04363nam 2200985 a 450 991077806770332120230207230341.01-282-75948-597866127594820-520-93312-510.1525/9780520933125(CKB)1000000000767068(EBL)470963(OCoLC)609850110(SSID)ssj0000357107(PQKBManifestationID)11261594(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357107(PQKBWorkID)10351235(PQKB)10205500(MiAaPQ)EBC470963(DE-B1597)520271(DE-B1597)9780520933125(Au-PeEL)EBL470963(CaPaEBR)ebr10676184(CaONFJC)MIL275948(EXLCZ)99100000000076706820080123d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBetween earth and sky[electronic resource] our intimate connections to trees /Nalini M. NadkarniBerkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (338 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26165-8 0-520-24856-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledglnents -- Introduction: View from the Top -- ONE. What Is a Tree? -- TWO. Goods and Services -- THREE. Shelter and Protection -- FOUR. Health and Healing -- FIVE. Play and Imagination -- SIX. Connections to Time -- SEVEN. Signs and Symbols -- EIGHT. Spirituality and Religion -- NINE. Mindfulness -- Scientific Names of Trees in the Text -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Poetry Credits -- IndexWorld-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.TreesSocial aspectsTreesReligious aspectsTreesEnvironmental aspectsactivists.artists.biology.canopy biology.clergymen.commerce.cultural studies.culture.fauna.habitats.legal issues.legislation.life lessons.loggers.medicine.musicians.natural world.nature.religion.religious studies.science.scientific.students.symbolic.symbolism.tree animals.tree dwelling animals.trees.true story.TreesSocial aspects.TreesReligious aspects.TreesEnvironmental aspects.582.16Nadkarni Nalini1522816MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778067703321Between earth and sky3762714UNINA