Guardian environment reporter Oliver Milman, author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World, joins us to explain why we should be worried about insect declines and how we can help out both as individuals and through larger scale political action. Plus, we explore why insects are worth appreciating for their own sake.
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Oliver Milman on little-known facts about insects
Tips to make your yard more insect-friendly
The April 26 Storytelling Animals book club will be about Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, which was important in raising the alarm about pesticides' threat to wildlife (a threat that has not gone away, as Oliver and I discuss). Typically the book club is for Patreon subscribers at the Lorax tier and higher, but if you would like to try it out before committing please sign up for my free weekly email list and reach out to me about attending one free meeting. The March 29 meeting is about Deb Olin Unferth's Barn 8, if you'd rather come to that one.
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