Jane Rawson

Several years ago, Jane Rawson packed up her beloved inner-city home and moved to the bush. Scared about what climate change would do to the big city, and keen to meet more animals, she found a new home in a cottage in the Huon Valley. But in a place where nature never really leaves you alone, she had to confront her uncomfortable relationship with the outdoors.

A lyrical work of creative nonfiction, Human/Nature is an exploration of how and why we think about the natural world the way we do. If you’ve ever asked yourself whether humans are ruining nature, whether there’s a better way for us to belong, or whether it’s possible to love both the environment and your cat, you’re not alone. This exquisite, contemplative book is for anyone who has ever wondered where they fit in the natural world.

On life in a wild world

Human/Nature

Karolina

All of Australia lies to itself about its past.

All there is now is the cacophony of uninformative human noise: not communication, but aural smog.

Dividing things into nature and not-nature is just a way of dividing the things we think are worth caring for from the things we think are not. It's a justification for decisions we've already made, often reflexively, about how we distribute moral worth.

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