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Title: [French] - Semeur d'espoirs

Author: Pierre Rabhi

Narrator: Mathurin Voltz

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 0 minutes

Release date: January 1, 2023

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Né en 1938 en Algérie, Pierre Rabhi est l'un des pionniers de l'agriculture écologique en France, essayiste, agriculteur, romancier, poète et fondateur de nombreuses structures tel que l'association Terre & Humanisme et le Mouvement Colibris. Il transmet son savoir-faire en Afrique et en Europe, prônant l'autonomie alimentaire de chacun. Il est reconnu expert international pour la sécurité alimentaire et a participé à l'élaboration de la Convention des Nations Unies pour la lutte contre la désertification. Critique de l'agro-business et praticien renommé de l'agroécologie, il s'est engagé pour un mode de société plus respectueux des humains et de la terre. Pierre Rabhi vit depuis 50 ans à contre-courant et est allé jusqu'à se présenter aux élections présidentielles en 2002 pour dénoncer les failles de notre société.

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Title: Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate

Author: Sally Coulthard

Narrator: Deirdra Whelan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Release date: December 1, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Sally Coulthard tells the fascinating – and sometimes shocking – story of the domestic chicken. The chicken can fly only a few metres but – somehow – this unlikely evolutionary descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex has conquered the world. Earth is now home to more than twenty billion chickens, at least ten times more than any other bird. For every human on the planet, there are three chickens. In Fowl Play, Sally Coulthard charts the chicken's fascinating journey from dinosaur to domestication to exploitation, exploring every aspect of the history of Gallus gallus domesticus: its importance to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans as food source and fighting bird; its symbolic roles in religion and folklore and metaphorical function in the language we use; its homely place as egg-providing companion on farms, smallholdings and in suburban back gardens; and its darker modern-day fate as battery bird raised to satisfy society's unquenchable addiction to wings and nuggets. Of all animals, chickens perhaps best represent the contradictory way we humans treat other species; both beloved pet and cheap commodity, symbol of a sustainable good life and brutalised object of factory farming. The chicken is also a bird we feel deeply familiar with and yet know very little about. As informative as it is entertaining, Fowl Play tells a remarkable tale of evolutionary change, epic global travel and ruthless exploitation – as well as of companionship, ingenuity and the folly of human nature.

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Title: [German] - Living for Future: Wie ich mit Low-tech meine eigene Biosphäre schuf

Author: Corentin De Chatelperron

Narrator: Jan Sören Meyer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Release date: November 15, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Nachhaltigkeit mit Zukunft: Wie man wirklich umweltbewusst leben kann Zwei Hühner, eine Ente und ein paar Pflanzen: Viel mehr hat Corentin de Chatelperron nicht im Gepäck, als er für vier Monate auf eine schwimmende Bambusplattform in Thailand zieht. Sein Ziel: Mit kreativen Low-Tech-Lösungen eine eigene Biosphäre schaffen und als Selbstversorger leben. Völlig autonom, ohne Supermärkte, Konservennahrung oder fließendes Wasser. In seinem Buch »Living for Future« lässt der Franzose seine Leser an dem außergewöhnlichen Experiment teilhaben. In Tagebuchform erzählt er von den Problemen, vor die ihn das kurzzeitige Leben als Aussteiger stellte, und gibt Einblicke in die Planung und die ungeahnten Herausforderungen eines solchen Projekts. • Zwei Hühner, eine Ente und ein eigenes Ökosystem: Ein Selbstversuch für ein autonomes, nachhaltiges Leben • Alternative Lebensformen kennenlernen: Einblicke in die Planung des Projekts und das Leben auf der Plattform • Low-Tech statt Hightech: Ideen für ein nachhaltiges Leben im Einklang mit der Natur • Selbstversorger werden: Erfahrungen, Inspiration und kreative Lösungsansätze für Interessierte Spannender Erfahrungsbericht: Das ist mit Low-Tech und Naturverbundenheit möglich! Als Ingenieur ist Corentin de Chatelperron immer auf der Suche nach »grünen Lösungen« für die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Er baute ein Boot, das komplett aus Jute bestand, und stellte in seinem ersten Buch »Sailing for Future« Ideen und konkrete Projekte für ein autarkes Leben auf See vor. Auch bei seinem neuen Experiment setzt er auf Ideen, mit denen sich unsere Bedürfnisse auf einfache und ökologische Weise decken lassen. Ein faszinierendes Buch für Selbstversorger, Abenteurer und Idealisten, das zeigt, wie viel Nachhaltigkeit realisierbar ist!

