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The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
Peter Wohlleben
3.71 AVERAGE
254 reviews for:
The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
Peter Wohlleben
3.71 AVERAGE
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I didn't like this one as much as I enjoyed the Hidden Life of Trees by the same author, but it was still a good time! I desperately want the idea of prescribing time in nature to catch on here, I'd get my doctor to write a requirement of at least three days a month.
The only part of this book I didn't jive with was the discussion of language and changing how we refer to commercial tree farms. He advocates for calling them plantations (or at least that is the translation the publishers went with for the English edition), but as someone from the American south, that idea does not sit well with me at all. I get why calling them forests (working or otherwise) is misleading for people outside of forestry, but "plantation" has connotations beyond what he intends. It's an interesting discourse to have either way.
The only part of this book I didn't jive with was the discussion of language and changing how we refer to commercial tree farms. He advocates for calling them plantations (or at least that is the translation the publishers went with for the English edition), but as someone from the American south, that idea does not sit well with me at all. I get why calling them forests (working or otherwise) is misleading for people outside of forestry, but "plantation" has connotations beyond what he intends. It's an interesting discourse to have either way.
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I found the first two thirds of this book enthralling and a little magical, as someone who's largely disconnected from the land and nature. The book takes a weird twist toward the guilt-tripping preachy at the end, but maybe that was the audiobook narrator's tone more than the writing's
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Was an interesting read and I would definitely recommend it to my environmental science-y friends but several chapters I found myself disinterested or struggling to stay focused. at one point Wohlleben makes a point about his work being called to emotional but I think that provides a beauty and adds to the spirituality of being in the forests.