In the introduction to Nature’s Apothecary author Margaret Willes writes: The classical Greek physician and philosopher Hippocrates once declared ‘Nature itself is the best physician.’ In this book I have …
Read the review: Nature’s Apothecary: Everything old is new again
I’ve just registered for what looks like a fascinating and inspiring event on November 13th featuring a wide range of speakers and starring our beloved corn. This event features 10+ …
Read more: Corn as a Partner and Gift Giver: Free online conference
It may be summer vacation for some but not here at EcoLit Books! Here are the latest selection of books to come across our desks… Undying Fire: A Fire History …
Read more: New and forthcoming environmental books (August 2026)
Dr. Ivan Pavlov is one of the most popular scientists of all time, so much so that his name has become an adjective. And yet little is known about the …
I had mentioned the passing of author Sarat Colling last month. Today I’d like to revisit her book Animal Resistance in the Global Capitalist Era. We reviewed the book four …
When the British colonized India throughout the 18th century they imported their narrative about the relationships between human and non-human animals. A narrative of violence and cruelty, in which wild …
Read the review: Book Review: The Inhuman Empire: Wildlife, Colonialism, Culture
Reading non-fiction books about climate change has, over the years, come to feel like a form of masochism. Rarely do I come away feeling optimistic about the future of this …
Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) was not the first scientist to test on animals, nor was he the last. But he is perhaps the most famous. And he has somehow escaped mainstream …
In Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo: Stories from the Animal Archive author Daniel Vandersommers explores the evolution of the National Zoo as well as the far more limited evolution …
Read the review: Book Review: Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo
“An ideological descendant of the Gold Rush, the green rush serves as yet another get-rich-quick fantasy founded on the erasure of Native People …aptly named the green rush, this surge …
Read the review: Environmental Armageddon in Cannabis Country
Author Edwin Way Teale, a somewhat forgotten naturalist extraordinaire, was a pleasing lyrical writer who followed the seasons across America in cross-country car trips with his wife Nellie four times …