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Letters to the Earth

Letters to the Earth

Writing to a Planet in Crisis

by Jackie Morris
Hardback
Publication Date: 14/11/2019

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The largest creative response to the climate and ecological emergency the world has yet seen.

2019 was the year of rebellion.

It was the year nurses, poets, nine-year olds and grandparents came together to say: we know the truth about climate change - now it is time to act.

But what words describe this crisis? What words can help our children come to terms with the future they will inherit?

Earlier this year, Culture Declares Emergency invited people from all around the world to find those words by writing a letter to the earth. The invitation was open to all - to think beyond the human narrative and bear witness to the scale of the crisis. Letters of love, loss, hope and action were written by over 1000 people.

Now published as a collection, Letters To The Earth brings together the voices of children and the public with authors, scientists and playwrights in the first creative project of its kind.

Alongside letters from the public, Letters To The Earth received submissions from artist and peace activist Yoko Ono, poet Kate Tempest, actor Mark Rylance, author, and illustrator of The Lost Words Jackie Morris, novelist Anna Hope, environmental writer Jay Griffiths and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas . Together they are an invitation to consider how this existential threat affects the way we live our lives and the action we take.

Lots of books consider the climate and ecological crisis from a political or scientific perspective, but Letters To The Earth is the first book to chronicle how humankind is collectively processing planetary crisis.

ISBN:
9780008374440
9780008374440
Category:
Climate change
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
14-11-2019
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
209x141x27mm
Weight:
0.34kg
Jackie Morris

Jackie Morris has illustrated several books for Barefoot Books, including The Greatest Gift and The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems. She lives and works in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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