Isabella Tree Ordre des livres (chronologique)

An inspiring story of hope showing what happens when you let nature take the lead.

A blueprint for how to rewild the world around us from two of the world's pioneers of wilding

Inspired by true events, When the Storks Came Home tells of how the magnificent white stork was brought back from extinction in the UK after over 600 years.

When We Went Wild tells the story of Nancy and Jake, two farmers who decide to rewild their farm.

'Never has there been a greater need for writers who can communicate about the environment in such clear, immediate and powerful ways, who can envisage the past as well as the future. The knowledge is already out there. We just have to listen. The contributors to this issue all have a deep understanding of how nature works. Some are scientists; others, environmental journalists exploring the latest thinking about ecosystems and how to repair them; or poets, novelists and activists examining our responses to the current crisis. These stories will, I hope, be both enlightening and empowering, galvanising us to bring about change.' Isabella Tree, guest-editor Patrick Barkham Tim Flannery Cal Flyn Jessie Greengrass Caoilinn Hughes Amy Leach Dino J. Martins Rod Mason Charles Massy Rebecca Priestley Callum Roberts Judith D. Schwartz Samanth Subramanian Ken Thompson Manari Ushigua Sheila Watt-Cloutier Adam Weymouth Xavi Bou, introduced by Tim Dee, and Merlin Sheldrake Nate Duke and John Kinsella

In Wilding, Isabella Tree tells the story of the 'Knepp experiment', a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex, using free-roaming grazing animals to create new habitats for wildlife. Part gripping memoir, part fascinating account of the ecology of our countryside, this is, above all, an inspiring story of hope.Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp was economically unsustainable, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell made a spectacular leap of faith: they decided to step back and let nature take over. Thanks to the introduction of free-roaming cattle, ponies, pigs and deer - proxies of the large animals that once roamed Britain - the 3,500 acre project has seen extraordinary increases in wildlife numbers and diversity in little over a decade.Extremely rare species, including turtle doves, nightingales, peregrine falcons, lesser spotted woodpeckers and purple emperor butterflies, are now breeding at Knepp, and populations of other species are rocketing. The Burrells' degraded agricultural land has become a functioning ecosystem again, teeming with life - all by itself.Personal and inspirational, Wilding is an astonishing account of the beauty and strength of nature, when it is given as much freedom as possible.

Drawn to Mexico by her powerful curiosity about this ancient land, Isabella Tree embarks on a journey to get to the heart of its complex and colourful culture. She takes part in shamanic rituals with the Maya; revels through the night with transvestites in Juchitan; awaits spirits in an ancient graveyard on Lake Patzcuaro; joins an Indian pilgrimage in the Sierra Madre; and spends a bloodthirsty Easter among self-flagellating penitents.