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After having my mind blown by the essay on trees in All We Can Save, someone in our book club recommended The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, which I picked up just in time for #NonfictionNovember! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Wohlleben in a German forester whose love and admiration and knowledge of trees shines through every page. Learning about any living thing humanizes it, and that’s true of my experience with learning about trees, which I always enjoyed in a general sense but whose social natures, interconnectedness, and intelligence I found completely unexpected and endearing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ While this book doesn’t have a super strong activist slant, just learning about trees is enough to send the message loud and clear: Climate change effects the ability of trees to survive from one season to the next. Logging practices are cruel and based on a lack of understanding of the biology of forests. Trees grow strongest in forests that are uninterrupted by humans. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I found this book a great introductory text to a subject that I was completely unfamiliar with. Wohlleben does a great job of explaining the science of trees in an approachable and lively way, and if you’re the least bit interested in knowing more about the trees that have been here since before we were and will be here after we’ve gone, I encourage you to pick this one up. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ID: I’m holding up a copy of The Hidden Life of Trees with one hand. There is a crown of brilliant yellow leaves in the background. via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CkqNfCgrnah/