"Essential reading for anybody who cares about the future." —New Statesman, Book of the Year
"A seriously great book, important and urgent...this is the kind of book that demands action." —Guardian
"Stuffed with eye-opening statistics...by turns hopeful, melancholy and humorous." —BBC Wildlife, Book of the Month
"Impassioned, expert and always beautifully written...Our Place is a sobering and magnificent work." —Sunday Times
A radical examination of Britain's relationship with the land by one of our greatest nature writers.
The British love their countryside more than almost any other nation, yet they live in one of the most denatured landscapes on Earth. From the flatlands of Norfolk to the tundra-like expanse of the Flow Country in northern Scotland, Mark Cocker sets out on a personal quest through the British countryside attempting to solve this puzzle. Radical, provocative and original, Our Place tackles some of the central issues of our time whilst mapping out a future in which this overcrowded island of ours could be a place fit not just for human occupants but also for its billions of wild citizens.
