EAN: 9780674241282

LESSONS FROM PLANTS - BERONDA L MONTGOMERY GEBU...

An exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving.
We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and
producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms and supply psychological benefits to
humans as well  improving our moods and beautifying the landscape around us. But plants don't
just passively provide. They also take action. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the vigorous 
creative lives of organisms often treated as static and predictable. In fact  plants are
masters of adaptation. They know what or who they are  and they use this knowledge to make a
way in the world. Plants experience a kind of sensation that does not require eyes or ears.
They distinguish kin  friend  and foe  and they are able to respond to ecological competition
despite lacking the capacity of fight-or-flight. Plants are even capable of transformative
behaviors that allow them to maximize their chances of survival in a dynamic and sometimes
unfriendly environment. Lessons from Plants enters into the depth of botanic experience and
shows how we might improve human society by better appreciating not just what plants give us
but also how they achieve their own purposes. What would it mean to learn from these organisms
to become more aware of our environments and to adapt to our own worlds by calling on
perception and awareness rather than reason? Montgomery's meditative study puts before us a
question with the power to reframe the way we live: What would a plant do?

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