OUR WILD WORLD

Wildlife expert Eanna Ni Lamhna takes us on a tour of all things to do with our wonderful natural world from a celebration of our fascinating birds and bees and their powers of migration and pollination to the thorny challenges of our time such as climate change sustainability and our carbon footprint Her mantra is that learning about our wild world is not just for young children or David Attenborough fans it is a lifelong necessary knowledge for our survival and we need to open our eyes and our minds to the challenges that face us and our world into the future The key is to find the balance between our needs and wants and the future of our precious planet and all its inhabitants This brand new book raises and discusses questions such as Why should we care about this natural world Do we need and value the great outdoors now more than ever But who wants spiders in their house And what use are wasps anyway Should we be worried by genetic engineering and windfarms Biodiversity what did it ever do for us Does it mean the end of the world if the whales become extinct Are global warming and climate change the same thing What happened to the hole in the ozone layer Is veganism the answer to sustainable food What is carbon sequestration just fancy wor