Amy McEuen, professor of biology at the University of Illinois Springfield College of Health, Science and Technology, has published a book offering down-to-earth tips on how everyone can help address global environmental crises ranging from climate change to biodiversity loss.

“I think when students or non-scientists hear the words climate change, it is easy to throw our hands up and just give up,” McEuen said. “What I don’t think most people realize is we have the opportunity every day to engage in improving our environment.”

Published by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, “How to Think Like an Ecologist: A Non-Scientist’s Guide to Saving Our Planet” offers a witty and engaging guide to the science behind restoring the planet and, by association, our own well-being.

From combating misinformation to understanding how each environmental crisis is connected to another, this new book decodes the basics of ecology and evolution to help anyone understand our world more clearly. McEuen highlights that we have no other choice but sustainability given the earth’s natural constraints. However, there is hope we can get there sooner rather than later in the steps we are taking, from putting prairie strips in our farms to green diverse roofs on our buildings, we can restore the diversity of life around us.

The book will be released on July 31 and is available for preorder on Routledge’s website or wherever books are sold. The book includes chapters on scientific literacy, how nature works, global change and more.