In twenty short books Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.. From the Congo Basin to the traditions of the Kikuyu people the lucid incisive writings in The World We Once Lived In explore the sacred power of trees and why humans lay waste to the forests that keep us alive.Over the past 75 years a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet and affirm our