Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Forest Watch
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Forest Unseen
Author: David George Haskell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143122940
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award “Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.” —Outside, “The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade” The biologist and author of Sounds Wild and Broken combines elegant writing with scientific expertise to reveal the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Each of this book's short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a brilliant web of biology and ecology, explaining the science that binds together the tiniest microbes and the largest mammals and describing the ecosystems that have cycled for thousands- sometimes millions-of years. Each visit to the forest presents a nature story in miniature as Haskell elegantly teases out the intricate relationships that order the creatures and plants that call it home. Written with remarkable grace and empathy, The Forest Unseen is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Haskell is a perfect guide into the world that exists beneath our feet and beyond our backyards.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143122940
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award “Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.” —Outside, “The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade” The biologist and author of Sounds Wild and Broken combines elegant writing with scientific expertise to reveal the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Each of this book's short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a brilliant web of biology and ecology, explaining the science that binds together the tiniest microbes and the largest mammals and describing the ecosystems that have cycled for thousands- sometimes millions-of years. Each visit to the forest presents a nature story in miniature as Haskell elegantly teases out the intricate relationships that order the creatures and plants that call it home. Written with remarkable grace and empathy, The Forest Unseen is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Haskell is a perfect guide into the world that exists beneath our feet and beyond our backyards.
Carrizo Plain
Author: Chuck Graham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578701899
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Chuck Graham has produced a pictorial homage to the Carrizo Plain at its most beautiful. His excellent photographs encourage the reader to explore the many hidden paths, valleys, flowing springs, and mountain ridges beyond the easily travelled roadsides of the Carrizo Plain, one of the last areas of wilderness habitat in the Golden State of California.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578701899
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Chuck Graham has produced a pictorial homage to the Carrizo Plain at its most beautiful. His excellent photographs encourage the reader to explore the many hidden paths, valleys, flowing springs, and mountain ridges beyond the easily travelled roadsides of the Carrizo Plain, one of the last areas of wilderness habitat in the Golden State of California.
Forest Bathing
Author: Dr. Qing Li
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 052555985X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The definitive--and by far the most popular--guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happiness Notice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit disorder, but studies have shown that spending mindful, intentional time around trees--what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing--can promote health and happiness. In this beautiful book--featuring more than 100 color photographs from forests around the world, including the forest therapy trails that criss-cross Japan--Dr. Qing Li, the world's foremost expert in forest medicine, shows how forest bathing can reduce your stress levels and blood pressure, strengthen your immune and cardiovascular systems, boost your energy, mood, creativity, and concentration, and even help you lose weight and live longer. Once you've discovered the healing power of trees, you can lose yourself in the beauty of your surroundings, leave everyday stress behind, and reach a place of greater calm and wellness.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 052555985X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The definitive--and by far the most popular--guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happiness Notice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit disorder, but studies have shown that spending mindful, intentional time around trees--what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing--can promote health and happiness. In this beautiful book--featuring more than 100 color photographs from forests around the world, including the forest therapy trails that criss-cross Japan--Dr. Qing Li, the world's foremost expert in forest medicine, shows how forest bathing can reduce your stress levels and blood pressure, strengthen your immune and cardiovascular systems, boost your energy, mood, creativity, and concentration, and even help you lose weight and live longer. Once you've discovered the healing power of trees, you can lose yourself in the beauty of your surroundings, leave everyday stress behind, and reach a place of greater calm and wellness.
Illinois Forestwatch
Author: Robert B. Blair
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Federal Forest Management
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
What Forest Knows
Author: George Ella Lyon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442467754
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Follows the changing seasons in a forest as trees and animals are nourished and are dependent on each other.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442467754
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Follows the changing seasons in a forest as trees and animals are nourished and are dependent on each other.
Shinrin-Yoku
Author: Dr Qing Li
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241346967
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Shinrin = Forest Yoku = Bathing Shinrin-Yoku or forest bathing is the practice of spending time in the forest for better health, happiness and a sense of calm. A pillar of Japanese culture for decades, Shinrin-Yoku is a way to reconnect with nature, from walking mindfully in the woods, to a break in your local park, to walking barefoot on your lawn. Forest Medicine expert, Dr Qing Li's research has proven that spending time around trees (even filling your home with house plants and vaporising essential tree oils) can reduce blood pressure, lower stress, boost energy, boost immune system and even help you to lose weight. Along with his years of ground-breaking research, anecdotes on the life-changing power of trees, Dr Li provides here the practical ways for you to try Shinrin-Yoku for yourself.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241346967
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Shinrin = Forest Yoku = Bathing Shinrin-Yoku or forest bathing is the practice of spending time in the forest for better health, happiness and a sense of calm. A pillar of Japanese culture for decades, Shinrin-Yoku is a way to reconnect with nature, from walking mindfully in the woods, to a break in your local park, to walking barefoot on your lawn. Forest Medicine expert, Dr Qing Li's research has proven that spending time around trees (even filling your home with house plants and vaporising essential tree oils) can reduce blood pressure, lower stress, boost energy, boost immune system and even help you to lose weight. Along with his years of ground-breaking research, anecdotes on the life-changing power of trees, Dr Li provides here the practical ways for you to try Shinrin-Yoku for yourself.
Reading the Forested Landscape
Author: Tom Wessels
Publisher: Nature
ISBN: 9780881504200
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Chronicles the forest in New England from the Ice Age to current challenges
Publisher: Nature
ISBN: 9780881504200
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Chronicles the forest in New England from the Ice Age to current challenges
Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape
Author: Tom Wessels
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581578571
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Take some of the mystery out of a walk in the woods with this new field guide from the author of Reading the Forested Landscape. Thousands of readers have had their experience of being in a forest changed forever by reading Tom Wessels's Reading the Forested Landscape. Was this forest once farmland? Was it logged in the past? Was there ever a major catastrophe like a fire or a wind storm that brought trees down? Now Wessels takes that wonderful ability to discern much of the history of the forest from visual clues and boils it all down to a manageable field guide that you can take out to the woods and use to start playing forest detective yourself. Wessels has created a key—a fascinating series of either/or questions—to guide you through the process of analyzing what you see. You’ll feel like a woodland Sherlock Holmes. No walk in the woods will ever be the same.
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581578571
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Take some of the mystery out of a walk in the woods with this new field guide from the author of Reading the Forested Landscape. Thousands of readers have had their experience of being in a forest changed forever by reading Tom Wessels's Reading the Forested Landscape. Was this forest once farmland? Was it logged in the past? Was there ever a major catastrophe like a fire or a wind storm that brought trees down? Now Wessels takes that wonderful ability to discern much of the history of the forest from visual clues and boils it all down to a manageable field guide that you can take out to the woods and use to start playing forest detective yourself. Wessels has created a key—a fascinating series of either/or questions—to guide you through the process of analyzing what you see. You’ll feel like a woodland Sherlock Holmes. No walk in the woods will ever be the same.