The global warming and environmental crisis debate argues that ordinary people have consistently opposed the destruction of nature and therefore represent an untapped constituency for climate action.
Crimes Against Nature uses new material to offer a completely different perspective on the most important issue of our time. It takes the familiar narrative about global warming – one that we are all responsible for – and turns it on its head, showing how pollution and environmental destruction have repeatedly been forced upon populations without our consent (andOften) against our will.
Through histories of devastation, she draws out stories of hope, highlighting the recurring longing for a more sustainable world.
In an age of climate strikes, viral pandemics, and extinction rebellion, Crimes Against Nature moves from ancient Australia to the "corpse economy" of Georgian Britain to the "kitchen debate" of the Cold War, offering an unexpected and optimistic environmental history—one that considers ordinary people not as a collective problem but as a powerful force for change.
