As is the case with many of us working in conservation, much of E.O. Wilson’s childhood was spent wandering in the outdoors.  At 92-years-old, the Pulitzer Prize winning biologist, who passed away recently, indeed spent a lifetime studying the natural world. In his 2016 book, Half Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life, Wilson advocated for setting aside half the world’s land and water for nature.  The Bitter Southerner interviewed Wilson not long ago, and got the Alabama native to further describe what he calls, “a moonshot of global conservation.” A Way Back: E.O Wilson’s Big Idea for Saving Nature and Humanity Along with It