This book is a plant : how to grow, learn and radically engage with the natural world.
We've become used to thinking of plants as things for us to use, as food, tools, resources or just as an attractive background to our own lives. But it's time to change our minds. New research shows that plants can think, plan and may even have memories. We share our planet with beings who...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Profile Books ; Wellcome Collection,
[2023].
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| Summary: | We've become used to thinking of plants as things for us to use, as food, tools, resources or just as an attractive background to our own lives. But it's time to change our minds. New research shows that plants can think, plan and may even have memories. We share our planet with beings whose potential we have only glimpsed. Featuring the writing of Robin Wall Kimmerer, Susie Orbach and Merlin Sheldrake, This Book is a Plant will be your handbook to the new reality, showing you a pathway to completely reimagine your relationship with a different kind of natural world. Delve into a world of moss and fungi. Sheila Watt-Cloutier transports us to the Arctic Spring, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan discovers the pleasures of painting trees and Rebecca Tamás puts roots down through earth and soil. This Book is a Plant is made from paper, it was once part of a tree. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 189 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781788166928 1788166922 |