Finding the Mother Tree
Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest
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A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series
... Just as she disinters earthy mushrooms and the finest of filaments, so
she lays bare the human heart with moving simplicity
... It is her gallant mission in the book and in her life - and one essential to combating the climate crisis - to make science more humanly engaged
A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series
... Just as she disinters earthy mushrooms and the finest of filaments, so
she lays bare the human heart with moving simplicity
... It is her gallant mission in the book and in her life - and one essential to combating the climate crisis - to make science more humanly engaged
Finding the Mother Tree
is the kind of story we need to be telling
, a new way of communicating that the world desperately needs to hear... A reminder to listen to our wilder selves, and to remember, with humility, how little we know of the complexities of the natural world
This book is a testament to Simard's skill as a science communicator. Her research is clearly defined, the steps of her experiments articulated, her
astonishing
results explained and the implications laid bare:
We ignore the complexity of forests at our peril
A masterwork of
planetary significance
[Simard] is
an intellectual force
... Simard's results are so revolutionary and controversial that they have quickly worked their way into social theory, urban planning, culture and art... We have a lot of rethinking to do about the economic and political models that, since Darwin, have been taken to be natural
Finding the Mother Tree
has come at a crucial moment
... With biodiversity on a knife edge, the need to appreciate and understand the complexity and brilliance of the natural world could not be more important
Vivid and inspiring... a radical new understanding of plants
Speaking with Simard felt like coming to the headwaters of a vast system of ideas, both innovative and ancient... To read
Finding the Mother Tree
is to imagine the view from a 250-foot redwood. The recognition that we're all connected is one of the great gifts of the memoir
[Suzanne Simard] forever transformed our views of the world
and the interconnectivity of our environment.
Finding the Mother Tree
is not only a
deeply beautiful
memoir about one woman's impactful life, it's also a call to action to protect, understand and connect with the natural world
A
vivid and compelling
memoir of [Simard's] lifelong quest to prove that the forest is more than just a collection of trees
Dr. Suzanne Simard is the bestselling author of Finding the Mother Tree. She is a Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia, where she leads The Mother Tree Project. She has earned a global reputation for pioneering research on tree connectivity and communication and its impact on the health and diversity of forests. She lives with her family in the mountains around Nelson, British Columbia.