Like a Tree: How Trees Women and Tree People Can Save the Planet
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Ecology
| Author: | Jean Shinoda Bolen | ISBN: | 9781609255114 |
| Publisher: | Red Wheel Weiser | Publication: | April 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Conari Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jean Shinoda Bolen |
| ISBN: | 9781609255114 |
| Publisher: | Red Wheel Weiser |
| Publication: | April 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Conari Press |
| Language: | English |
Like a Tree grew out of bestselling author Jean Bolens practice of walking among tall trees and mourning the loss of a Monterey pine that was cut down in her neighborhood. This book will appeal most to people who realize that they are tree people. It is poetic educational inspirational spiritual and down to earth covering the subject of trees from anatomy and physiology to trees as archetypal and sacred symbols. It is also a strong and positive call to ecological activism with stories of the organizations and tree people who are trying to save our forests and the planet: Greenpeaces Kleercut campaign to save the Boreal Forest Wangari Maathais Greenbelt Movement Julia Butterfly Hills campaign to save a California Redwood. Bolen offers a unique vision based on metaphysics psychology mythology and global gender politics. She writes eloquently about deforestation global warming and overpopulation as well as the work of Amnesty International and the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Like a Tree grew out of bestselling author Jean Bolens practice of walking among tall trees and mourning the loss of a Monterey pine that was cut down in her neighborhood. This book will appeal most to people who realize that they are tree people. It is poetic educational inspirational spiritual and down to earth covering the subject of trees from anatomy and physiology to trees as archetypal and sacred symbols. It is also a strong and positive call to ecological activism with stories of the organizations and tree people who are trying to save our forests and the planet: Greenpeaces Kleercut campaign to save the Boreal Forest Wangari Maathais Greenbelt Movement Julia Butterfly Hills campaign to save a California Redwood. Bolen offers a unique vision based on metaphysics psychology mythology and global gender politics. She writes eloquently about deforestation global warming and overpopulation as well as the work of Amnesty International and the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
