Earthlings: Imaginative Encounters with the Natural World.by Parr, Adria PB**

Columbia University Press

EarthlingsImaginative Encounters with the Natural World\nAuthor(s): Adrian Parr\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231205498, 978-0231205498\nSynopsis\nSilver Medal, 2023 Nautilus Book Awards in the category of Ecology and Environment\n\nAmid environmental catastrophe, it is vital to recall what unites all forms of life. We share characteristics and genetic material extending back billions of years. More than that, we allfrom humans to plants to bacteriashare a planet. We are all Earthlings.\n\nAdrian Parr calls on us to understand ourselves as existing with and among the many forms of Earthling life. She argues that human survival requires us to recognize our interdependent relationships with the other species and systems that make up life on Earth. In a series of meditations, Earthlings portrays the wonder and beauty of life with deep feeling, vivid detail, and an activist spirit. Parr invites re.