The Joyful Environmentalist

Humor and urgency mix as practical environmental actions take center stage, bypassing endless problems for real-life solutions. Isabel journeys from Scottish tree planting to spirited activism while offering tangible tips that empower readers to embrace sustainable, joyful change. Finally! A book about saving our planet that is fast, funny and inspiring too. Written in short chapters for busy people, Isabel doesn't bother with an examination of the problem but gets right on with the solutions. Her aim: to look for every single way we can take care of the planet; how we live and work, travel, shop, eat, drink, dress, vote, play, volunteer, bank – everything. And to do this wholeheartedly, energetically and joyfully. Beginning with losing her cool in a restaurant that will only provide plastic cutlery, Isabel journeys through native tree planting in the Highlands of Scotland, playing Samba drums with Extinction Rebellion, interviewing in person the people that supply her energy and food – through every solution she can find – until both narrator and reader are fully equipped to be part of the pollution solution. ""She gave my spirit a lift and my feet somewhere to stand."" – Sir Mark Rylance