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Forget Me Not: Finding the forgotten species of climate-change Britain – WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION de Sophie Pavelle

Forget Me Not: Finding the forgotten species of climate-change Britain – WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION

Autor Sophie Pavelle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 iun 2023
WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION AND LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION.'Enchanting. a joy to read.' JOANNA LUMLEY'Vibrant and vital.' CHRIS PACKHAM'Forget Me Not is a tonic.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Remarkable.' NELL FRIZZELL'A fierce, passionate stand for the wild.' MEGAN MCCUBBIN'Funny, full of interest and often poignant.' ISABELLA TREE'Beautiful. Rare. Profound. Hopeful.' CHARLOTTE PHILBY'Passionate, pragmatic and seriously funny.' GILLIAN BURKE'Wonderfully refreshing.' BENEDICT MACDONALDJoin Sophie Pavelle on a low-carbon journey around Britain in search of ten animals and habitats threatened by climate change in the 21st century.Forget-me-not - a beautiful flower and a plea from our islands' wildlife. When climate change has driven dozens of our most charismatic species to extinction, will they be forgotten? Like many of her generation, Sophie Pavelle is determined to demand action on climate change. In her hilarious and thought-provoking first book, she describes the trips she took to see ten rare native species: species that could disappear by 2050 and be forgotten by the end of the century if their habitats continue to decline. Sophie challenged herself to find them the low-carbon way, travelling the length of Britain on foot, by bicycle, in an electric car, by kayak, on ferries and in a lot of trains. From Bodmin Moor to the Orkney Islands, Sophie encountered species on the frontline of climate change in Britain. Which are going to be seriously affected, and why? Could some bounce back from the brink? Or are we too late to save them? Forget Me Not is a clarion call: we all need to play a part in tackling this most existential of threats. Everyone can see wildlife in the British Isles without contributing to its destruction. With joyful irreverence, Sophie shows us we can dare to hope. Journey with her, and she may even inspire you to take action for nature and head out on your own low-carbon adventure.
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ISBN-13: 9781472986238
ISBN-10: 1472986237
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Wildlife
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Spotlights a range of fascinating and lesser known native species that rarely, if ever, feature in British natural history literature

Notă biografică

Sophie Pavelle is a writer and science communicator. Sharing stories about British nature to wide audiences, she puts a contemporary twist on the natural history genre. Sophie works for Beaver Trust, and she presented their award-winning documentary Beavers Without Borders. She is also an Ambassador for The Wildlife Trusts and sits on the RSPB England Advisory Committee. Her writing has appeared in The Metro, BBC Countryfile, BBC Wildlife and Coast magazines. Her first book, Forget Me Not, won the 2023 People's Book Prize for non-fiction and was longlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright prize for Writing on Conservation.

Cuprins

CHAPTER ONE: MARSH FRITILLARYI begin my journey in the south-west of England, where I take a short train and cycle ride to Bodmin Moor to see one of the UK's rarest species of butterfly, which is persisting deep in the heart of the Cornish mire despite unimaginable challenges. CHAPTER TWO: HARBOUR PORPOISE Wasting no time, next I head straight to the Welsh coast, where I travel to Pembrokeshire to try and spot Britain's smallest cetacean feeding amid the infamous tidal races and renewable energy developments. CHAPTER THREE: SEAGRASSStaying in Wales and heading north to Snowdonia, I snorkel the freezing waters of the Irish Sea to find out why seagrass is fast becoming the habitat that we cannot afford to lose. CHAPTER FOUR: GREY LONG-EARED BAT Back home in Devon again, I hike one of my favourite stretches of the Jurassic coast to a rural farm to see whether I can find one of the last maternity roosts of Britain's rarest and most elusive bat. CHAPTER FIVE: BLACK GUILLEMOTEager to get up to Scotland, I venture to the Orkney Islands, specifically the northernmost isle of this unique archipelago, to spend time with one of the British Isles' most overlooked seabirds and try to understand more about the threats this quirky bird faces. CHAPTER SIX: DUNG BEETLESTesting out how ready the UK is to function on electric vehicles, I borrow an electric car and drive to Knepp Castle Estate to learn why dung and its beetles are making a resurgence in this tiny patch of England and why we cannot ignore dung. CHAPTER SEVEN: ATLANTIC SALMONBack home to Devon and into a kayak, I travel down a swollen, autumnal river to try and understand why, in the face of climate change, the epic salmon run might become a feat of the past. CHAPTER EIGHT: MOUNTAIN HARE Travelling north to Scotland again, I head to the high heather moorlands of the East Cairngorms to see our native mountain hare and investigate why they are set to become strangers in their own habitat if temperatures continue to rise. CHAPTER NINE: MERLINCycling across England's Peak District to the Dark Peak, I'm searching for Britain's smallest falcon, hoping to discover why we keep forgetting about these birds and how they will fare in a warming world. CHAPTER TEN: BILBERRY BUMBLEBEE Finishing on my home patch, I make a final trip to Dartmoor, searching for Britain's 'mountain bee' and one of its last surviving populations in the south-west to understand better why its upland habitat might become too hot to handle.

