Human Footprint

In Human Footprint: Shelf Life, Shane goes global to explore the supermarket's profound impact on our lives. A marvel of 20th-century innovation, supermarkets offer convenience and affordability, but also hide a dark side--corporate control, global supply chain abuses, and unhealthy ultra-processed foods. Through expert voices and firsthand stories, Shane reveals the true story of supermarkets.

Humans have transformed Earth for millennia, making enemies and allies with species along the way. In The Enemy of My Enemy, Shane Campbell-Staton visits three continents to explore “biocontrol”--and meets experts using one species to control another. But the allies we recruit don’t always behave as expected, sometimes causing catastrophe. Can we harness biocontrol without creating new foes?

Look in the mirror--do you like what you see? In Dressed to Kill, Shane Campbell-Staton unpacks the high-stakes world of fashion, from Scottish sheep pastures to New York Fashion Week to Chile’s clothing graveyards. What we wear shapes culture, industry, and the planet--and the true cost goes far beyond the price tag.

In Human Footprint: The Honey Trap, Shane Campbell-Staton explores our tangled, ancient bond with bees--from backyard hives to wild pollinators on farms. As threats mount, Shane meets beekeepers, farmers, and scientists working to protect bees--and reveals how saving them may be key to saving ourselves.

From canals to concrete, Human Footprint: Dammed If You Do takes Shane Campbell-Staton from Roman aqueducts to Vegas fountains, then down the Colorado River to uncover the human drive to control our basic need: water. Along the way, he meets farmers, scientists, and activists fighting to share and save what’s left of our most precious resource.

In Human Footprint: Vanishing Act, Shane Campbell-Staton traces the arc of extinction from prehistory to the present. On an epic global journey, he meets species at the brink of oblivion to confront one of the most urgent questions of our time: on a planet where species are disappearing faster than any time in the last 65 million years, what’s really at stake? And what can we do to stop it?