Think Like a Forest

How to parent in a climate emergency? What knowledge should we pass on? What future are we preparing our children for?

Ben Rawlence first began writing to his eldest daughter before she was born, expressing his fears at what it would mean to raise a child in a world where the very concept of the future is in jeopardy. Twelve years later, dozens of these letters to his two daughters tell the story of one father’s attempt to navigate the fundamental contradiction of raising children within an economic system that seems hostile to all life, including us.

By turns moving and hilarious, but always bracingly honest, these letters offer relatable and inspiring insights about how to parent in perilous times. Ultimately Rawlence (and his daughters) shows us that learning to see once again through the eyes of a child might hold the answer to how we parent, how we live and even the future of our planet.