Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan for Rewilding Every City on Earth

by Steve Mushin, Steve Mushin (Illustrator)

Overview

Join maverick inventor Steve Mushin as he tackles climate change with an avalanche of mind-bending and scientifically plausible inventions to rewild cities and save the planet. Jump into his brain as he designs habitat-printing robot birds and water-filtering sewer submarines, calculates how far compost cannons can blast seed bombs (over half a mile), brainstorms biomaterials with scientists and engineers, studies ecosystems, and develops a deadly serious plan for cities of the future. Ultrawild is a tour de force of extreme problem-solving for kids and teens (and anyone else) who love big ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765647066
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/09/2025
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	11.13(w) x 13.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	11 - 12 Years

About the Author

Steve Mushin is an industrial designer, artist, and inventor who collaborates with scientists and engineers to solve perplexing problems. Steve has exhibited large-scale design drawings and models around Australia and in Japan. He works between Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. He has won several awards for his work including the British Council's Big Green Idea Award and an Australian Design Honours award for his work in sustainable futures thinking. Ultrawild is Steve's debut book.

Steve Mushin is an industrial designer, artist, and inventor who collaborates with scientists and engineers to solve perplexing problems. Steve has exhibited large-scale design drawings and models around Australia and in Japan. He works between Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. He has won several awards for his work including the British Council's Big Green Idea Award and an Australian Design Honours award for his work in sustainable futures thinking. Ultrawild is Steve's debut book.

Editorial Reviews

"The author does not talk down to young readers, who will be drawn in by the intricate illustrations of contraptions and the occasionally gross and gory elements of the inventions. Rather, the book invites readers to join the STEAM design process, encouraging ideas that seem out of this world. . . An essential addition to middle and high school libraries, this graphic novel is a green how-to manual for 2025."—starred, School Library Journal

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