{"title":"Fred Pearce","description":"Fred Pearce is an award-winning author and journalist based in London. He has reported on environmental, science, and development issues from eighty-five countries over the past twenty years. Environment consultant at New Scientist since 1992, he also writes regularly for the Guardian newspaper and Yale University's prestigious e360 website. Pearce was voted UK Environment Journalist of the Year in 2001 and CGIAR agricultural research journalist of the year in 2002, and he won a lifetime achievement award from the Association of British Science Writers in 2011. His many books include With Speed and Violence,  Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, The Coming Population Crash,  and The Land Grabbers.","products":[{"product_id":"the-new-wild-why-invasive-species-will-be-natures-salvation-paperback","title":"The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best books of 2015 by \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA provocative exploration of the \"new ecology\" and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a long time, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce thought in stark terms about invasive species: they were the evil interlopers spoiling pristine \"natural\" ecosystems. Most conservationists and environmentalists share this view. But what if the traditional view of ecology is wrong--what if true environmentalists should be applauding the invaders? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe New Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, Pearce goes on a journey across six continents to rediscover what conservation in the twenty-first century should be about. Pearce explores ecosystems from remote Pacific islands to the United Kingdom, from San Francisco Bay to the Great Lakes, as he digs into questionable estimates of the cost of invader species and reveals the outdated intellectual sources of our ideas about the balance of nature. Pearce acknowledges that there are horror stories about alien species disrupting ecosystems, but most of the time, the tens of thousands of introduced species usually swiftly die out or settle down and become model eco-citizens. The case for keeping out alien species, he finds, looks increasingly flawed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Pearce argues, mainstream environmentalists are right that we need a rewilding of the earth, but they are wrong if they imagine that we can achieve that by reengineering ecosystems. Humans have changed the planet too much, and nature never goes backward. But a growing group of scientists is taking a fresh look at how species interact in the wild. According to these new ecologists, we should applaud the dynamism of alien species and the novel ecosystems they create. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it is absolutely crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing the new ecology, Pearce shows us, is our best chance. To be an environmentalist in the twenty-first century means celebrating nature's wildness and capacity for change.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376914596063,"sku":"9780807039557","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/k5PVzsvA0b9780807039557.webp?v=1789228943"},{"product_id":"confessions-of-an-eco-sinner-tracking-down-the-sources-of-my-stuff-paperback","title":"Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2008 Indie Next Pick \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConfessions of an Eco-Sinner\u003c\/i\u003e, Fred Pearce surveys his home and then sets out to track down the people behind the production and distribution of everything in his daily life, from his socks to his computer to the food in his fridge. It's a fascinating portrait, by turns sobering and hopeful, of the effects the world's more than six billion inhabitants have on our planet--and of the working and living conditions of the people who produce most of these goods.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376929079519,"sku":"9780807085950","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/FIKMIsUhb_9780807085950.webp?v=1789228982"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/fred-pearce.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}