Crimes Against Nature

Crimes Against Nature is a polemic about global warming and the environmental crisis, arguing that ordinary people have consistently opposed the destruction of nature and represent an untapped constituency for climate action.

Crimes Against Nature offers a fresh perspective on the most important issue of our times. It subverts the familiar narrative that we are all to blame for global warming. Instead, it demonstrates how pollution and ecological devastation have often been imposed on the population without consent and against our will. From histories of destruction, it distils stories of hope, highlighting the repeated yearning for a more sustainable world.

In the era of climate strikes, viral outbreaks, and Extinction Rebellion, Crimes Against Nature traverses from ancient Australia to the 'corpse economy' of Georgian Britain to the 'Kitchen Debate' of the Cold War. It presents an unexpected and optimistic environmental history, identifying ordinary people not as a collective problem but as a powerful force for change.