How Nature Speaks

“How Nature Speaks makes a valuable contribution in an area where such theoretical ‘deeper’ thinking is needed.” - David J. Brunckhorst, Environmental Conservation

“The strength of the collection lies in the contributors’ creative and exploratory applications of scientific models in complexity and non-linear thinking to social movements and political debate.” - Cheryl Lousley, The Goose

“This is not just another book on ecology! It is a book that makes the reader contemplate the most appropriate way to think about ecology.” - Hefin Jones, Biologist

“How to make nature speak? Whoever thought that the gravity of the current ecological problems leaves us no choice but to try and manage nature as best as we can is well advised to read this book. This fine collection gives us profound insights into the complex ways in which nature and the social are interwoven. Nature is not out there; it is present in every category we use to try and understand our environment. A product of years of scholarship, this is a welcome contribution to the literature.” - Maarten Hajer, University of Amsterdam

“What? Another book on ecology and how we are messing up the world? Is this book really necessary? This is not just another book on ecology. It is a book about how to think about ecology. Philosophical explorations, metaphorical musings, case histories of community action seen in the light of systems dynamics, and mathematical exposition of non-linear dynamics in clear intuitive terms all converge to help us see the richness of ecology as the paradigmatic science for understanding complexity. And yes, this book is necessary.” - Richard Levins, Harvard University