The Wood-Wide Web
From our latest newsletter: In the last few years there has been a fundamental shift in how scientists view the way the plant kingdom works. Take trees, for example. The old view was that woodland trees grow tall because they compete for light – and the...No pressure …
When someone is at high pressure, conversation with them is not easy. There is a certain glazed look in their eye, as they try to manage the intensity of what they are trying to express. And you can’t get a word in edgeways. You open your mouth to reply –...How I view my relationship with Planet Earth
A January ponder. Something I wrote in 2014. It still rings true, although I might add a bit more now. Planet Earth gives me a body and maintains it during my existence here. Thus will I trust in her and study her ways in order to understand them better.Planet Earth...Book Review – ‘The New Wild’ by Fred Pearce
I loved this book. It challenged my preconceptions about ecosystems, the balance of nature, invasive species, biodiversity … Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed, himalayan balsam, rhododendrons in the UK, kudzu in the USA: these are the enemy, right? Well, this...Book review – The Hidden Life of Trees
This book is enchanting and subversive. It is a sociology of trees. The author takes it for granted that the trees have feelings. He shows how they express pain or thirst. He shows how they communicate and care for each other, and look after their young. He also shows...
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