The Living Landscape

Why is the conservation of nature so crucial to human well-being? What is the true significance of the countryside for city dwellers? Is the real meaning of conservation scientific or spiritual? From his home in a Suffolk village, the author looks beyond the immediate political and practical issues of conservation and searches out the imaginative origins of our love for the countryside. In "The Living Landscape", he celebrates a deep, personal attachment to his own landscape while arguing for a radical and poetic reunion with nature.