In twenty short books Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. From the
Congo Basin to the traditions of the Kikuyu people the lucid incisive writings in The World
We Once Lived In explore the sacred power of trees and why humans lay waste to the forests
that keep us alive. Over the past 75 years a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has
become irrevocably altered by humans visionary thinkers around the world have raised their
voices to defend the planet and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words
have endured through the decades becoming the classics of a movement. Together these books
show the richness of environmental thought and point the way to a fairer saner greener
world.
