The Walnut Tree
I planted you beside the fence next to the field
that stretched green to the River Glass before
the storm that claimed the barn roof
Richard Myers
Climate | Action | Scotland | writing
Paperboats Zine
The urge to explore and celebrate all the kinds of lives of Planet Earth is stronger than ever, but the environmental and ecological crisis demands we also lift our eyes, and our voices, to species extinction and habitat loss, to what is happening to the forests and hills, the rivers and seas, our streets and gardens. The writer’s instinct to pay attention has never been more vital. Literature can help us to see the natural world – and our place in it – differently.