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- Robert Tulip
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Re: WANTED: January, February & March 2022 NON-FICTION suggestions!
I thought we agreed already to discuss Rationality by Steven Pinker.
- Mr. P
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Re: WANTED: January, February & March 2022 NON-FICTION suggestions!
I don't think we had the actual vot e
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Re: WANTED: January, February & March 2022 NON-FICTION suggestions!
There's a lot of new information on trees these days. One area is the "world wide wood," a concept that trees in forests have an underground communication, support, and healing network. Here's one book exploring that network that seems to be part science and part memoir. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard. (This book might harken back to one of the earliest discussions on Book Talk, The Global Brain by Howard Bloom.)
Here's an NPR / Fresh Air interview with Prof. Simard.
Another area of "new" information about trees concerns diverse forests Vs. managed or mono-tree farming. (Not a book suggestion.)
Here's an NPR / Fresh Air interview with Prof. Simard.
Another area of "new" information about trees concerns diverse forests Vs. managed or mono-tree farming. (Not a book suggestion.)
More than 150 years ago Victorian biologist Charles Darwin made a powerful observation: that a mixture of species planted together often grow more strongly than species planted individually. It has taken a century and a half — ironically about as long as it can take to grow an oak to harvest — and a climate crisis to make policymakers and land owners take Darwin’s idea seriously and apply it to trees.
...Following Darwin’s thinking, there is growing awareness that the best, healthiest forests are ones with the greatest variety of trees - and trees of various ages. Forests following this model promise to grow two to fourfold more strongly, maximising carbon capture while also maximising resilience to disease outbreaks, rapid climate change and extreme weather.
https://theconversation.com/a-150-year- ... ted-170909
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Re: WANTED: January, February & March 2022 NON-FICTION suggestions!
We didn't have the vote but with activity low during this transition to the new site I think we can just announce that book as the winner. I'll create the forum this weekend.