“There is much to read that discourages both individual and collective action to live with love for each other, the world and ourselves. Much that ever so cleverly separates us and undermines our self-worth as citizens together with the power to change. Isabel encourages both individual and collective action with her honest, humorous account of all the choices we each can make right now today to change the world by changing ourselves.She gave my spirit a lift and my feet somewhere to stand.”

“Isabel Losada writes wittily, engagingly and compassionately about the ways in which we can help the planet. For those increasing numbers of us suffering from eco-anxiety here, at last, is a friend to guide us through the maze of conflicting advice, steer us round the pitfalls and gently support our stumbling steps. Her own stories of frustration and confusion, meltdowns and bafflement, will chime with anyone who has ever tried to do their bit for conservation in a world that seems determined to thwart them at every turn. Told with humour and candour, The Joyful Environmentalist is a manifesto of brilliant advice offered with humility and good grace – it is a practical guide to empower us all.”

“Perhaps the most important message any environmentalist can give at the moment is that green options are neither just a last desperate hope for saving the planet, nor misery maximisers that will make life less worth living. They are ways of affirming that worthwhileness and enhancing it. This book, practical and realistic as well as visionary, will keep that positive message before the reader’s eyes. Joy is after all one of the best motivations we can have for change.”