THE GREEN SAHARA: Regaining Paradise in the Face of Climate Change, John Gaudet
A thoughtful exploration of how the Sahara Desert can be returned to its former glory as a green paradise while actively combating climate change. A green Sahara is something the world has not seen since 10,000 BC when the Sahara was a wet, lush region. By 3,000 BC though the climate changed, the rains stopped, […]
THE GREEN SAHARA: Regaining Paradise in the Face of Climate Change, John Gaudet
THE GREEN SAHARA: Regaining Paradise in the Face of Climate Change (Bloomsbury Academic, February 2026). The book explores how solar and wind farms in the Sahara Desert could generate massive green energy, potentially reversing desertification and restoring the region’s ancient green paradise. It’s a fascinating premise. John Gaudet, PhD was a Fulbright Scholar who spent […]
THE GREEN SAHARA: Paradise Regained, John Gaudet
How the Sahara Desert can be returned to its former glory and also supply the world’s energy needs, by ecologist John Gaudet (author of Papyrus and The Pharaoh’s Treasure), in a fascinating blend of environmental science and ancient history. (World English rights, Rowman & Littlefield/Bloomsbury, Fall 2025)
PHARAOH’S TREASURE: THE ORIGIN OF PAPER AND THE RISE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, John Gaudet, Ph.D.
Just published from Pegasus Books! “A lively overview of a medium that was central to public and private life in the ancient world.An engaging journey to the distant past.”– Kirkus Reviews A thought-provoking history of papyrus paper―from its origins in Egypt to its spread throughout the world―revealing how it helped usher in a new era of […]
THE PHAROAH’S TREASURE: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization by John Gaudet
Author of Papyrus: The Plant that Changed the World: From Ancient Egypt to Today’s Water Wars, John Gaudet, Ph.D’s THE PHARAOH’S TREASURE: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization, a multi-disciplinary history of how the first paper fueled the development of Western Civilization beginning in Egypt during the Neolithic period through the introduction […]
Where I Write: John Gaudet
Our next Where I Write, in which our authors share their favorite writing spots, is from John Gaudet. “Nothing takes the place of a bare, dank, fifth floor, cold water garret in Paris in December (as exemplified by James Joyce ‘s digs in 1902. He said he ate from one pot, never cleaned it, just added […]
Gaudet
A Fulbright Scholar to both India and Malaya, the late John J. Gaudet was a writer and practicing ecologist. His early research on the ancient aquatic plant, papyrus, funded in part by the National Geographic Society, took him to Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, and many other places in Africa where papyrus grows. His work has […]
THE PLANT THAT RULED THE WORLD,John Gaudet, Ph. D.
Part natural history and part ecological call-to-arms, the narrative interweaves the history of the ancient papyrus plant with the modern day story and a bunch more text to make sure I have the character maximum set just right ya know…