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Pros
Each chapter is a separate visit to the community of trees, guided by humorous old man who can laugh at himself and share his sorrow over the self-serving follies of tree killers. A charming treatise about trees, forests and their protection. Everythi... Read More
Peter wohlleben is captivated by similarities between plants and animals. He is passionate about his forests, as his story attests. But he is no pollyanna about the environment.
He emphasizes that ultimately deforestation is humanity’s own loss. He always encourages you to look at your self, at tree plantations, at city living, and towards the dim goal of aboriginal forest communities.
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Quality
As a soil scientist and forest ecologist i appreciate his ability to connect both with the forest and with humans and hopefully... Read More
Nature has its ways regardless of how we feel
Anything we can do to get people interested in taking better care of ourselves and healing our relationship with the world is a... Read More
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I liked the hidden life of trees better
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Otherwise we will have a major dieback all at once
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Over 99 of all living things have gone extinct
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We are alive right how capable of cognizant thought but we are acting just like those extinct living things did
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Williams“the heartbeat of trees”september 6 2021“what blood is to people water is to trees
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While he fascinates he comes across as a bit of a scold though he ends with a measure of hope not despair
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We are much too tightly bound to it
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He writes of the bog orchid which grows in the north and has no bees to serve as pollinators so has learned to imitate the smell of humans to attract mosquitoes which then serve as pollinators