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 111 - Ashley Miles is the Administrative Production Assistant at Ruppert Nurseries and Kelly Lewis is the General Manager of Ruppert Nurseries.
Episode 110 - Jill Rose is the State Forest Pathologist with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Bureau of Forestry.
Episode 109 - Steve Shreiner is the president and founder of Shreiner Tree Care established in 1986.
Episode 108 - Sir Tim Smit KBE 'discovered' and restored 'The Lost Gardens of Heligan' with John Nelson and is the founder of the Eden Project.
Episode 107 - Nan Sterman is a California native, garden expert, garden designer, author, botanist, and award-winning communicator.
Episode 106 - Anthony Tresselt is a certified arborist, arboricultural safety consultant, trainer and 30 year student of arboriculture and tree climbing.
Episode 105 - Andrew Bunting is Vice President of Horticulture at PHS (Pennsylvania Horticulture Society).
Episode 104 - Christy Rollinson is the Forest Ecologist at The Morton Arboretum.
Episode 103 - Anelle Ammons is an ISA Certified Arborist® and ISA Certified Arborist Utility Specialist®.
Episode 102 - John Mahoney oversees Street Tree Revival, an Urban Wood Recycling program founded by West Coast Arborists, Inc.
Episode 101 - Tahia Devissher is a Banting Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Forestry.
Special Edition - Episode 100 - Mike Toffan is the founder and Executive Director of Project Forest.
Episode 99 - Theo Hooker is co-founder of Cambium Carbon, a climate tech company that builds local supply chains across the country.
Episode 98 - Brice Dorwart is an ISA-certified arborist and utility specialist for Davey Resource Group.
Episode 97 - Heather Andrews is a published author, photographer, and speaker.
Episode 96 - David Barmon is owner of Epilogue LLC, a small-scale sawmill business just South of Portland Oregon.
Episode 95 - Glenn Eck is the manager of grounds and urban horticulture at Temple University in Philadelphia
Episode 94 - Michael Dunn is an innovative Urban Forest Manager and Consulting Arborist.
Episode 93 - Michael Thiele founded Apis Arborea to preserve the life and resiliency of honeybees through Wilding.
Episode 92 - Dr. Ed Gilman is a professor emeritus from the University of Florida and is principal at Wood Architecture, Inc.
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