Book review: Why Rebel? by Jay Griffiths

“I wish that everyone who said they believed in angels would actually believe in insects” is the first line of Jay Griffiths’ book Why Rebel? It’s a good indicator of what is to come. What we believe or aspire to can lead us away from the natural world, and overlooking the small things – insects, soil – can lead to ruin.

Griffiths has been very involved in Extinction Rebellion, and so the title of the book suggests an argument for the movement. And it is indeed a call to arms, though not ...