Jane Goodall: Seeds of Hope, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Seeds of Hope
- Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants
- Verlag:
- Hachette Book Group USA, 10/2015
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781455513208
- Artikelnummer:
- 5890397
- Sonstiges:
- 27 colour photos, 52 b/w photos
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2015
- Gewicht:
- 618 g
- Maße:
- 226 x 151 mm
- Stärke:
- 32 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 29.10.2015
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Beschreibung
In this wise and elegant New York Times bestseller, Jane Goodall examines the critical role that trees and plants play in our world.
SEEDS OF HOPE takes us from Goodall's home in England to her home-away-from-home in Africa, deep inside the Gombe forest, where she and the chimpanzees are enchanted by the fig and plum trees they encounter. She introduces us to botanists around the world, as well as places where hope for plants can be found, such as The Millennium Seed Bank. She shows us the secret world of plants with all their mysteries and potential for healing our bodies as well as Planet Earth.
Looking at the world as an adventurer, scientist, and devotee of sustainable foods and gardening--and setting forth simple goals we can all take to protect the plants around us--Goodall delivers an enlightening story of the wonders we can find in our own backyards.
Rezension
"A treasure trove of stories." Robin Young, NPR's Here and Now
Klappentext
In her wise and elegant new book, Jane Goodall blends her experience in nature with her enthusiasm for botany to give readers a deeper understanding of the world around us.
Long before her work with chimpanzees, Goodall's passion for the natural world sprouted in the backyard of her childhood home in England, where she climbed her beech tree and made elderberry wine with her grandmother. The garden her family began then, she continues to enjoy today.
SEEDS OF HOPE takes us from England to Goodall's home-away-from-home in Africa, deep inside the Gombe forest, where she and the chimpanzees are enchanted by the fig and plum trees they encounter. She introduces us to botanists around the world, as well as places where hope for plants can be found, such as The Millennium Seed Bank, where one billion seeds are preserved. She shows us the secret world of plants with all their mysteries and potential for healing our bodies as well as Planet Earth.
Looking at the world as an adventurer, scientist, and devotee of sustainable foods and gardening-and setting forth simple goals we can all take to protect the plants around us-Jane Goodall delivers an enlightening story of the wonders we can find in our own backyards.
Biografie (Jane Goodall)
Jane Goodall, geb. 1934 in England, reiste 1957 nach Afrika und arbeitete als Verhaltensforscherin im Gombe-Nationalpark, Tansania. Parallel hierzu studierte sie Ethnologie. Ihr Studium schloss sie 1965 in Cambridge mit der Doktorwürde ab. Jane Goodall war an mehreren Forschungsprojekten beteiligt, ist Inhaberin berühmter Lehrstühle und erhielt viele Preise und Orden, darunter die Auszeichnung "CBE" ("Commander of the British Empire") und die "Medaille der National Geographic Society". Sie hat Bücher über Verhaltensforschung und Kinderbücher geschrieben, die in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Als Initiatorin von "Roots & Shoots", einem Programm für den internationalen Umwelt- und Artenschutz, begeistert sie insbesondere Kinder und Jugendliche in zahlreichen Ländern für ein ökologisches Engagement. Unermüdlich auf Vortragsreisen, verbringt Jane Goodall die wenigen verbleibenden Wochen des Jahres im englischen Bournemouth.
