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Our green heart : the soul and science of forests / Diana Beresford-Kroeger.
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"In this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger's life's work as botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown--and then do our part to plant and protect them. As the last child in Ireland to receive a full Druidic education, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has brought an unusual and ancient holistic attitude to the science of trees, which has led her to many fresh insights into how closely we are tied to one another and to the natural world. Her influential message is to pay rapt attention to trees, because they are the green heart of the living world. Forests are our lungs, our medicine, our oxygen and the renewal of our soil. Planting the right trees in the right places, protecting the last virgin forests and working to create new ones is our best means to ensure a future for our children and grandchildren on this burning earth. Each of the essays gathered in Our Green Heart show us a slice of the natural world through Diana's unique lens, illuminating the way our health, individually and as a species, is tied to the health of the forest--a tie we ignore at our peril. She maps the science that still needs to be done--there is so much we don't know about the ways trees and forests work--but also, eloquently, shows us the path to survival that her own science has revealed, the "bioplan" or blueprint for the connectivity of life in nature. If we realize that even the flowerpot on our doorstep is a natural habitat, and plant it according to its bioplan, we will be aiding and abetting life rather than destroying it."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781039009790
- ISBN: 1039009794
- Physical Description: 207 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Random House Canada, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The red and green kingdoms -- When the land breaks its silence -- The star of nature -- The ancient and the subatomic -- Forest mast -- Forest school -- Hidden in trees -- The magic of the kingnut -- Feed the ocean, hydrate the land -- An entanglement of oaks -- Lessons in Botany -- The wrong trees in the wrong places -- What we still don't understand -- Céile -- Dúchas -- The hundred-acre mistake -- The language of trees -- Forest soil -- Our cosmic umbrella -- Liquid light -- My mother's tree -- The consuming madness of scientists -- The boreal spring -- Forest bathing -- The risks of taking nature's place -- The sound and silence of forests -- The bioplan -- Mission impossible -- Sacred forests -- End piece.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | SD 390.7 C55 B47 2024 (Text) | 26040003582307 | Main Collection | Volume hold | In process | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aOur green heart : ‡bthe soul and science of forests / ‡cDiana Beresford-Kroeger. |
| 264 | 1. | ‡a[Toronto] : ‡bRandom House Canada, ‡c[2024] | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©2024 | |
| 300 | . | ‡a207 pages ; ‡c22 cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tThe red and green kingdoms -- ‡tWhen the land breaks its silence -- ‡tThe star of nature -- ‡tThe ancient and the subatomic -- ‡tForest mast -- ‡tForest school -- ‡tHidden in trees -- ‡tThe magic of the kingnut -- ‡tFeed the ocean, hydrate the land -- ‡tAn entanglement of oaks -- ‡tLessons in Botany -- ‡tThe wrong trees in the wrong places -- ‡tWhat we still don't understand -- ‡tCéile -- ‡tDúchas -- ‡tThe hundred-acre mistake -- ‡tThe language of trees -- ‡tForest soil -- ‡tOur cosmic umbrella -- ‡tLiquid light -- ‡tMy mother's tree -- ‡tThe consuming madness of scientists -- ‡tThe boreal spring -- ‡tForest bathing -- ‡tThe risks of taking nature's place -- ‡tThe sound and silence of forests -- ‡tThe bioplan -- ‡tMission impossible -- ‡tSacred forests -- ‡tEnd piece. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"In this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger's life's work as botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown--and then do our part to plant and protect them. As the last child in Ireland to receive a full Druidic education, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has brought an unusual and ancient holistic attitude to the science of trees, which has led her to many fresh insights into how closely we are tied to one another and to the natural world. Her influential message is to pay rapt attention to trees, because they are the green heart of the living world. Forests are our lungs, our medicine, our oxygen and the renewal of our soil. Planting the right trees in the right places, protecting the last virgin forests and working to create new ones is our best means to ensure a future for our children and grandchildren on this burning earth. Each of the essays gathered in Our Green Heart show us a slice of the natural world through Diana's unique lens, illuminating the way our health, individually and as a species, is tied to the health of the forest--a tie we ignore at our peril. She maps the science that still needs to be done--there is so much we don't know about the ways trees and forests work--but also, eloquently, shows us the path to survival that her own science has revealed, the "bioplan" or blueprint for the connectivity of life in nature. If we realize that even the flowerpot on our doorstep is a natural habitat, and plant it according to its bioplan, we will be aiding and abetting life rather than destroying it."-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 590 | . | ‡aDec2024 ‡5BSQ | |
| 595 | 0 | . | ‡5BCRE ‡aAdult Non-fiction September 2024 |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aForests and forestry ‡xClimatic factors. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aForest health. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aForest ecology. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aForest conservation. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aHuman-plant relationships. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aClimatic changes. | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aInformational works. ‡2lcgft | |
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