TY - BOOK ID - 135843631 TI - Between Earth and Sky PY - 2008 SN - 1282759485 9786612759482 0520933125 9780520933125 9780520248564 0520248562 9781282759480 6612759488 9780520261655 0520261658 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Trees KW - Social aspects. KW - Religious aspects. KW - Environmental aspects. KW - activists. KW - artists. KW - biology. KW - canopy biology. KW - clergymen. KW - commerce. KW - cultural studies. KW - culture. KW - fauna. KW - habitats. KW - legal issues. KW - legislation. KW - life lessons. KW - loggers. KW - medicine. KW - musicians. KW - natural world. KW - nature. KW - religion. KW - religious studies. KW - science. KW - scientific. KW - students. KW - symbolic. KW - symbolism. KW - tree animals. KW - tree dwelling animals. KW - trees. KW - true story. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135843631 AB - World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives. In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, art, and photography, she becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that illuminates the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of goods and services they provide, and the powerful lessons they hold for us. Nadkarni describes trees' intricate root systems, their highly evolved and still not completely understood canopies, their role in commerce and medicine, their existence in city centers and in extreme habitats of mountaintops and deserts, and their important place in folklore and the arts. She explains tree fundamentals and considers the symbolic role they have assumed in culture and religion. In a book that reawakens our sense of wonder at the fascinating world of trees, we ultimately find entry to the entire natural world and rediscover our own place in it. ER -