The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast
Science:Natural Sciences
John Perlin is a Professor and Visiting Scholar in the Department of Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization.
Perlin says, “It is my hope that this edition of A Forest Journey will make clear the imperative humanity faces because losing our forests would not merely be the end of nature, it could mean the end of us.”
Originally published in 1989, the book’s comprehensive coverage of the major role forests have played in human life …….earned its recognition as a Harvard “Classic in Science and World History” and as one of Harvard’s “One Hundred Great Books.”
In this latest edition, Perlin cites data on how humanity has cut down half the trees on the planet in the last 12,000 years and that deforestation continues at an alarming pace with 15 billion trees removed per year. That’s 500,000 square miles of forested land lost since the first edition of A Forest Journey was released.
Perlin is also the author of three other books: A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology; From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity; and Let It Shine: The 6000-Year Story of Solar Energy.
Perlin lives in Santa Barbara, California.
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Episode 130 - Steve and Rebecca Ebner are a father and daughter team who own Manayunk Timber in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Episode 129 - Roby Babcock is the Marketing Director at Iseli Nursery, a wholesale dwarf conifer and maple grower located in Boring, Oregon.
Episode 128 - Carey Russell is a naturalist, photographer, and founder of The Dendro Lab.
Episode 127 - Leslie Berckes is the Executive Director of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA).
Episode 126 - Jennifer Alger is President of Far West Forest Products and has been working with urban salvaged woods for over 25 years.
Episode 125 - Paul Cox is the Vice President and Principal at Environmental Design, Inc.
Episode 124 - Michael Taylor is an experienced Nursery Manager and Grower.
Episode 123 - Anthony Sebastian Buscaino works as a landscape architect for New York City Parks.
Episode 122 - Tom Smarr is the Executive Director at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens in Devon, Pennsylvania.
Episode 121 - Kristin Biddle is a horticulturalist, Trustee, and Chair of the Horticultural Committee at Andalusia Historic House, Gardens, and Arboretum.
Episode 120 - Merissa MacDonald is a Certified Arborist through ISA and the Southwest Tree Program Coordinator at Bartram's Garden, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Episode 119 - Sara Street is the green guru of First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania.
Episode 118 - Rebecca Johnson is an ISA Certified Arborist and a true arborholic.
Episode 117 - Ethan Olson is the owner of Walburn Run Nursery located in Brockway, Pennsylvania.
Episode 116 - Rob Shaut is the Director of Tree Operations at Casey Trees.
Episode 115 - John Perlin is a Professor and Visiting Scholar in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Episode 114 - Sarah C. Low is a business management consultant, ecologist, educator and owner of Strategic Nature, LLC.
Episode 113 - Hugh Weldon is the Horticultural Manager at Villanova University.
Episode 112 - Mayor Tim Schultz is the first mayor to become a Tree Tender through the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Tree Tender Program.
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