Sep 10, 2024
In this epidsode we are joined by Fred Pearce, author of The New
Wild - Why Invasive Species will be Nature's Salvation,
Economists book of the year 2015.
Fred is an award-winning author and journalist based in London. He
has reported on environmental, science, and development issues from
eighty-five countries over the past twenty years. Environment
consultant at New Scientist since 1992, he also writes regularly
for the Guardian newspaper and Yale University’s prestigious e360
website. Pearce was voted UK Environment Journalist of the Year in
2001 and CGIAR agricultural research journalist of the year in
2002, and he won a lifetime achievement award from the Association
of British Science Writers in 2011. His many books include With
Speed and Violence, Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, The Coming
Population Crash, and The Land Grabbers.
Fred joins the Salon team to talk about his stunning book, the New
Wild which has been so influencial in the teams understanding of
honey bees postion in Europe and particulalrly North Amercia