Lab Girl: A Story of Trees, Science and Love by Hope Jahren – review
I first encountered Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass, in the ecology section of my local bookstore.
When I bought it, I had little idea how much it would change my life. What made Braiding Sweetgrass unlike anything I had ever read was the way Kimmerer wove stories together with science, reminding me of the importance of sheer lyricis... See more
When I bought it, I had little idea how much it would change my life. What made Braiding Sweetgrass unlike anything I had ever read was the way Kimmerer wove stories together with science, reminding me of the importance of sheer lyricis... See more
Robin Wall Kimmerer • Security Check - Orion Magazine
The achievement of The Overstory is to make these revelations meaningful at human scale, building the connections between us and the trees around us. Powers uses the scale of arboreal life – its extent in time, as well as its size – to tell a new kind of epic story: multi-generational, planetary-scale and ecological, in the sense of deeply intertwi
... See moreJames Bridle • Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence
Trees know when we’re close by. The chemistry of their roots and the perfumes their leaves pump out change when we’re near …. When you feel good after a walk in the woods, it may be that certain species are bribing you. So many wonder drugs have come from trees, and we haven’t yet scratched the surface of the offerings. Trees have long been trying
... See moreRichard Powers • The Overstory: Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
They were often planted in city parks by princes and politicians as exotic trophies. What is missing here, above all, is the forest, or—more specifically—relatives. At
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
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The Golden Guide to Pond Life, The Golden Guide to Stars, to Rocks and Minerals, to Reptiles and Amphibians: humans are almost beside the point.