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Search - The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet

The Man Who Planted Trees A Story of Lost Groves the Science of Trees and a Plan to Save the Planet
Author: Jim Robbins

The Man Who Planted Trees is the inspiring story of David Milarch?s quest to clone the biggest trees on the planet in order to save our forests and ecosystem?as well as a hopeful lesson about how each of us has the ability to make a difference. — ?When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago. The second best time? Today.??Chinese prove... more »rb

Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a vision: angels came to tell him that the earth was in trouble. Its trees were dying, and without them, human life was in jeopardy. The solution, they told him, was to clone the champion trees of the world?the largest, the hardiest, the ones that had survived millennia and were most resilient to climate change?and create a kind of Noah?s ark of tree genetics. Without knowing if the message had any basis in science, or why he?d been chosen for this task, Milarch began his mission of cloning the world?s great trees. Many scientists and tree experts told him it couldn?t be done, but, twenty years later, his team has successfully cloned some of the world?s oldest trees?among them giant redwoods and sequoias. They have also grown seedlings from the oldest tree in the world, the bristlecone pine Methuselah.

When New York Times journalist Jim Robbins came upon Milarch?s story, he was fascinated but had his doubts. Yet over several years, listening to Milarch and talking to scientists, he came to realize that there is so much we do not yet know about trees: how they die, how they communicate, the myriad crucial ways they filter water and air and otherwise support life on Earth. It became clear that as the planet changes, trees and forest are essential to assuring its survival.

Praise for The Man Who Planted Trees

?This is a story of miracles and obsession and love and survival. Told with Jim Robbins?s signature clarity and eye for telling detail, The Man Who Planted Trees is also the most hopeful book I?ve read in years. I kept thinking of the end of Saint Francis?s wonderful prayer, ?And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in the world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.? ??Alexandra Fuller, author of Don?t Let?s Go to the Dogs Tonight

?Absorbing, eloquent, and loving . . . While Robbins?s tone is urgent, it doesn?t compromise his crystal-clear science. . . . Even the smallest details here are fascinating.??Dominique Browning, The New York Times Book Review

?The great poet W. S. Merwin once wrote, ?On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.? It?s good to see, in this lovely volume, that some folks are getting a head start!??Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

?Inspiring . . . Robbins lucidly summarizes the importance and value of trees to planet Earth and all humanity.??The Ecologist

? ?Imagine a world without trees,? writes journalist Jim Robbins. It?s nearly impossible after reading The Man Who Planted Trees, in which Robbins weaves science and spirituality as he explores the bounty these plants offer the planet.??Audubon

ISBN-13: 9780812981292
ISBN-10: 0812981294
Publication Date: 3/3/2015
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 3
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Genres:

Science & Math >> Biological Sciences >> Ecology
Science & Math >> Biological Sciences >> Plants >> Trees
Science & Math >> Earth Sciences >> Environmental Science
Science & Math >> Earth Sciences >> Climatology
Outdoors & Nature >> Conservation
Outdoors & Nature >> Conservation >> Environmentalism

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