My Head For A Tree
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My Head For A Tree
My Head For A Tree
The fascinating story of the Bishnois of northern India, the world's oldest sustainable community
Meet the Bishnois, the world's oldest sustainable community - with a foreword from Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees
How much can one love a tree?
Rajasthan, in northern India, is home to the Bishnoi, a desert people whose religion is built around nature and wildlife conservation. They are renowned for the extreme lengths they go to defend nature: Bishnoi have died to defend trees from loggers and in pursuit of illegal poachers.
In My Head For A Tree, Martin Goodman charts the history of the Bishnoi way of life, and asks what a world facing climate change and natural harms can learn from a 600 year-old sustainable community. Goodman explores what lessons we can learn from the Bishnoi's resilience and commitment to their delicate way of life in the face of modern adversity.
Written with the blessing and guidance of the Bishnoi, My Head For A Tree is a timely reflection on how we can adjust our lives to protect the natural world and our planetary future.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800818712
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 23 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 202.0mm
Weight: 332g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Martin Goodman is a writer and conservationist. The co-founder of Client Earth, a non-profit environmental law organisation, he has written nine books of fiction and non-fiction, and is the Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Hull, where he directs the Phillip Larkin Centre for Poetry and Creative Writing.
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