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Title: [German] - Lichtblick statt Blackout: Warum wir beim Weltverbessern neu denken müssen

Author: Vince Ebert

Narrator: Vince Ebert

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Release date: November 7, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Gedankenblitze statt Blackout! Kann eine Nation, die mit dem Bau eines Flughafens überfordert war, wirklich das Weltklima retten? Und lässt sich die Erderwärmung reduzieren, wenn man das Eisfach offen lässt? Mit humoristischer Feder hinterfragt Vince Ebert unseren Ehrgeiz, die Welt zu retten. Klimaforschung ist objektive Wissenschaft. Klimapolitik dagegen ist verhandelbar. Wir tun möglicherweise aus den richtigen Gründen das Falsche. Dass sich unsere Erde erwärmt, ist klar. Fraglich sind die Konsequenzen, die wir ziehen. Könnte die Anpassung an den Klimawandel zielführender sein, als der Versuch, ihn zu verhindern? Was tun, wenn das 1,5-Grad-Ziel nicht zu halten ist? Müssen wir über Kernenergie neu reden? Eberts Plädoyer für eine Debatte ohne Scheuklappen ist überfällig.

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Title: The Draw of the Sea

Author: Wyl Menmuir

Narrator: Wyl Menmuir

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Release date: July 5, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Wyl Menmuir’s The Draw of the Sea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the Cornish Coast and the people who make their livings there, examining the ephemeral but universal pull the sea holds over the human imagination. ‘A beautiful portrait of lives shaped by the swell of ocean and tide - a powerful salt-thread of connection’ -  Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path Since the earliest stages of human development, the sea has fascinated and entranced us. It feeds us, sustaining communities and providing livelihoods, but it also holds immense destructive power which can take all those away in an instant.   It connects us to far away places, offering the promise of new lands and voyages of discovery, but also shapes our borders, carving divisions between landmasses and eroding the very ground beneath our feet. In this beautifully-written meditation on what it is that draws us to the waters' edge, author Wyl Menmuir tells the stories of the people whose lives revolve around the sea in the Cornish community where he lives. In twelve interlinked chapters, Menmuir explores the lives of local fishermen steeped in the rich traditions of a fishing community, the beachcombers who wander the shores in search of the varied objects which wash ashore and the stories they tell, and all number of others who have made their lives on the beautiful Cornwall coast.  In the specifics of these livelihoods and their rich histories and traditions, Wyl Menmuir captures the universal human connection to the sea. Into this seductive tapestry, Wyl weaves the story of how the sea has beckoned, consoled and restored him. This book is a meaningful and moving work into how we interact with the environment around us, and how it comes to shape the course of our lives. As unmissable as it is compelling, as profound as it is personal, this must-read book will delight anyone familiar with the intimate and powerful pull which the sea holds over us.

