My Head For A Tree
the extraordinary story of the bishnoi, the world’s first eco-warriors
$32.67
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2025
Summary
My Head For A Tree: A Bishnoi Story of Environmentalism
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800818712 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1800818718 |
| Author: | Martin Goodman |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 333g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 136mm x 28mm |
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‘The story of the Bishnois - the first true environmentalists - is important, inspirational and humbling. My Head for a Tree is essential reading for all those who care about our magnificent planet. Utterly fascinating’ - Andrea Wulf, author
About The Author
Martin Goodman
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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