Eco Book Group

Through a blend of books on topics such as Ecology and Sustainability, Nature to Fiction, we want to explore the current Climate Change crisis, and what we can do about it.

So, we welcome you to our Eco Book Group, led by Alexander, whose aim is "to provide a space for people to approach challenging topics in a welcoming environment." Join us and spend an evening talking about books over a glass of wine and nibbles.

The £5 you pay for your entry acts as a book voucher redeemable against next month's book.

This month's book is Urban Jungle, by Ben Wilson.

It's back to non-fiction this month with an eye-opening cracker of a nat hist book. Ben Wilson focusses on the futures of our cities, delving deep into the land sparing/ land sharing debate. Do we build the cities of the future to include nature (yes, obviously) and if so, what do those cities look like (amazing, obviously).

Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the vitality of the natural world. Yet, as Ben Wilson reveals in this invigorating re-examination of urban landscapes across the globe, nature has always been at the heart of the city.

Moving from Los Angeles and Delhi to Singapore and Amsterdam, Wilson explores how the bond between humans and nature has oscillated throughout history, and shows that – in a time of climate crisis – a new approach to rewilding may prove to be the city’s saviour.