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 31 - Daan Bleichrodt is Chief Tree Planting Officer at the IVN environmental education - Tiny Forest the Netherlands.
Episode 30 - Lori Hayes is the Director of Urban Forestry in Philadelphia
Episode 29 - Diane Ehrich is the owner of Collins Nursery, a small retail nursery in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
Episode 28 - Richard McCoy is the own of Richard A. McCoy Horticultural Services Inc.
Episode 27 - Abra Lee is a national speaker, writer, and owner of Conquer the Soil.
Episode 26 - Max Blaustein is an Environmental Scientist with the Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation's Natural Lands Management team.
Episode 25 - Robin Rick is the facilities and landscape manager at The Woodlands
Episode 24 - Jordan Foreman is a foreman and plant healthcare specialist for Bartlett Tree Experts
Episode 23 - Dale Hendricks is the owner of Green Light Plants, LLC
Episode 22 - Hasan Malik is the owner of the Tree Authority in Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Episode 21 - Michael Dunn's area of focus since 2016 has been the integration of the urban forest into urban and regional planning in Southeastern Pennsylvania and beyond.
Episode 20 - Steve Goin is the Director of Land and Facilities at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Episode 19 - Aaron Greenberg is the Arboretum Manager for Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries
Episode 18 - Bob Wells works for Wells Tree & Landscape in Princeton NJ
Episode 17 - Charles King Sadler is a designer, arborist, and educator at King Garden Designs, Inc.
Episode 16 - Joan Maloof is a writer, an ecologist, a conservationist, and the founder of the Old-Growth Forest Network
Episode - 15 Maria Zampini 4th generation nurseryman and owner of UpShoot LLC
Episode 14 - Nancy Buley Director of Communications for J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., wholesale tree growers of Boring, Oregon.
Episode 13 - Andy Schenck from Sam Brown's Wholesale Nursery
Episode 12 - John Berryhill from Smith College is our guest this week
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