Rambunctious Garden Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World by Emma Marris, published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on August 20, 2013, is a thought-provoking exploration of contemporary environmental thought. In this 224-page reprint, Marris challenges the long-held belief that nature should be preserved in its untouched state, arguing instead for a new paradigm that acknowledges human influence on the environment. She presents the idea of a “rambunctious garden,” where wild nature coexists with human management, reflecting on how climate change has altered even the most remote landscapes.
Readers will encounter innovative conservation strategies such as rewilding and assisted migration, as well as the concept of novel ecosystems. Marris introduces a range of leading scientists and environmentalists, illustrating their visions for a future where humanity plays an active role in shaping ecosystems. This edition invites readers to reconsider their relationship with nature and to embrace a more dynamic understanding of environmental stewardship, moving away from romanticized notions of wilderness towards a more integrated approach to conservation.
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A paradigm shift is roiling the environmental world. For decades people have unquestioningly accepted the idea that our goal is to preserve nature in its pristine, pre-human state. But many scientists have come to see this as an outdated dream that thwarts bold new plans to save the environment and prevents us from having a fuller relationship with nature. Humans have changed the landscapes they inhabit since prehistory, and climate change means even the remotest places now bear the fingerprints of humanity. Emma Marris argues convincingly that it is time to look forward and create the “rambunctious garden,” a hybrid of wild nature and human management.
In this optimistic book, readers meet leading scientists and environmentalists and visit imaginary Edens, designer ecosystems, and Pleistocene parks. Marris describes innovative conservation approaches, including rewilding, assisted migration, and the embrace of so-called novel ecosystems.
Rambunctious Garden is short on gloom and long on interesting theories and fascinating narratives, all of which bring home the idea that we must give up our romantic notions of pristine wilderness and replace them with the concept of a global, half-wild rambunctious garden planet, tended by us.
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