How much can one love a tree?
Rajasthan, in northern India, is home to the Bishnoi, a desert people whose religion is built around nature and wildlife conservation. They are renowned for the extreme lengths they go to defend nature: Bishnoi have died to defend trees from loggers and in pursuit of illegal poachers.
In My Head For A Tree, Martin Goodman charts the history of the Bishnoi way of life, and asks what a world facing climate change and natural harms can learn from a 600 year-old sustainable community. Goodman explores what lessons we can learn from the Bishnoi’s resilience and commitment to their delicate way of life in the face of modern adversity.
Written with the blessing and guidance of the Bishnoi, My Head For A Tree is a timely reflection on how we can adjust our lives to protect the natural world and our planetary future.
About the author
Martin Goodman is a writer and lifelong conservationist. With James Thornton he founded Client Earth, a non-profit environmental law organisation based in London. He is the author of nine books of fiction and non-fiction, and he is the Chair of Creative Wriitng at the University of Hull, where he directs the Phillip Larkin Centre for Poetry and Creative Writing.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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