A groundbreaking new device has enabled Earthworms to write and publish their own manifesto in an act of radical ecological listening.

Earthworms are ecosystem engineers. They play a crucial role in soil ecology, creating drainage holes, aerating the soil, increasing soil nutrients by over 5 times, harbouring numerous beneficial bacteria in their guts, and decomposing and incorporating organic matter into the soil. The ways we in the UK live now is catastrophic for earthworms (and all other biodiversity). Perhaps it is time we started listening…