…a brain-meltingly intricate and inspiring compendium of the gigantic ideas needed to repair the planet by rewilding every city on Earth. From compost-firing cannons to water-filtering sewer submarines, Mushin’s bonkers, brilliant, boundary-breaking inventions give permission to eager 9+ conservationists to push their imaginations to the limit, rather than yield to despair.

Habitat-printing robot birds, water-filtering sewer submarines, and flying bikes launched on waste heat thermals are just a few of the 100-plus bonkers ideas artist and industrial designer Steve Mushin is suggesting to our cities to address climate change…

As well as an exercise in thinking, it is the personal story of Mushin coming to grips with the severity of the devastation occurring to our ecosystems…

The book is being described as a dazzling achievement by leading climate scientist Professor James Renwick…

…visionary, intricate, outrageous road map for integrated thinking …

Mushin offers over 100 whacky yet plausible inventions that would allow plantlife and nature back into our human-led environments. It’s mind blowing. It’s funny, it’s a melding of engineering, hi-tech, botany, zoology and pure creative thinking. Required reading for everyone, most especially political leaders and those feeling like we’ve run out of ideas: this book proves we really haven’t

Alongside his wild and wonderful inventions, Mushin's book engages seriously with the necessity of thinking and acting outside the box…Ultrawild binds together optimism, imagination, science, engineering and art, presenting its ideas with verve and humour and pluck, in amazingly detailed drawings...

There aren’t enough superlatives to describe this project…

His attempt to “push creative thinking to the limit of ridiculousness” made prising this from the grip of our 10-year-old mokopuna* exceedingly difficult.

*grandchild in Māori

This brilliant conversation-starter will rewire how young readers perceive “environmentalism,” fusing creativity and science while spotlighting nature's splendour. Brimming with humour and hope, 'Ultra Wild' shows Earth’s magnificent ecosystems still have a fighting chance if we unleash our imagination in time. What wild innovations might we dream up together? Mushin hands us the mantle to find out.

…the most astonishing children’s book I have read in ages. I am astonished by the wildness of ideas, the creative energy, the exuberant movement of thought, the feet in science and the eYES in imagining.…

Enter Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth and you enter pages of intricate, witty, crammed-to-the-margins, daring design where ideas are cartwheeling with glee and verve and possibilities.

Ultrawild is a visually impressive, large-format work of genius…

…we dive into Mushin’s mind as he works through the plausibility of various inventions that could potentially bring wildlife back to our cities and save the planet. It’s funny, entertaining, and informative. You’ll learn about thrust and aerofoils while he examines the possibility of flying bikes, or how many times a year New York City experiences exploding sewers due to methane buildup…

…big on ideas, big on facts, and big on problem-solving… this book will challenge the reader to question, imagine and rethink the realms of future possibilities for inventions and most importantly rewilding and saving our planet.

This book is actually beyond audacious.

It holds BIG ideas and is radical, liberating, scary, mind-bogglingly empowering and also funny. It’s very, very funny.

This remarkable (and often funny) book – written and illustrated in fabulous detail by Mushin –presents a selection of wild-sounding ideas, devices and techniques for rewilding cities… His illustrations – delivered in a colourful notebook form – are absolutely beautiful, and there are some fabulous double page spreads featuring large illustrations that are really breathtaking.

Get ready to witness the extraordinary as you explore a world where science and humour collide to forge a brighter future for Mother Earth. You will find over one hundred outrageously funny inventions that entertain and offer a glimmer of hope in the face of climate change. Maverick inventor, Steve Mushin, takes centre stage as he tackles the challenge of rewilding cities, saving our planet, and exploring the immense potential for transformative change.

A storm of imaginative ideas drawn, diagrammed and designed, as a beautiful large format picture-book, though it might be better described as a graphic-novelette or dissertation.

…Mushin is here to show, lead and inspire us to see this future differently – that is, if we choose to.