Tree sense : ways of thinking about trees / edited by Susette Goldsmith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldsmith, Susette, editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees--Ecology.

Trees.

Trees--Utilization.

Trees--Conservation.

Human-plant relationships.

New Zealand essays--21st century.

New Zealand essays.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

255 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Massey University Press, 2021.

Summary:

At a moment when the planet is so clearly in peril, the trees stand as both guardians and messengers. They have words for us - if only we would listen. As climate change imposes significant challenges on the natural world we are being encouraged to plant trees. At the same time, urban intensification and expansion threatens our existing arboreal resources and leads to disputes among communities, councils and developers over the fate of mature trees. To find our way through this confusion, we need to build our respect for trees and to recognise their essential role in our environment, our heritage, our well-being and our future. We need to build a robust 'tree sense'. This collection of essays, art and poetry by artists, activists, ecologists and advocates discusses the many ways in which humans need trees, and how our future is laced into their roots and their branches."--Back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Needful Dependency

Tree breath and human / Elizabeth Smither

A Walk in the Bush / Philip Simpson

A Line Between Two Trees/Observations from the Critical Zone / Anne Noble

Among Trees, Among Kin / Kennedy Warne

The Golden Bearing / Meredith Robertshawe

The Peculiar Trees of Aotearoa / Glyn Church

Tree Sense of Place / Jacky Bowring

pt. Two Greening the Anthropocene

Burying the Axe and the Fire-stick / Susette Goldsmith

Think Like a Matai / Colin D. Meurk

E Tata Tope e Roa Whakatipu / Huhana Smith

Our Lost Trees / Mels Barton

No Place for a Tree? / Susette Goldsmith.

Notes:

Essays.GEO-EXTREME 2021: CLIMATIC EXTREMES AND EARTHQUAKE MODELING

Issue with paper dust jacket.

"This collection of essays by artists, activists, ecologists and advocates discusses the many ways in which humans need trees, and how our future is laced into their roots and their branches"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780995140745

099514074X

OCLC:

1249078484

Publisher Number:

99989829756