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  • Nature Is a Human Right

  • Why We're Fighting for Green in a Grey World
  • By: Ellen Miles - editor
  • Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
  • Length: 8 hrs
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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Nature Is a Human Right

By: Ellen Miles - editor
Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
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Summary

Having access to natural, green spaces is vital to our physical and mental wellbeing. But, as urban development spreads, grey has become the new green.

Already, concrete outweighs every tree, bush and shrub on Earth. Nature deprivation is a fast-growing epidemic, harming the health and happiness of hundreds of millions of people worldwide - especially vulnerable and marginalised groups. To combat this, Nature Is a Human Right, founded by Ellen Miles in 2020, is working to make access to green space a recognised right for all, not a privilege.

This audiobook has taken root from the mission and vision of the campaign, bringing together a collection of engaging essays, interviews and exercises, curated by Ellen, from a selection of its expert ambassadors and supporters (including authors, artists, scientists, human rights experts, television presenters, TED speakers and climate activists). Through each contributor, we discover a new perspective on why contact with nature should be a protected human right, journeying through personal narratives on mental health, disability, racism, environmental inequality, creativity, innovation and activism.

This is a captivating and enlightening collection of original writing and ideas that highlights the importance of nature, the threats of nature deprivation and the work that needs to be done to make our global future happier, healthier and more equal.

Ellen Miles is an environmental justice activist from London. She is the founder of Nature Is a Human Right, the campaign to make access to green space a right for all, and Dream Green, a social enterprise that educates and equips people to become guerrilla gardeners. In her spare time, she is a guerrilla gardener and runs a local action group in Hackney.

Olivia Dowd has a life-long interest in the environment. She has a degree in geography (UCL) and is part of the Way of Nature UK network, facilitating for organisations such as the Visionaries as well as running her own nature connection retreats in a bid to connect more people with the wonders of the natural environment. She co-narrated Culture Declares Emergency's 'Letters to the Earth' and spoke at the University of Cambridge's 'The Futures we Want' sustainability summit last year.

Contributors: Louisa Adjoa Parker, Michelle Barrett, Shareefa Energy, Ron Finley, Sharlene Gandhi, Jay Griffiths, Tayshan Hayden-Smith, Nick Hayes, Clover Hogan, Celine Isimbi, Daisy Kennedy, Noga Levy-Rapoport, Professor Qing Li, MD, PhD, Linda Ludbarza, Syren Nagakyrie, Poppy Okotcha, Hila Perry, Daniel Raven-Ellison, Pınar Sinopoulos-Lloyd, Sophia 'So' Sinopoulos-Lloyd, Elizabeth Soumya, Ayesha Tan-Jones.

©2022 Ellen Miles (P)2022 DK Audio
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Great book for people who want to be more environmentally active

Excellent collection of essays and poems with good variety of viewpoints. Helps you view the climate crisis through a different lens to better understand the problem and some possible solutions.

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Really enjoyed the book, would highly recommend! Well written and linked other like minded books that’s read and will read.

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