Where the Grass Still Sings: Stories of Insects and Interconnection (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures)

Through narrative, verse, and art, Where the Grass Still Sings celebrates the many tiny creatures that play crucial roles in our ecosystems―as well as the people on the front lines of the fight to save them. Weaving art and science with inspiring stories of people doing their part to protect insects and the environment, author Heather Swan takes readers around the globe to highlight practical solutions to safeguard our fragile planet. Visit a sustainable coffee farm in Ecuador and a frog expert combating animal trafficking in Colombia. Explore a butterfly sanctuary in an Andean cloud forest and learn about a family of orchid farmers who are replanting a mountainside to attract native pollinators. Meet a bumblebee expert helping Wisconsin cranberry growers, a bark beetle specialist in a new-growth forest in Georgia, an entomologist collecting for the Essig Museum in California, and more. Against a backdrop of climate change, ecological injustice, and impending mass extinction, this book rekindles wonder and hope. Featuring works by artists deeply invested in preserving the smallest beings among us, Where the Grass Still Sings is a paean to the natural world. COVER Front Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Notes to Introduction Chapter 1: Invisible Extinctions: Thinking About Insects at the Essig Collection Notes to Chapter 1 Chapter 2: Chocolate and Coffee: Saving What Is Being Lost Notes to Chapter 2 Chapter 3: The Forest of Orchids: Sowing Seeds of Resilience in Colombia Notes to Chapter 3 Chapter 4: For the Love of Frogs Notes to Chapter 4 Chapter 5: Transformers: Beetles Changing History Notes to Chapter 5 Chapter 6: Midewin Arsenal Afterlife Notes to Chapter 6 Chapter 7: The Bumblebee and the Cranberry Notes to Chapter 7 Chapter 8: Can Agriculture Save Pollinators Notes to Chapter 8 Notes