Isabella Tree

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Rewilding

Don’t be scared of rewilding, Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh: it’s a garden revelation. Celebrity gardeners are in uproar - but abandoning perfection can both help the environment and create beautiful spaces. The Guardian, July 24, 2023

Think like a beaver, create a pond - and lose the cat: seven ways to rewild your garden. Rewilding is not just about vast estates. You can - and should - apply its nature-friendly principles to your own garden. The Guardian, April 29, 2023

Lockdown awakened our interest in nature, but it mustn’t be at the expense of wildlife. A surge in outdoor activity in the UK has exposed how vital it is to balance human needs with those of the natural world. The Guardian, December 28, 2020

How Rewilding Brought Nature Back to England’s Knepp Estate. Vogue, October 27, 2020

After 604 years, white storks are nesting in Britain again. As part of ongoing efforts to restore nature in the U.K., a project is bringing beloved white storks back to the British countryside. National Geographic online, July 15, 2020

How to Return a Farm to the Wild—And Maybe Save the Planet. Time, October 3, 2019

We need to bring back the wildwoods of Britain to fight climate change. Planting a vast northern forest will be expensive and inefficient. Far better to allow nature to do the job itself. The Guardian, Nov 26, 2018

If you want to save the world, veganism isn’t the answer. Intensively farmed meat and dairy are a blight, but so are fields of soya and maize. There is another way. The Guardian, August 25, 2018

Dam it! For better or worse, the beaver is back. Isabella Tree visits their Bavarian lair. Intelligent Life Nov/Dec 2015

Can Rewilding Bring Nature Back to Modern Britain? The author is a zealous participant in a growing movement. National Geographic online, July 15, 2015

Rewilding Farm Creates Refuge for England’s Rare Turtledoves. Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell, owners of Knepp Castle Estate, in Sussex, converted their 3,500 acres from crops to wilderness—and rejoice in the transformation. National Geographic online, April 19, 2015

A Silver Lining to a Scandal. Breeding Exmoor ponies is a joy, but we need to be able to eat them Country Life, 5 Mar 2013

nepal

Radical Tantra. Westerners tend to think Tantra is only about sex. Exploring its origins in Kathmandu, Isabella Tree found a philosophy more revolutionary than she had imagined. Intelligent Life Nov/Dec 2015

Earthquakes Send Humans Warning From the Gods. In Nepal the gods speak through disasters, and shaking ground is seen as a wake-up call to humanity. National Geographic online, May 14, 2015

Meet Nepal’s Living Goddesses -in the Kathmandu Valley young Newar girls called kumaris are worshipped as omnipotent deities. National Geographic June 2015

In the Lap of the Gods. The monuments of the Kathmandu Valley, the towering Himalayas, and a million-plus deities – three of them very much alive – have ISABELLA TREE in a trance Conde Nast Traveller Magazine, August 2013

Ukraine, Chernobyl

Where the Wild Things Are. Eagles soar above the reactor’s cooling ponds. Welcome to Chernobyl, Europe’s most surprising nature sanctuary Sunday Times, 13 February 2013