Among the Paper Daisies: Writings on Ecology and Being

Deep underground in a world heritage site, there is a cave that has been the home of a population of bats for at least half a million years. What can these critically endangered bats teach us in a late capitalist world, in the face of climate change, extinctions and doom scrolling? Drawing on observations from the natural world, including paper daisies, bats, phascogales, and even the moon in our sky, this small collection of writings is grounded in ecology and explores with curiosity. Wildlife ecologist Dr Emmi van Harten blends science with philosophy, inviting us into the ecological web.