Beyond Green Format: Paperback

Lesley Head has been professor of Geography at the University of Wollongong and the University of Melbourne. Her research has shaped international debates about relationships between humans and nature from the deep past to the present. Her recent work focuses on the cultural dimensions of environmental issues including climate change. She has been King Carl XVI Gustaf Visiting Professor in Environmental Sciences, Sweden, and President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Head’s recent books include Plants: Past, Present and Future (with Zena Cumpston and Michael-Shawn Fletcher) and Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene. Her work was shortlisted for The Nature Conservancy’s 2023 Nature Writing Prize.