God Is An Octopus: Loss, Love and a Calling to Nature

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Contained in this book is a powerful meditation on how nature heals even the most catastrophic of losses. Covid-19 is likely to be remembered as one of the most significant global crises since the second World War. Woven through all of this is the solace of nature and an exploration of rewilding set against a backdrop of beautifully describe On the one hand I was thinking gosh, Ben Goldsmith is so wealthy, what could he possibly have to say that might connect to my life - with his enormous privilege. The catalyst for his transformation may have been abhorrent, but in the aftermath of Covid, and at the doorstep of the third global recession of my lifetime, I hope we will follow Goldsmith’s example and step up with a newfound sense of urgency and purpose to reforge the soul of our society and reverse the decline of our natural world.

Ben Goldsmith’s description of his grief at the tragic death of his daughter Iris and his path forward in the aftermath is an intensely moving work. And finally, if you're not a "beaver believer" yet, this article from NASA on measuring rewilding impacts from space might convince you.

I got to meet them both, and I embarrassingly fan-girled as I told Isabella what an inspiration she had been.

Finally, he experiences an intense ayahuasca ritual, the visions furnishing him with the intriguing title of the book. In this year’s nonfiction Pulitzer prize winner, two acclaimed reporters bring painstaking rigour and intimacy to bear on their quest to know him, speaking to his family, friends and teachers, and detailing the historical and political events that shaped his experience, from slavery to mass incarceration. We're looking forward to listening to this interview with Diana Friedrich of Rewilding Argentina on the For the Wild podcast. Through engaging with the rewilding of Cannwood, Goldsmith realises he can still experience joy and love.We learnt that access to natural places and green space reduces stress levels, depression, anxiety, and loneliness, while increasing self-esteem, sense of self, life satisfaction, and feelings of connection, care and happiness. Next comes the ripping out of fences, and a poignant sense of how much Iris would have loved to ride her pony over the newly opened-up landscape. Roger Alton * The Daily Mail * [Ben] does a quite astonishing job… finding incredible meaning in Iris’s short life and the connection with nature he experienced after her sudden death.