Charlotte Smith
Charlotte Smith is a journalist, television presenter and conference host. She has been presenting programmes about rural Britain on TV and radio for more than two decades. She is one of the main presenters of Radio 4’s Farming Today and a regular on Countryfile on BBC 1. As the child of librarians, Charlotte is a lifelong book lover, and is rarely happier than when in the quiet carriage of a train with no phone or wifi connection, and a good book on the go. Charlotte is the chair of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing’s new Global Conservation Prize.
Interviews with Charlotte Smith
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
by David Attenborough & Jonnie Hughes -
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by Merlin Sheldrake -
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Fathoms: The World in the Whale
by Rebecca Giggs -
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Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
by Cal Flyn -
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Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change
by Dieter Helm -
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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Best Conservation Books of 2021, recommended by Charlotte Smith
The Best Conservation Books of 2021, recommended by Charlotte Smith
Many of us are increasingly alarmed at the damage human beings have done—and continue to do—to the natural world and would love to be better informed about what we need to do to protect our precious environment. Fortunately, every year, the Wainwright Prize picks out the best writing on global conservation—books that are not only informative but highly readable. Here, British journalist Charlotte Smith, chair of the judging panel, talks us through the books that made the 2021 shortlist and why it’s worth reading all of them.
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Irreplaceable: The fight to save our wild places
by Julian Hoffman -
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Life Changing: How Humans Are Altering Life on Earth
by Helen Pilcher -
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Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and Its Birds
by Benedict Macdonald -
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Sitopia: How Food Can Change the World
by Carolyn Steel -
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What We Need To Do Now
by Chris Goodall -
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Working With Nature
by Jeremy Purseglove
The Best Conservation Books of 2020, selected by Charlotte Smith
The Best Conservation Books of 2020, selected by Charlotte Smith
Conservation and the battle against climate change are two of the most pressing issues of our age. But books on the subject have to be readable and enjoyable too, says Charlotte Smith – BBC presenter and judge for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for books on global conservation. Here she highlights the six shortlisted titles that will enchant and inspire you.
