Make this book your friend says Arianna Huffington.James Thorntons Nature My Teacher is a powerful guide to being human in a time of ecocrisis.In Nature My Teacher poet lawyer and founder of top global environmental group ClientEarth James Thornton offers a meditation on being alive while the planet fights to survive. He explores topics such as memory climate anxiety and human consciousness through a series of short essays arranged into twelve ampamp8220booksampamp8221 each closing with a poem and a photo to leave readers in a reflective space.As a Zen priest from Los Angeles James contemplates what he has learnt from observing and listening to nature and shows that when the planet is hurting we too feel its pain.The way this book is opening hearts and minds is remarkable.