The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature Book 1)
Peter Wohllebenamazon.com
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature Book 1)
In undisturbed ancient forests, youngsters have to spend their first two hundred years waiting patiently in their mothers’ shade. As they struggle to put on a few feet, they develop wood that is incredibly dense. In modern managed forests today, seedlings grow without any parental shade to slow them down. They shoot up and form large growth rings e
... See morePeter Wohlleben • The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things -— Stories from Science and Observation (The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy Book 3)
Trees seem completely uninterested in this scientifically established imperative. They simply live to be ancient—on average many hundreds, but sometimes even thousands, of years
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller
But underlying these facts is an assumption that trees are commodities.Underlying these facts is a human view of time.As the forests shift, can we find opportunities to shift our own understanding?As the trees are pulled into the new patterns of a warming planet, can we learn to embark on our own migration—our own pilgrimage—a journey that slows us... See more
Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder • They Carry Us With Them: The Great Tree Migration – Emergence Magazine
The anticipated trajectory of a tree’s life can change at any time for any number of reasons. Its health depends on the stability of the forest ecosystem.
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller
TREES CAN ACHIEVE great things together without meaning to, even when their achievements have nothing to do with survival.