#BookSnapSunday I will resume the travel challenge tomorrow for today I am just sticking to #BookSnapSunday, which this week is the Craig Reucassel book Fight for Planet A, an accessible and empowering read if you are looking to understand the challenges facing the planet, why the Australian government is so backward in acting to address … Continue reading Let’s make 2021 a year to fight for the environment.
2021 Gaia/Nature Reading challenge
I started the Gaia/nature reading challenge in a fairly informal and off hand way in 2020 but for 2021 I thought I would be a bit more organised and focused, making the reading challenge a core regular component of Gum trees and Galaxies. Setting up a post each month where anyone who wants to participate … Continue reading 2021 Gaia/Nature Reading challenge
Reading
A bit of end of year blogging tidy up. So how did my reading plans for 2020 go? I joined in Turtle Recall the discworld reading challenge hosted by Annemieke at A Dance with Books and to be honest I only managed to re-read three Terry Pratchett novels in 2020; the first witches novel, Equal Rights, followed … Continue reading Reading
Environment-Nature-climate: reading list
image source pixabay I am thinking of making the Gaia/ Environment reading challenge a permanent feature on Gum trees and Galaxies, holding the reading challenge each year and adding an ongoing list of environmental themed reads for any one interested in extending their reading in this area. To that end I am starting a new … Continue reading Environment-Nature-climate: reading list
Butterflies for #BookSnapSunday
#BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the comments below. All you have to do is post an image of a book. Happy reading! https://www.instagram.com/p/CDp4_OzgRSk/ I read Micheal McCarthy's delightful … Continue reading Butterflies for #BookSnapSunday
May reading summary
“It’s not staying in the same place that’s the problem,” said Nanny, “it’s not letting your mind wander.”― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad I am a bit slow to get up my May reading but here it is at last, only two books completed. With the lockdown and restriction on movement driving me a bit batty … Continue reading May reading summary
Gone to Earth – #BookSnapSunday
This weeks Book snap is a classic of nature fiction Mary Webb's Gone to Earth. A novel loved by my daughter, who first read it in the most romantic of settings; sitting in the upstairs library of Shakespeare and Co in Paris. I bought her this first illustrated edition as a gift which I am … Continue reading Gone to Earth – #BookSnapSunday
Nature reading and journals
“It was great to see the owls," I said.She smiled."Yes. They're wild things, of course. Killers, savages. They're wonderful.”― David Almond, Skellig Just thought it might be worth sharing Emily's Nature Book Club: The Big List again. This is a fantastic resource if you are looking for nature themed reads. Some of my personal favourites are on … Continue reading Nature reading and journals
Hidden life of trees – Gaia reading challenge
Just finished another book that satisfies my Gaia/nature reading challenge; The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. Wohlleben certainly makes accessible the incredibly complex world of the natural environment, he makes visible the normally unseen connections that allow forests to function as complex organisms, explaining notions like the "wood wide web", a complex system that sees fungi … Continue reading Hidden life of trees – Gaia reading challenge
