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Our wild calling how connecting with animals can transform our lives--and save theirs

"The author shows how cultivating the powerful, mysterious, and fragile bond between humans and other animals can improve our mental, physical, and spiritual health, protect our planet, and serve as an antidote to the loneliness of our species"--

Main Author:	Louv, Richard (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Human-animal relationships. Animals > Therapeutic use. Human-animal communication.

Summary:	"The author shows how cultivating the powerful, mysterious, and fragile bond between humans and other animals can improve our mental, physical, and spiritual health, protect our planet, and serve as an antidote to the loneliness of our species"--
Physical Description:	308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781616205607 1616205601
Author Notes:	Richard Louv is a journalist and author of ten books, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, The Nature Principle , and Vitamin N. Translated into twenty languages, his books have helped launch an international movement to connect children, families, and communities to nature. He is cofounder and chair emeritus of the nonprofit Children & Nature Network, which supports a new nature movement. Louv has written for the New York Times, Outside magazine, Orion Magazine, Parents, and many other publications. He appears regularly on national radio and TV, and lectures throughout the world. In 2008, he was awarded the Audubon Medal. Prior recipients have included Rachel Carson, E. O. Wilson, President Jimmy Carter, and Sir David Attenborough.

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