Wish this page included upcoming events for your business/ organization/ meetup group/ club?

Loading Events

« All Events

  • This event has passed.

Sierra Club Book Club: “Hidden Life Of Trees”

December 4, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Basic Info

Date:
December 4, 2018
Time:
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Website / RSVP:
https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Sierra-Club-Outings/events/255599429/

Who's Hosting This Event?

Sierra Club Austin Group
Who We Are:

The Austin Regional Group of the Sierra Club is a volunteer organization of over 5000 members. We’ve been an integral part of the Austin scene since 1968.

Our goal is to ensure that the Austin area remains a healthy, vibrant, place to live. We believe that the health of the human world is inextricably linked to the health of the natural world, and we offer a wide variety of activities and volunteer opportunities to support our goal.

Website:
http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Sierra-Club-Outings/
The Hidden Life of Trees
Event Tags:
,

From the Sierra Club –

We will be meeting to discuss this book. Book People had a great photographic version for more money and copies of a just-text form for less.

According to my Kindle I’m 15% into this book and I can already tell that I will be looking at trees in a different light whenever I’m around them now. This book’s full title is “The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World” by Peter Wohlleben.

Amazon.com describes it as:
“In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazing scientific processes behind the wonders of which we are blissfully unaware. Much like human families, tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, and support them as they grow, sharing nutrients with those who are sick or struggling and creating an ecosystem that mitigates the impact of extremes of heat and cold for the whole group. As a result of such interactions, trees in a family or community are protected and can live to be very old. In contrast, solitary trees, like street kids, have a tough time of it and in most cases die much earlier than those in a group.

Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, Wohlleben presents the science behind the secret and previously unknown life of trees and their communication abilities; he describes how these discoveries have informed his own practices in the forest around him. As he says, a happy forest is a healthy forest, and he believes that eco-friendly practices not only are economically sustainable but also benefit the health of our planet and the mental and physical health of all who live on Earth.”

Venue

Book People
603 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78703 United States
+ Google Map
Website:
http://www.bookpeople.com/