Nature Fix – Florence Williams
Uncovers the fascinating physiological response in our brain when we’re exposed to the purity of nature. Why we tend to feel calmer, rejuvenated in our natural world?
Lab Girl – Hope Jahren
Beautiful nature poetry. Encapsulates how science & creative writing can intertwine in wonderful ways. Interesting facts about trees & plants. Poetically links botanic life to cycles of our own. A willow tree can grow a genetically identical doppelgänger from branches!
The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature – D. George Haskell
In the mountain’s of Tennessee, biologist David Haskell makes daily pilgrimages to the same square meter of old-growth forest. A lyrical prose conjures awesome observations of various life-forms that inhabit spaces in the soil.
Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Weaves natural experiences as a botany professor & a native Potawatomi scientist. Beautiful reflections on sweetgrass, salamanders, maple sap & algae. An awakening of ecological consciousness, a celebration of the reciprocal relationship with our natural world. Poetic.
Writes about the changing seasons, the beauty & brilliance of Scottish Highlands. Evolution of migration, understanding conservation & what it means to be a naturalist. Emphasises on our appreciation of birds.
Read with cups of steaming coffee…