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AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

In this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger’s life’s work as a botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown—and then…


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Our Green Heart taught me so much about trees, forests, and how we can restore ourselves and Earth. Written in easy-to-read, understandable style, Diana Beresford-Kroeger shared science about trees and forests. I was thrilled to discover that the deep, peaceful hush I often feel in the ancient redwood forests is actually created by both the muffling effect of lichen and substances found in the bark of trees.

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