Reddit reviews The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation

You'd be surprised how few forests there are on earth that have remained untouched for "millennia". It's basically none.

Don't get me wrong, I'm 100% for conservation, but I'm just saying don't get attached to the idea of returning nature to its "default" state because it basically doesn't have one.

I read this book last month and if you're into this kind of stuff, it's a really good read. It's all about invasive species and humanity's short sighted understanding of the way nature "should" be.

Permaculture: A Designer's Manual is considered the bible for permaculture because of how comprehensive it is and how much information is packed into that book. It won't explain all of the effective strategies for different climates that we've developed over the last 30 years but I would definitely start there for the foundation. Then move on to books on topics that are specific to a particular topic within permaculture design.

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My Recommendations:

• Permaculture: A Designers Manual - https://www.permaculturedesignersmanual.com/product-page/permaculture-a-designers-manual
  
• Gaia's Garden - https://www.amazon.com/Gaias-Garden-Guide-Home-Scale-Permaculture/dp/1603580298
  
• Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond - https://www.amazon.com/Rainwater-Harvesting-Drylands-Beyond-2nd/dp/0977246434
  
• dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations - https://www.amazon.com/Dirt-Civilizations-David-R-Montgomery/dp/0520272900
  
• The New Wild: Why Invasive Species will be Nature's Salvation - https://www.amazon.com/New-Wild-Invasive-Species-Salvation/dp/0807039551
  
• The Worm Farmer’s Handbook: Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1603587799/
  
• The Humanure Handbook, 4th Edition: Shit in a Nutshell - https://www.amazon.com/Humanure-Handbook-4th-Shit-Nutshell/dp/0964425882

The biosphere is never going back to the 1900s, it literally can't, and nor should it.

We have a somewhat artificial idea that there was a 'best' time for the biosphere, but it has been changin and adapting for a very long time, and it will continue to do so if we give it half a chance.

Read 'The New Wild" by Fred Pearce .