Description

• Controversial take on tree planting: Pearce argues that tree planting is problematic and that forests should be given space and time to heal on their own.
• We are all connected by trees: We often think of saving only our local trees. Pearce shows that we must think globally; humans depend on forests everywhere to keep our planet cool, breathable, and livable.
• Indigenous knowledge: Pearce interviews Indigenous peoples who live in and depend on the forests he writes about and shares their knowledge with their consent.
• Adventure travel: Pearce takes readers on an adventure to visit some of the most spectacular and unusual forests in the world.
• Books about tree and plant intelligence are top sellers: *The Hidden Life of Trees, Braiding Sweetgrass +*The Overstory together sold nearly half a million copies in 2020.
• Award-winning environmental science writer: Pearce has authored more than a dozen books and has won awards for his writings, which range in subject matter from the water crisis to consumerism and radioactive waste.