The Global Forest: Forty Ways Trees Can Save Us

The Global Forest: Forty Ways Trees Can Save Us

by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
The Global Forest: Forty Ways Trees Can Save Us

The Global Forest: Forty Ways Trees Can Save Us

by Diana Beresford-Kroeger

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Overview

A pioneering scientist writes of the fascinating ecological and pharmaceutical properties of trees, and how mother trees nourish younger trees and help them defend themselves – the inspiration for the documentary Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees

Renowned scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger presents an unforgettable and highly original work of natural history with The Global Forest. She explores the fascinating and largely untapped ecological and pharmaceutical properties of trees: leaves that can comb the air of particulate pollution, fatty acids in the nuts of hickory and walnut trees that promote brain development, the compound in the water ash that helps prevent cancer, aerosols in pine trees that calm nerves. In precise, imaginative, and poetic prose, she describes the complexity and beauty of forests, as well as the environmental dangers they face. The author's indisputable passion for her subject matter will inspire readers to look at trees, and at their own connection to the natural world, with newfound awe.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781101404539
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/13/2010
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
File size: 293 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author, whose work uniquely combines western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world. Her books include To Speak for the TreesThe Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America--which won the National Arbor Day Foundation Award for exemplary educational work on trees and forests--Time Will Tell, and A Garden for Life. She is the author and presenter of a feature documentary, Call of the Forest, and is also at the heart of an upcoming three-part series airing on PBS called The Truth about Trees. Currently she is advocating on behalf of an ambitious global "bioplan" encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature and join together to restore the global forest.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Bloodlines 7

The Sweet Savannah 11

Magical Trees 15

A Suit for Sustainability 19

The Paranormal 24

Home, Sweet Home 28

Heroes and Hormones 32

A Handful of Nuts 36

The Forest, the Fairy, and the Child 40

The Aboriginal 44 Bioplan for Biodiversity 48

Smile, Monkey, Smile 52

The Medicine for Mammals 56

Oh Mother, Dear 60

The Flowers of the Forest 64

Of Forests and Art 68

A Chat About Climate Change 71

The Paper Trail 75

Fragrance 79

Two-tier Agriculture 83

"Let There Be Light. . ." 87

Sacred Trees 91

Forest Food 95

Hedgerow Heaven 99

Warning from the Forest 103

Silent Sound 107

Medicinal Wood 111

The Sexual Revolution 115

Computer Country 119

Nutmilks and Creams 123

The Invisible Forest 127

Global Warming 131

The Birds and the Bees 135

DreamWorld 139

The Marriage of Lichens 143

Green Sex and the Affairs of the Heart 147

Dirty Laundry 151

Passion at Play 155

The Medicine Walk 159

The Forest and the Fire-keeper 163

Acknowledgments 169

References 171

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