Restoring the Pillars of Life: a Book Review

Book Review by Michael Pilarski

Restoring the pillars of life.

Ananda Fitzsimmons, December 4, 2024. Editiones La Bbutineuse. France. 163 pages.

An outstanding book! Ananda Fitzsimmons has produced one of the current best articulations of the global Earth-repair movement. Current analysis and strategies to re-green the 25% of the planet which is degraded. The book gives inspiring accounts of individuals, organizations and movements doing re-greening earth repair work. 

Easy to read, concise, good overview.  These would make great gifts. I am going to look into buying a case of them.  They are currently retailing for $26.

Here is a description from the internet:

Carbon, water, biodiversity: these three interconnected pillars are fundamental to the development and preservation of life on Earth.

Ananda Fitzsimmons introduces us to the diversity of ecosystems, natural cycles and major meteorological patterns. Human activities have deeply destabilised them. “Modern science has just begun to discover that nature is complex and interconnected. But these recent discoveries are not yet integrated in our culture”. We are mistaken if we think that biodiversity and climate are two separate crises.

The many portraits of restoration pioneers already at work around the world give us the proof that “in ten years, we can rehydrate a landscape, rebuild soil health, and revivify native species. Nature knows how to heal if we cooperate with her”.

Ananda invites us to join these champions, and help re-establish a flourishing life on our planet.

Ananda’s 2022 book Hydrate the Earth: The forgotten role of water in the climate crisis, I also recommend as a good read on that topic.

Purchase this book on Amazon, Barnes ‘n’ Noble, or the Chautauqua Book Store.