Finding the Mother Tree | 
pickThe fact that trees communicate with each other wasn‘t new to me, but the name for it was. This book is a memoir of one woman‘s journey from logger, to activist sounding the alarm. While performing experiments in the forest, she discovered the secrets of the vast, intimate mycorrhizal network beneath and between the trees. She discovered that older trees protect all the other plants and trees around it, even as it is dying. She called these⬇️
JenniferEgnor trees, Mother Trees. She became aware of the evils of Monsanto, realizing that no amount of destruction would satisfy their capitalist greed. Felling 500 year old trees…instructed to use poison on neighboring native plants surrounding target trees, (competition), she saw the poison killed the mycorrhiza fungal network, which in turn killed the trees. The misogyny of her peers revealed itself when she spoke out about this fact. Later, the⬇️ (edited) 1w
JenniferEgnor poison of the Yew tree would end up saving her life, further grounding her new relationship with the Earth. (In poison also lies a cure). She went on to give a Ted Talk, do a documentary, and create The Mother Tree Project. 1w
TheBookHippie I loved this book very much. 1w
JenniferEgnor A fantastic book, serving as a reminder that capitalist systems are not sustainable, that our actions and inaction have a role to play in climate change, that what we do matters. This book is supposed to be adapted on to the screen and is ongoing. 1w
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