can be cooked into rich golden pancakes and much, much more. We start to see how the tiniest life forms in the soil might help us save the living world, allowing us to produce abundant, cheap, healthy food while returning vast swathes of land to the wild.Here, for the first time, is a profoundly hopeful, appetising and exciting vision of food: of revolutionary cultivation and cuisine that could nourish us all and restore our world of wonders.© George Monbiot 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Brought to you by Penguin.''Captivating. Will change the way you think about the natural world, and your place in it'' Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallIn Feral, George Monbiot, one of the world''s most celebrated radical thinkers offers a riveting tale of possibility and travel in the wildHow many of us sometimes feel that we are scratching at the walls of this life, seeking to find our way into a wider space beyond? That our mild, polite existence sometimes seems to crush the breath out of us? Feral is the lyrical and gripping story of George Monbiot''s efforts to re-engage with nature and discover a new way of living. He shows how, by restoring and rewilding our damaged ecosystems on land and at sea, we can bring wonder back into our lives. Making use of some remarkable scientific discoveries, Feral lays out a new, positive environmentalism, in which nature is allowed to find its own way.© George Monbiot 2013 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

22 BBC radio programmes celebrating the great outdoors, introduced by Harriet NobleSpending time in nature is good for both our bodies and minds - but with our hectic lives (not to mention the unreliable British weather), it can be hard to get outside as much as we''d like. But fear not: we''ve selected some of BBC Radio 4''s best nature documentaries to transport you to the great outdoors - and encourage you to take your own trip into the wild.Discover the tranquility of canoeing down the River Waveney; go rambling in the countryside with Clare Balding; explore al fresco cooking with the Food Programme team and learn the history of Cornwall''s colourful flower fields. Or why not go surfing in Scotland, off-grid in Wales or on a journey of a lifetime with Paralympian cyclist Karen Darke?These captivating programmes will let you experience the sights and sounds of nature - from an oak woodland to a rainforest canopy and a rock pool - and introduce you to some remarkable naturalists, such as filmmaker Roger Deakin, author Robert Macfarlane, pioneering ornithologist Emma Turner, writer and poet Nan Shepherd, and perfumer and mountain photographer Walter Poucher.Whether you''re an intrepid explorer, a weekend micro-adventurer or simply a nature lover, you''re sure to be inspired - so step away from your screen, get out into the open air and enjoy the beauty of the natural world.ContentsCigarette on the Waveney - presented by Roger DeakinRamblings: In Search of the Old Ways with Robert Macfarlane - presented by Clare BaldingOpen Country: Nan Shepherd''s Cairngorms - presented by Helen MarkThe Food Programme: Outdoor Cooking - presented by Sheila Dillon and Simon ParkesOne to One: Isabel Hardman on nature and depressionRamblings: George Monbiot in search of the wild - presented by Clare BaldingThe Life Scientific: Sky at Night with Maggie Aderin-Pocock- presented by Jim Al-Khalili Open Country: Off Grid in Mid-Wales - presented by Ian MarchantA Guide to Coastal Wildlife: Rock Pools - presented by Brett Westwood and Phil GatesSound recordist: Chris WatsonSoundstage: The Oak Woodland Sound recordist: Chris WatsonCosting the Earth: Cycle City - presented by Tom HeapOpen Country: Surfing on Scotland''s North Coast - presented by Helen MarkJourney of a Lifetime - Karen Darke: From Source to Sea via MeNature: The Rainforest CanopyRecorded by wildlife cameraman John AitchisonNature: Emma Turner - A Life in the ReedsSound recordist: Chris WatsonThe Flower Fields - presented by Michael BirdThe Perfumed Mountaineer - presented by Hayden LorimerLiving World: Winter Seashore - presented by Trai AnfieldOpen Country: The Boat Builders of Pin Mill - presented by Helen MarkRamblings: Bonding Walks: Stiperstones, Shropshire - presented by Clare BaldingOpen Country: Somerset Wassail - presented by Helen MarkWinter StarlingsSound recordist: Chris Watson© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd(p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd