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Nadkarni, Nalini.
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Trees -- Social aspects.
Trees -- Religious aspects.
Trees -- Environmental aspects.
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Nadkarni, Nalini.
Trees -- Social aspects.
Trees -- Religious aspects.
Trees -- Environmental aspects.
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Between earth and sky : our intimate connections to trees / Nalini M. Nadkarni.
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Nadkarni, Nalini.
University of California Press, c2008.
Call #:
582
.16
N137b
Subjects
Trees -- Social aspects.
Trees -- Religious aspects.
Trees -- Environmental aspects.
ISBN:
9780520248564 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520248562 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description:
xii, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. View from the Top -- 1. "What Is a Tree? -- 2. Goods and Services -- 3. Shelter and Protection -- 4. Health and Healing -- 5. Play and Imagination -- 6. Connections to Time -- 7. Signs and Symbols -- 8. Spirituality and Religion -- 9. Mindfulness -- Scientific Names of Trees in the Text -- Poetry Credits.
Summary:
"World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini M. Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives on our affinities with trees. In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, and illustrations, Nadkarni becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that reveals the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of things they provide us, and the powerful lessons they teach us. Nadkarni describes trees' intricate root systems, their highly evolved and still not completely understood canopies, their roles in commerce and medicine, their ability to thrive in city centers and in extreme habitats atop mountains and in deserts, and their important place in folklore and the arts. She explains tree fundamentals and considers the symbolic roles they have assumed in culture and religion. In a book that reawakens our sense of wonder at the fascinating world of trees, we ultimately find entry to the entire natural world and rediscover our own place in it."--BOOK JACKET.
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