The Reindeer Chronicles And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth, reviewed

Review of The Reindeer Chronicles, And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth by Judith D. Schwartz. Available from Chelsea Green Publishing here.

In a time of uncertainty about our environmental future—an eye-opening global tour of some of the most wounded places on earth, and stories of how a passionate group of eco-restorers is leading the way to their revitalization.

Award-winning science journalist Judith D. Schwartz takes us first to China’s Loess Plateau, where a landmark project has successfully restored a blighted region the size of Belgium, lifting millions of people out of poverty. She journeys on to Norway, where a young indigenous reindeer herder challenges the most powerful orthodoxies of conservation—and his own government. And in the Middle East, she follows the visionary work of an ambitious young American as he attempts to re-engineer the desert ecosystem, using plants as his most sophisticated technology.

Schwartz explores regenerative solutions across a range of landscapes: deserts, grasslands, tropics, tundra, Mediterranean. She also highlights various human landscapes, the legacy of colonialism and industrial agriculture, and the endurance of indigenous knowledge.

The Reindeer Chronicles demonstrates how solutions to seemingly intractable problems can come from the unlikeliest of places, and how the restoration of local water, carbon, nutrient, and energy cycles can play a dramatic role in stabilizing the global climate. Ultimately, it reveals how much is in our hands if we can find a way to work together and follow nature’s lead.

The Reindeer Chronicles And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth, reviewed

It is a lovely cover for the book, and very quickly Schwartz dives into some interesting and positive success stories where regenerative agriculture has achieved impressive and deeply transformative results. The John D Liu example from China’s Loess Plateau is an impressive dust to riches story, and very much sets the tone for the rest of the book. We had recently watched some impressive documentaries on youtube about Liu’s work, and we really recommend watching some of them.

The rest of the book covers a wide range of successful eco restorations that help to both educate and inspire us for 2021 and beyond. It makes us realise, and remember, that we can make a difference and help to turn around previous activities that were detrimental and not sustainable for the well being of our planet and our own continued existence too.

A gift for someone who wants to help restore the earth…but may not know how https://t.co/G5u2GqMIpQ

— Judith D. Schwartz (@judithdschwartz) December 15, 2020

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