Turning Wild Ideas into Action

Turning Wild Ideas into Action


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Turning Wild Ideas into Action

I’m coming up to five years as commissioning editor with Chelsea Green Publishing! I’m deeply grateful to Margo Baldwin, Matt Haslum and the wider teams in the US and UK for the opportunity to platform many extraordinary individuals, most first-time authors, who are passionately turning wild ideas into action with head, heart and hands.

The Earth speaks in myths through all of us, and how we listen and interpret them shapes our lives actions. I have been particularly drawn to the following practitioners who I have asked to share their stories of Earth calling:

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The mythologist & magican Martin Shaw
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The Truth-Speaking Politician Jane Davidson
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The dynamic Art-in-Action Duo Hiary Powell & Daniel Edelstyn
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The indomitable Derek Gow
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The consummate green gardener and writer Sally Morgan
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Transformer of small spaces, Mark Ridsdill Smith
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Loving Bugs with Vicki Hird
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Living Life at Night with Chris Salisbury
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Abundance and diversity in your garden with Matt Rees-Warren


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Compasionate Activism with Ruairi McKiernan


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The extraordinary and inspiring couple Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer


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Thank the gods, reclaiming our love for materials, Nick Kary
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Thank you Simon Fairlie for what you continue to bring into this world


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I'd be so luck to have such a beautiful individual as Rupert Callender send me on my way!


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Predrag Slijepčević deepens our understanding of where we have come from and how we might move forward together with all life

Who would you platform?

#publishing #nonfiction #regeneration #ecology #green #educationforsustainability

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