FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE
HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES
A powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots
are like brains that extend underground. Where the color green calms us,
and the forest sharpens our senses.
In The Heartbeat of Trees, renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on
new scientific discoveries to show how humans are deeply connected to
the natural world.In an era of cell phone addiction, climate change, and
urban life, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature--but
Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the
forest remain alive and intact.
Drawing on science and cutting-edge research, The Heartbeat of Trees
reveals the profound interactions humans can have with nature,
exploring:
- the language of the forest
- the consciousness of plants
- and the eroding boundary between flora and fauna.
A perfect book to take with you into the woods, The Heartbeat of
Trees shares how to see, feel, smell, hear, and even taste the
forest.
Peter Wohlleben, renowned for his ability to write about trees in an
engaging and moving way, reveals a wondrous cosmos where humans are a
part of nature, and where conservation and environmental activism is not
just about saving trees--it's about saving ourselves, too.
Praise for The Heartbeat of Trees
"As human beings, we're desperate to feel that we're not alone in the
universe. And yet we are surrounded by an ongoing conversation that we
can sense if, as Peter Wohlleben so movingly prescribes, we listen to
the heartbeat of all life." --Richard Louv, author of Our Wild
Calling and Last Child in the Woods
"Astonishment after astonishment--that is the great gift of The
Heartbeat of Trees. It is both a celebration of the wonders of trees,
and a howl of outrage at how recklessly we profane them." --Kathleen
Dean Moore, author of Earth's Wild Music
"As Peter Wohlleben reminds us in The Heartbeat of Trees, trees are
the vocabulary of nature as forests are the brainbank of a living
planet. This was the codex of the ancient world, and it must be the fine
focus of our future." --Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger, author of To
Speak for the Trees and The Global Forest
"Peter Wohlleben knows the battle that lies before us: forging a closer
relationship with nature before we destroy it. In The Heartbeat of
Trees he takes us deep into the global forest to show us how."--Jim
Robbins, author of The Man Who Planted Trees
