Richard Smyth’s fascinating piece (“The green roots of fascism”, 5 April), sheds light on modern nature writing’s problematic relationship with fascism and quite rightly points out the danger of poisonous ideology creeping by stealth into modern ecological movements. I was surprised, however, that no reference or allusion was made to the recent climate strikes, or to the fact that much of the current environmental debate is being led by children and young adults. It seems to me that hundreds of thousands of conscientious youngsters making sacrifices in order to fight for the future of the planet are an optimistic counterpoint to Smyth’s concerns about eco-fascism – although perhaps, too, these are the very people at risk “when the snake whispers”.
Pauline Brown
London SW16
Content from our partners
