Natural Connection
Reconnecting with the living world through indigenous wisdom and marginalised voices
$39.19
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2027
Summary
A passionate argument from a University of Cambridge environment & AI academic and social media climate educator (@ClimateInColour) for how ordinary people of colour doing extraordinary things can pave the way towards a better future for us all.
A lyrical, deeply researched, and original work of narrative non-fiction that examines six key pillars: RAGE, IMAGINATION, INNOVATION, THEORY, HEALING, and CARE to showcase the wonder of the natural world and inspire us to view climate act…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529931570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529931576 |
| Author: | Joycelyn Longdon |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2027 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A truly original journey to the root of our collective problems that offers new hope for how to solve them. Reading it is a balm. * Afua Hirsch *
Urgent, profound and compassionate… Natural Connection brings us to imagine our relations with nature otherwise. Wisely, patiently, it opens and holds space in which radically rooted change might flourish. * Robert Macfarlane *
Joycelyn Longdon’s work is always rigorously researched, justice-centred and transformative. * Mikaela Loach *
Joycelyn Longdon is an urgent and desperately needed new voice. This is a wonderful book. * Katherine May *
Joycelyn Longdon’s Natural Connection asks us to rededicate ourselves to the fight against climate change, and to understand environmental action in its proper, global context. Her fascinating case studies and thought-provoking interviews challenge us to look at climate change anew, and come back to the fight reenergised. * Cal Flyn *
Wise and honest, Natural Connection reminds us of the vital truth of environmental breakdown – that biodiversity loss and the climate emergency are intimately tied to colonialism and capitalism. Yet the book does so much more, too. It guides us into ways of being that offer hope and healing. * James Canton *
Natural Connection…[is] far-reaching, ambitious and deliberately open-ended… [Longdon’s] willingness to see through boundaries is deeply refreshing * Resurgence & Ecologist *
Joycelyn Longdon
Dr. Joycelyn Longdon is an award-winning interdisciplinary researcher, writer, and storyteller bridging the worlds of ecology, technology, and environmental justice. Her PhD research at the University of Cambridge centered on the design of justice-led conservation technologies for monitoring biodiversity with local forest communities in Ghana, specializing in ecoacoustics.
As a leading environmental communicator and storyteller, Joycelyn has made accessible topics of environmental justice, climate colonialism, conservation, nature technology, and design. She has collaborated with, advised, and written for a wide range of institutions, including The Design Council, The Design Museum, Meta, The Barbican, The Wellcome Collection, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and The Serpentine.
Joycelyn was the 2022 winner of the Emerging Designer London Design Medal, was featured in British Vogue’s December 2023 ‘Forces for Change’ issue, and is a TEDx alumnus. Most recently, she has been listed as one of Pique Action and Harvard Chan C-CHANGE’s 2024 Climate Creators to Watch and as one of Country and Town House’s Future Icons Power People 2024.
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