Fred Hageneder is a naturalist who has written eight books on the ethnobotany of trees and the ecology of forests The Spirit of Trees, Yew: A History, The Living Wisdom of Trees. His broad view of planetary ecology culminates in the book Healthy Planet: Global Meltdown or Global Healing. He is a founding member of the Ancient Yew Group (AYG), an independent research group working to protect the ancient yew trees of Britain. And he is a member of the Ecocentric Alliance, a network of academics, ecologists, conservationists and activists promoting ecocentrism and a deep green ethic. He lives and works in the UK.
Healthy Planet offers a clear and concise overview of the global ecological crisis that humanity has brought upon itself, and what options we still have to save a benevolent climate, to restore... (more)