In Peter Wohlleben’s newest book, trees are characters, not commodities. In making his compelling case for a fresh approach to forestry, which values old-growth forests for their climate-cooling capacities, the acclaimed German forester treats trees as individuals with feelings, abilities, memories, and families. We are sometimes left to wonder what it means to say a tree feels emotions such as ... (read more)
Ruby Ekkel
Ruby Ekkel researches gender and environmental history at the Australian National University’s School of History. She is a doctoral candidate whose work focuses on women’s environmental and environmentalist interventions, and on relationships between settler Australians and native species.