1. My eBook offers a comprehensive account of Michel Serres’ ecological philosophy: Michel Serres and the Planetary Emergency.

The book can be obtained for free for five days from 18 May – 22  May 2026 through the Amazon website. 

The eBook is aimed at a wide readership and will be of particular interest to:

• students and researchers with an interest in political ecology, environmental humanities, deep ecology, ecological jurisprudence and the philosophy of ecology

• climate organisations and activists

• those committed to green politics, the rights of nature, eco-social contracts, Gaian philosophy, participative government …

• Indigenous scholars and storytellers

• revolutionary and utopian thinkers  

from Preface:

Michel Serres is a humble and inimitable philosopher. In the clamor of promotional noise, he has started to have some recognition in the academic world but no public profile outside France.

Michel Serres thought that existing proposals for responding to the planetary crisis would not make much difference. Concentrating on reducing carbon emissions, sustainable development projects, technological inventions, state-sponsored initiatives and ‘green new deals’ do not go far enough. He insisted that the abuse and exploitation of the earth and each other were inseparable and they both have a very long history that includes but goes well beyond corporate greed, neoliberalism, capitalism, industrialization or European colonialism.

Serres drew inspiration from what humans have in common with the rest of nature. We are a miniscule part of an inexplicable adventure that started some 14 billion years ago. Somehow living things have evolved on the planet through symbiotic processes. A late arrival, humans have quickly become hyperparasites. We are the problem but not the solution. Serres says we must reinvent what it means to be human not just for ourselves, but more importantly to carry on the adventure of nature.

I argue that Serres’ philosophy of ecology does not simply add another ‘new’ perspective on the ecological crisis. He urges those who call for a new worldview, a new story, a shift in paradigm, an awakening, an eco-consciousness, a regenerative community, an eco-civilization, a deep transformation or a more-than-human alliance … to be humble, to go slower and further, to think the impossible.

to obtain the eBook: 

Title: Michel Serres and the Planetary Emergency

• Use a desktop or laptop browser to buy the book through the Amazon website.

• If using a mobile browser, select the ‘Request Desktop Site’ option in your browser menu.

• Or, go directly through a Kindle e-reader if you have one.

2. My paperback offers a brief introduction to Michel Serres’ ecology: Philosophy for a Time of Crisis: Michel Serres and Climate Change  (2026).

Available from Amazon and all the usual book retailers.

For libraries: ISBN 9781036953768

* an inclusive legal contract that embraces all nature

*a collective, common story

*the transformative potential of digital technologies

*the invention of a global politics

*a philosophy of hope