num_pages: 258
description: 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 weve lost our connection to naturebut 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 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 treesits about saving ourselves too. Praise for The Heartbeat of Trees As human beings were desperate to feel that were 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 a nd Last Child in the Woods Astonishment after astonishmentthat 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 Earths 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 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
language: English
title: The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
publisher: Greystone Books