Book description
We have a special relationship with the sea. It is the single most
powerful driver of our economy, our lifestyle and our politics. It
affects what we eat, how we use the land, how we relate to our
neighbours, how we travel, even the thickness of our coats. Yet we go on
treating it, with childlike faith and unreason, as if we imagine it to
be infinitely resourceful and endlessly forgiving.
Sea Change
addresses such issues as pollution
by sewage, nuclear waste and dumping at sea; extinction of fish stocks
; destruction of marine environment, impacts of climate change,
coastal erosion and rising sea levels
; decline of our seaside resorts
; the failure of the 'integrated transport policy'
;and smuggling
. In each case Girling questions: how did the situation arise? What are
the consequences? What should be done? And what will happen when we
fail? His unique voice blends horror, humour and 'just fancy that';
sifting for solutions in the sands, he is utterly compelling,
entertaining and inspirational. Richard Girling
is a senior feature writer for the Sunday Times
Magazine. He has been awarded the title Journalist of the Year
for two years in a row at the Press Gazette Environmental Press Awards
2008 and 2009. He has also been named Specialist Writer of the Year
at the UK Press Awards in 2002 and was also shortlisted for this award
in 2005 and 2006. He has been a consultant to the former Department of
the Environment and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and
author of campaigns for the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). He
is currently a trustee of the Tree Council.
