The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth

Reading Level
Grade 9
Time to Read
5 hrs 16 mins

Reading Level

What is the reading level of The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth?

Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth is 8th and 9th grade.

Expert Readability Tests for
The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth

Readability Test Reading Level
Flesch Kincaid Scale Grade 8
SMOG Index Grade 11
Coleman Liau Index Grade 10
Dale Chall Readability Score Grade 6

Reading Time

5 hrs 16 mins

How long to read The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth?

The estimated word count of The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth is 78,895 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs 16 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 46 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 56 mins.

The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth - 78,895 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 8 hrs 46 mins
Average 250 words/min 5 hrs 16 mins
Fast 450 words/min 2 hrs 56 mins
The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth by Judith D. Schwartz
Authors
Judith D. Schwartz

More about The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth

78,895 words

Word Count

for The Reindeer Chronicles: And Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth

8 hours and 29 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

In a time of uncertainty about our environmental future―an eye-opening global tour of some of the most wounded places on earth, and stories of how a passionate group of eco-restorers is leading the way to their revitalization. Award-winning science journalist Judith D. Schwartz takes us first to China’s Loess Plateau, where a landmark project has successfully restored a blighted region the size of Belgium, lifting millions of people out of poverty. She journeys on to Norway, where a young indigenous reindeer herder challenges the most powerful orthodoxies of conservation―and his own government. And in the Middle East, she follows the visionary work of an ambitious young American as he attempts to re-engineer the desert ecosystem, using plants as his most sophisticated technology. Schwartz explores regenerative solutions across a range of landscapes: deserts, grasslands, tropics, tundra, Mediterranean. She also highlights various human landscapes, the legacy of colonialism and industrial agriculture, and the endurance of indigenous knowledge. The Reindeer Chronicles demonstrates how solutions to seemingly intractable problems can come from the unlikeliest of places, and how the restoration of local water, carbon, nutrient, and energy cycles can play a dramatic role in stabilizing the global climate. Ultimately, it reveals how much is in our hands if we can find a way to work together and follow nature’s lead.