Overview

As water crises multiply, and mass extinction and climate chaos escalate, we have the sense that nature is serving us a very clear warning and that something major has to change, or else. To respond requires that our adaptive skills are informed by ecology and applied effectively. The key issue is whether we can adjust our ways of life to make it in our new global environment. Building an informed awareness of water, and the life it bears in every drop, has to be a key starting point. Public involvement in the environmental struggle is now worldwide, transforming political agendas everywhere. Science, spirit and community are working together to release energy for change and justice at a scale seldom seen before. The channelling of this energy into ecological restoration and renewal of our relationships with nature and with each other is the great task of everyone alive today or soon to be born. It is time to make Peace with Nature.

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'A brilliant overview of an enormous subject' - Steven Poole, The Guardian. 'Should be read far, wide and as soon as possible . . . it does an excellent job of promoting a rational, effective, trans-ideological approach to environmental decision making' - Miguel Mendonca, Resurgence. 'Caldecott keeps a masterly hand on the reins of what is a vast topic . . . With laudable dexterity, [he] moves from the very small to the very large, from the interactions of atomic particles to the role water plays in the biosphere' Ecologist. 'A prophetic read' - Edward P. Echlin, ecological theologian and author of The Cosmic Circle. 'Includes a lucid presentation of the Aquatic Ape Theory . . . The book shows that we can avoid disaster if we come to our senses and give Gaia a helping hand' - Elaine Morgan, evolutionary anthropologist and author of The Descent of Woman and The Scars of Evolution. '...a riveting read, full of fascinating stories from an author who actually knows what he's talking about. Julian Caldecott is an ecologist with decades of field experience which enrich this work. He's been there, done it, seen it and best of all, has put into practice ways of solving local water crises of every hue.' - 'Smartyhands' on Amazon. 'Highly recommended!' - Andy Selfe, Whale Coast Conservation (Cape Town). 'Water by Julian Caldecott is a brilliant, beautifully written book which I found very informative and initially depressing, but it finished on a positive note with a clear message of hope.' - Henrik Chart, Land, Sea & Islands Centre, Arisaig (Scotland).

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Dr Julian Caldecott is an ecologist with a mission to help reduce and repair the damage that we are doing to the biosphere - the thin skin of life on Earth. He's spent years doing this through projects in tropical countries where the pace of environmental destruction is often fastest. His recent work as a senior consultant to the UN Environment Programme has aimed to restore natural ecosystems so as to reduce disaster risks and increase environmental security in the face of climate change.Julian sees the global water crisis as an outcome of humanity's unbalanced relationship with the biosphere. To correct this, he believes that the most important need is for public understanding of the values, functions and fragilities of nature, upon which effective action can be built. His books, which include Deep Water, Designing Conservation Projects and the World Atlas of Great Apes, aim to promote both understanding and action.Visit his website for more details: www.juliancaldecott.com.

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