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Title: The Wild Year: a story of homelessness, perseverance and hope

Author: Jen Benson

Narrator: Jen Benson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Release date: May 3, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

This book tells the uplifting true story of a family who left their old life behind to spend a year living wild in a tent around Britain. With a baby and a toddler, mounting debt, work demands and stress trampling over their desire to spend time together as a family in nature, Jen and Sim Benson move out of their rented accommodation, sell up their possessions and decide to live in a tent for a year as nomads around rural Britain. This is the story of that year – the highs and the lows – the doubts, epiphanies and the weather. Detailing one family's search for a life in the wild, away from the screens and stresses of modern life, this captivating memoir is a must read for nature lovers or anyone who has dreamed of a life outdoors. It’s nature writ large with the joys and challenges of each season experienced under canvas, a story of ultimate freedom in the beautiful landscapes of Britain.

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Title: Fledgling

Author: Hannah Bourne-Taylor

Narrator: Hannah Bourne-Taylor

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Release date: April 5, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Read the powerful account of one woman’s fight to reshape her identity through connection with nature when all normality has fallen away. When lifelong bird-lover Hannah Bourne-Taylor moved with her husband to Ghana seven years ago she couldn’t have anticipated how her life would be forever changed by her unexpected encounters with nature and the subsequent bonds she formed. Plucked from the comfort and predictability of her life before, Hannah struggled to establish herself in her new environment, striving to belong in the rural grasslands far away from home. In this challenging situation, she was forced to turn inwards and interrogate her own sense of identity, however in the animal life around her, and in two wild birds in particular, Hannah found a source of solace and a way to reconnect with the world in which she was living. Fledgling is a portrayal of adaptability, resilience and self-discovery in the face of isolation and change, fuelled by the quiet power of nature and the unexpected bonds with animals she encounters. Hannah encourages us to reconsider the conventional boundaries of the relationships people have with animals through her inspiring and very beautiful glimpse ofwhat is possible when we allow ourselves to connect to the natural world.  Full of determination and compassion, Fledgling is apowerful meditation on our instinctive connection to nature. It shows that even the tiniest of birds can teach us what is important in life and how to embrace every day.

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Title: [German] - Mensch, Erde!: Wir könnten es so schön haben

Author: Eckart Von Hirschhausen

Narrator: Eckart Von Hirschhausen

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Release date: May 14, 2021

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

'Wir müssen nicht die Erde retten – sondern uns.' Eckart von Hirschhausen Wir leben gesünder und länger als jede Generation vor uns. Und doch sind wir verletzlicher als gedacht: Ein Virus hält uns in Atem und ungebremst schlittern wir in die Klimakrise. Langsam dämmert uns: Gesundheit ist mehr als Pillen und Apparate. Wir Menschen brauchen, um gesund zu sein, als Allererstes etwas zu essen, zu trinken, zu atmen. Und erträgliche Außentemperaturen. Gesunde Menschen gibt es nur auf einer gesunden Erde. Eckart von Hirschhausen zeigt, was die globalen Krisen unserer Zeit für die Gesundheit von jedem Einzelnen bedeuten. Er trifft Vordenker und Vorbilder und macht sich auf die Suche nach guten Ideen für eine bessere Welt. Warum kann man gegen Viren immun werden, aber nie gegen Wassermangel und Hitze? Wieso haben wir für nichts Zeit, aber so viel Zeug? Verbrauchen wir so viel, weil wir nicht wissen, was wir wirklich brauchen? Und wie viel CO2 stößt man eigentlich aus, wenn man über die eigenen Widersprüche lacht? Eine Fundgrube von überraschenden Fakten, Reportagen, Essays und Querverbindungen. Persönlich, pointiert, gesund. Gekürzte Lesung mit Eckart Hirschhausen

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Title: Gone: A search for what remains of the world's extinct creatures

Author: Michael Blencowe

Narrator: Thomas Judd

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Release date: April 27, 2021

