In Defense of Plants (eBook)

An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants (Plant Guide, Horticulture, Trees)

Matt Candeias (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
Mango Media (Verlag)
978-1-64250-454-5 (ISBN)

Infos

In Defense of Plants will be a celebration of plants as living, breathing organisms fighting for survival on planet Earth. Plants don't really have a voice in today's busy world. The few plants that do get any attention are those that we humans have some use for. Whether for economic gain or some sort of purported medicinal benefit, we only seem to care what plants can do for us. Written by internationally recognized podcaster and blogger, Matt Candeias, In Defense of Plants will aim to inspire readers to look at plants in a whole new light. Instead of thinking about what plants can do for us, In Defense of Plants will focus on the incredible ways in which plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Readers will quickly realize that plants aren’t static backdrops to more charismatic life forms like big cats and primates. They will learn the most valuable lesson in nature: that plants are active players in the drama that is life.

Inhalt

Introduction: Why In Defense of Plants?

Chapter 1: A Rocky Start: How I learned to love plants in the bottom of a quarry

Chapter 2: My Own Green Revolution

Chapter 3: Gardens Change Everything

Chapter 4: Getting to Know Plants

Chapter 5: Plants on the Move

Chapter 6: Unlikely Allies

Chapter 7: The Wild World of Plant Sex

Chapter 8: Waging War

Chapter 9: Eating Air and Animals

Chapter 10: Parasitic Plants

Chapter 11: The Problems Plants Face

Chapter 12: The Future


Appendix

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.2.2021
• Zusatzinfo: b/w illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Anthropocene • botanist • Botany • botany book • braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer • climate change • defense food • Desire • Ecology • Ecosystems • extinction • Fauna • Flora • Fungi • Garden • genius birds • Herbarium • House • house plants • in a day • Indoor plants • Lab Girl • Live • Michael Pollan • natural habitats • nature of • OCTOPUS • omnivores dilemma • photosynthesis • plant life • plants • Podcast • Post-mining landscape • Science • Second Nature • Secret • Soul • species • Sy • the architecture of trees • the heartbeat of trees • the hidden life of trees • the life of trees • the mother tree • the revolutionary genius of plants • Trees • trees in books • Window
• ISBN-10: 1-64250-454-8 / 1642504548
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64250-454-5 / 9781642504545