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Save the planet, release your inner wild, urges a passionate new book

Meet Craig Foster, from the Oscar-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher, who thinks we should reconnect with nature by plunging into icy waters or scanning remote landscapes

By Graeme Green

26 June 2024

Young woman with a backpack hiking in the mountains. Exploring in the nature, enjoying the view.

We can track a landscape and spot signs of the creatures living there

Ziga Plahutar/Getty Images

Amphibious Soul
Craig Foster (Thorsons)

My Octopus Teacher won the 2021 Oscar for best documentary and struck a nerve with audiences worldwide. Gently immersing viewers in the underwater world of a golden kelp forest off the coast of South Africa’s Western Cape, directors Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed told the story of Craig Foster, a South African film-maker who developed an emotional connection with an octopus, which helped lift him out of a period of depression and burnout.

Foster’s new book, Amphibious Soul: Finding…

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