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight in Gone. 'Really, really well written' – CHRIS PACKHAM   Inspired by his childhood obsession with extinct species, Blencowe takes us around the globe – from the forests of New Zealand to the ferries of Finland, from the urban sprawl of San Francisco to an inflatable crocodile on Brighton’s Widewater Lagoon. Spanning five centuries, from the last sighting of New Zealand’s Upland Moa to the 2012 death of the Pinta Island Giant Tortoise, Lonesome George, his memoir is peppered with the accounts of the hunters and naturalists of the past as well as revealing conversations with the custodians of these totemic animals today.    Each chapter focuses on a different animal, revealing insights into their unique characteristics and habitats; the history of their discovery and just how and when they came to be lost to us.    Blencowe inspects the only known remains of a Huia egg at Te Papa, New Zealand; views hundreds of specimens of deceased Galapagos tortoises and Xerces Blue butterflies in the California Academy of Sciences; and pays his respects to the only soft tissue remains of the Dodo in the world. Warm, wry and thought-provoking, Gone shows that while each extinction story is different, all can inform how we live in the future. Discover and learn from the stories of the: - Great Auk. A majestic flightless seabird of the North Atlantic and the ‘original penguin’. - Spectacled Cormorant. The ‘ludicrous bird’ from the remote islands of the Bering Sea.  - Steller’s Sea Cow. An incredible ten tonne dugong with skin as furrowed as oak bark.  - Upland Moa. The improbable birds and the one-time rulers of New Zealand.  - Huia. The unique bird with two beaks and twelve precious tail feathers.  - South Island Kōkako. The ‘orange-wattled crow’, New Zealand’s elusive Grey Ghost.  - Xerces Blue. The gossamer-winged butterfly of the San Francisco sand dunes.  - Pinta Island Tortoise. The slow-moving, long-lived giant of the Galápagos Islands.  - Dodo. The superstar of extinction.  - Schomburgk’s Deer. A mysterious deer from the wide floodplains of central Thailand.  Ivell’s Sea Anemone. A see-through sea creature known only from southern England.    A modern must-read for anyone interested in protecting our earth and its incredible wildlife, Gone is an evocative call to conserve what we have before it is lost forever.

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Title: [Spanish] - El buen antepasado - Cómo pensar a largo plazo en un mundo cortoplacista

Author: Roman Krznaric

Narrator: José ángel Fuentes

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Release date: November 10, 2016

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

En la era tiránica del ahora, impulsada por las noticias 24 horas al día, el último tuit y el botón de 'comprar ahora', ¿cómo podemos ser capaces de pensar a largo plazo? Con un cortoplacismo tan frenético en la raíz de las crisis contemporáneas, desde las amenazas del cambio climático a la falta de planificación para una pandemia mundial, la llamada al pensamiento a largo plazo crece cada día. 'El buen antepasado' revela seis formas profundas en las que podemos aprender a pensar a largo plazo, explorando talentos humanos como el 'pensamiento catedral', que amplía nuestros horizontes temporales y agudiza nuestra previsión. Basándose en innovaciones radicales de todo el mundo, Krznaric celebra a los rebeldes del tiempo que están reinventando la democracia, la cultura y la economía para que todos tengamos la oportunidad de convertirnos en buenos antepasados y crear un mañana mejor. Transforma tu mentalidad y conviértete en un buen antepasado, allanando el camino para un futuro mejor con el libro inspirador y provocativo de Roman Krznaric. Roman Krznaric (1964) es un filósofo australiano, fundador del primer Museo de la Empatía e investigador de la Fundación Long Now. Estudió en las universidades de Oxford, Londres y Essex, donde obtuvo un doctorado en sociología política. Krznaric es conocido por sus ideas provocadoras sobre la empatía y el cambio social, y su trabajo ha sido influyente en la promoción de una mayor comprensión y compasión en la sociedad. 'Hermoso de leer, sincero y persuasivo, El buen antepasado es uno de esos libros emblemáticos con el poder de cambiar una mentalidad. Uno pasa las páginas sintiendo una creciente compulsión por el cambio. La clarinada de Krznaric a favor del pensamiento a largo plazo le convierte en un antepasado del que todas las generaciones futuras pueden sentirse orgullosas'. - Isabella Tree, autora de Wilding