Recenzii

This enchanting book could not be more timely: it brings much to inspire our future thinking, and is a joy to read.
Vibrant and vital. The trials of ten treasured species that we can't afford to fail. A biological romp with a real mission.
This engaging romp in search of our most endangered species is a timely reminder of the magic we have in nature and what we are set to lose if we don't wake up. Funny, full of interest and often poignant, travelling with Sophie Pavelle is a journey to remember.
A fierce, passionate stand for the wild.
Forget Me Not sings and rings with a distinctive combination of passion, humour and energy; Sophie Pavelle's low-carbon journey round the overlooked, undersung species of our island group makes a heartfelt plea for the need to conserve, restore and replenish the wildlife we have left.
If the canon of British nature writing has a reputation for being male and overly earnest, then Sophie Pavelle's Forget Me Not is a one-book rebalancing act.
This is such a beautiful book. Full of humour, adventure, poignancy. It will make you value the country around you and even hungrier to protect it. Remarkable.
Forget Me Not is a tonic... Pavelle's writing is a delight, full of extended sartorial or food-related metaphors, puns and cheeky humour.
The prose is as lyrical as it is sassy, as insightful as it is impassioned.
A clarion call for us all to do something to make a difference.
Urgent and challenging, but also fun and beautifully written, Sophie documents her low-carbon journeys exposing the reality of climate change in Britain.
Beautiful. Rare. Profound. Hopeful.
Finding wonder in the familiar and celebrating the unknown in the everyday, this is a beautiful book - and so perfectly told.
Sophie Pavelle writes with the urgency and voice of a generation. Her commitment is matched with a fierce knowledge of conservation biology and policymaking, whose murky corridors are expertly navigated. Passionate, pragmatic and seriously funny.
From rare butterflies to bats and bumblebees, Sophie takes us on a breathless but strangely relaxing whistle-stop tour of Britain in search of some of our less familiar, fragile and fascinating wildlife. Charming, witty and moving.
Pavelle is the best kind of science writer - who makes you feel almost as smart as she is, priming and signposting in such a way that you grasp the punchline in the moment before she delivers it. Make no mistake, this is serious stuff, requiring serious communication. But she balances love and irreverence, data and ditz. I loved the breezy humour, the sass and savviness.
A wonderfully refreshing look at the vanishing species around us, what they mean and why they matter.
Forget Me Not is that enchanting book that makes you want to put on your hiking boots and big coat, get outdoors and immerse yourself in nature. Sophie's writing is funny and accessible whilst being a call to arms for us to protect Britain's most vulnerable species. Perfect for old hats and newbies to wildlife. Highly recommended.
Sophie has a warm tone of voice in this enjoyable and accessible read.
Pavelle has a lively mind and sense of humour ... [she] explains the science well and has done a serious amount of research.
Here is a vibrant and vital voice from the millennial generation that is fighting climate change and its devastating effect on the world around us.
Like the captured sunshine she describes persisting in a seagrass meadow even on a cloudy day, she [Pavelle] has captured a different kind of light here, that of youth and love and hope.
Pavelle pulls no punches, giving the facts as they are, but weaving them together with a poetic touch and some light-hearted relief. It felt counterintuitive to be chuckling out loud while reading a book about such a bleak topic, but that is the beauty of Forget Me Not.
A lively introduction to the nature crisis in the British Isles.
Her style is lively, casual and autobiographical, and her book would suit young people new to nature writing and keen to learn more about the biodiversity on our doorstep.
This is perfection.
Gritty, amusing and wonderfully educational, a truly inspiring account of species at the forefront of climate change in Britain.
A journey well worth joining.
Sophie Pavelle's book properly stands out in the increasingly crowded nature writing field. She writes powerfully about vital issues, in a totally fresh, funny and accessible way that is distinctively her own. Loved it.
An absolute triumph in science communication.
Passionate and thought-provoking.
It's full of wonder and joy. And crucially, it's written in the voice of a friend [...] while there's wit and warmth flowing through each chapter, the message never stops being urgent.
Pavelle's weapons in the face of these difficult truths are positivity and action.
This is a very thought-provoking read and hopefully will inspire us to do something about it [climate change] to prevent future losses.
...amusing and thought-provoking.
A book about climate change with deep adoration for the natural world at its heart.
Low-carbon wandering propels Sophie Pavelle's jauntier tour of climate-change Britain in Forget Me Not.
...refreshingly new voice.
At the heart of Sophie's book is a fierce and merlin-like love of all that is wild.
This book aims to challenge and it succeeds with a quiet and constant hum of urgency.
Before reading Forgot Me Not, I hadn't thought it possible to write a book about the effect of climate change on different species that is buoyant, funny and hopeful - yet Sophie Pavelle has pulled it off superbly. This book is wonderful.
Engaging, compelling and more important than ever.
Packed with facts from the experts she meets on her travels, we learn a lot about the underdog species that have missed our attention ... This is Sophie's first release, and like the species she discovers, it's not to be forgotten.
A remarkable and fascinating book that manages to convey a wealth of facts about the daunting future of these species. with humour and lightness of touch.
Seldom have I learned so much, while laughing out loud. A joyous but quietly angry book about the beauty of Britain's wildlife, how we have failed it, how to save it, and how accessible it is by public transport. At the end I felt determined to see our most threatened species protected.
A unique, brilliant and beautiful new way of writing and celebrating the good stuff, whilst reminding us of the precarity of it all [.] Forget Me Not is fresh and funny, sharp and poignant; stop scrolling and read this book!
A lovely journey into our wildest places with the inspiring message: conservation works and we should let it.
A lightness of touch, given to a serious subject: that's what makes this British journey urgent reading, for young and old. I loved this book - a moving story about what we're losing, introduced to me by my son, who urged me to read it.
A beautiful, immersive read.
Pavelle's wit makes the book a joy to read.
If getting people to listen is key to highlighting today's conservation issues, then [Pavelle], with her ability to communicate so passionately and knowledgeably, is unlocking all the doors.