Yes! This was amazing. So many great points. This is one of those books I wish I could get everyone to read. It's such a simple concept in theory, but it's something that is constantly growing and changing with our society and we constantly need to think of ways to grow and change with it... and always try to 'rewild.' Bekoff is such an amazing writer and I love reading his books. Mad it took me so long to get to this one after having it for a while.

Pithy, sentimental bullshit. It's not as if I don't spend a significant amount of my time in the wild, and enter remarkably natural (including whatever risks) relationships with animals, along with a host of other lifestyle choices Mr. Bekoff might admire. His narrative is just crap, so whatever coincidental connection there is between my lifestyle and his rant is irrelevant. If you're honestly entering and participating in NATURE, you realize pretty quickly that no one, whether human animal or

A must read for any one who is an animal lover and conservation enthusiast. I was very moved by the book and the author's passion for his subject. As a paraprofessional and teachers assistant, I was very interested in the chapter on rewilding education and Mr. Bekoff's assertion that we should move education out of the classroom and get children out in nature for more than recess.

what i mainly got from this book was a long list of other books to read on the topics of conservation politics, human-animal connections, and the rewilding movement. not terribly well-written, kind of a repetitive insistence that rewilding is important. it might have been more compelling if it was the first time i'd heard an argument of its kind.

The basic thesis of the book is that we need to “rewild” our emotional connection with nature. Bekoff briefly discusses what rewilding is and says that rewilding “reflects the desire to (re)connect intimately with all animals and landscapes in ways that dissolve borders.” We need to reconnect with the natural world. Our emotional connection with nature, or the lack of it, is behind all the problems we’re having with global warming, environmental destruction, species extinction, and so forth. If

The default tendency of our society to think of the human race as separate from nature can only have disastrous consequences, such as we are currently seeing in the widespread destruction of wildlife habitat, greatly accelerated extinction rate of species, and alarming changes in climate. Bekoff reminds us both of the importance of our fellow non-human beings and how to increase that awareness for all of us generally, but particularly in the education of children.Although the book tends to be so...

A compelling and optimistic appeal to all of us. The ecological path we are on is not sustainable and Marc Bekoff outlines a positive and supportive, but yet disciplined outline of personal responses which cumulatively are critically important if we hope to alter our world 's nonhuman and, yes, human animal path toward extinction.Backed by scientific research, personal experience, with an appeal to moral behavior that respects all animals Bekoff leads us to understand how we need to "rewild" our...

Makes you think about another way to view animals so that you have more compassion for them. I am saving prairie dogs which are hated "pests". If only people didn't see them that way and for the keystone species that they are, they might try to save them rather than kill them. People who consider animals disposable need to read this book to see another side to the importance of respecting and protecting them.

The ideas were commendable, but they were expressed in vague terms and rarely reinforced by stories or examples. I found the writing to be boring. I would have liked the author to illustrate his points with examples and anecdotes.

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I'm not sure if this is fair, because maybe if I had thought of this subject less already I would have been more impressed by the book, but I thought it was lacking any real substance. I like the idea of being more compassionate to other humans AND the rest of the world, and Marc Bekoff seems like a nice guy, but this all felt pretty surface-level when I wanted teeth.

This is a lovely, gentle book about how we as individuals can rewild ourselves in a world that is often cruel and indifferent to nonhuman animals. We are, after all, part of nature, and we have done incredible damage to her. Bekoff argues that we heal ourselves and ultimately the planet when we embrace our connection with nature and specifically with other animals. The book makes me question how I might be more attuned to the animals around me, more helpful, more protective. It is more about nur...

Naively written, but it sparked my thinking and pointed the way to more worthy books.

Compassion!

Love the idea and the arguments presented here, but felt disconnected from this book from page one. I can't put my finger on why, but it didn't resonate in the way I expected.

I have mixed feelings about this book. I think it's well written and has great points, but I wouldn't say those points are anything new and the book is so short that it didn't really dive deeply into any topic, but just gave a surface dusting. If you are fairly new to the environmental movement I would say this will be a quick and wonderful read. If, like me you have already read other books on similar topics I wouldn't say it's a great read. Interested to see what else this author has written I...

Well researched and easy to read, Rewilding gives readers great vocabulary to living in balance with the world around us and how to live your ideals. I genuinely enjoyed it.

The author mentions the following as typical outcomes from his talks* listeners with tears in their eyes * people who decide to become vegetarians or vegans * people who become advocates for animalsThat level of persuasiveness is not in evidence in this book. It was very dry and academic, with references to lots of other books and authors. I would guess the audience would be college students.

This was exactly what I needed. I can resonate with the author's strong sense of social and ecological justice and yet, he seems light in the way that he thinks about these issues. A positive, encouraging book with a broad perspective on the topic of natural preservation.

I read this book as a part of the UMW Reading Program which uses different categories of selections to expose and educate its participants. So, I was expecting something that was challenging or new territory for me. I purchased the book based upon the title and back cover description which unfortunately, I believe to be very misleading. I was under the impression that the author was applying the principles of "rewilding" to "build pathways of compassion and coexistence" among human groups and wi...