Birdgirl: Discovering the Power of Our Natural World
Mya-Rose CraigDiscover a powerful, evocative & urgent new young voice in nature writing.
'Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby, or a pastime I can pick up & put down, but a thread running through the pattern of my life.'
Meet Mya-Rose - otherwise known as 'Birdgirl'. Birder, environmentalist, diversity activist. To date she has seen over 5000 different types of bird: half the world's species.
Every single bird a treasure. Each sighting a small step in her family journey - a collective moment of joy & stillness. And each helping her to find her voice.
Since she was young, she has visited every continent to pursue her passion, seeing first-hand the inequality & reckless destruction we are inflicting on our fragile planet. And the simple, mindful act of looking for birds has made her ever-more determined to campaign for all our survival.
This is her story; a journey defined by her love for these extraordinary creatures. Because small, brown, patterned or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives & up to the skies.
Birdgirl is the perfect read for fans of H is for Hawk, Diary of a Young Naturalist, & any young or aspiring environmentalists.
Praise
Lyrical, poignant & insightful. – Margaret Atwood
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Mya-Rose Craig, also known as Birdgirl, is a 21-year-old British-Bangladeshi birder, environmentalist & diversity activist. She campaigns for equal access to nature & to end the climate & biodiversity loss crises, issues that she believes are intrinsically linked, whilst promoting Global Climate Justice. She is an Ambassador for Survival International & fights for the rights of indigenous peoples; she has previously written a book amplifying their voices.
At the age of 14 she founded Black2Nature to engage minority ethnic teenagers with nature & at 17 she became the youngest Briton to receive an honorary Doctorate, awarded by Bristol University.