Being with metal and machines required a great deal more sensitivity than being with wild animals or with plants and trees.

NEWYORKER: Among Animals and Plants

In Bangladesh, villagers build raised earth mounds the size of football pitches, on which trees are planted and food and water is stored: in an emergency, they and their animals can retreat to this man-made higher ground.

ECONOMIST: After the deluge

Plant the trees, secure the soil, and you save the money, while simultaneously giving people employment and securing the future for animals like the golden lion tamarin.

BBC: Rio +20: Joining the ecological dots