Book Review
A life on our planet
David Attenborough, 2020. Penguin Random House UK.
A life on our planet, my witness statement and a vision for the future, David Attenborough, 2020. Penguin Random House UK.
“I am 94. I’ve had an extraordinary life. It’s only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.
As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world – but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day – the loss of our planet’s wild places, its biodiversity.”
We share Earth with the living world – the most remarkable life-support system imaginable, constructed over billions of years. The planet’s stability has wavered just as its biodiversity has declined – the two things are bound together.
To restore stability to our planet, therefore, we must restore its biodiversity, the very thing we have removed. It is the only way out of this crisis that we ourselves have created. We must rewild the world.
All information taken from A life on our planet
This book is available for loan from the Fleurieu Environment Centre