Informationen zum Autor Stephen Harrod Buhner was the award-winning author of 25 books on plant medicines, Earth ecosystem dynamics, emerging diseases, and the states of mind and being necessary for successful habitation of Earth including numerous articles, memoirs, short stories, and poetry on nature, human-plant, and human-Earth relationships. He taught throughout the US, Canada, and the EU for over 35 years. Stephen was an interdisciplinary, independent scholar, polymath, autodidact, Fellow of Schumacher College UK, and had been head researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies for the past thirty years (gaianstudies.org). His book, The Lost Language of Plants , received a Nautilus and BBC Environmental Book of the Year Award. In 2022, he received the first annual McKenna Academy Distinguished Natural Philosopher Award in recognition of his work. His book, Earth Grief: The Journey Into and Through Ecological Loss , also won a Nautilus award. Klappentext Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts: I. A critique of technological medicine and an expose of pharmaceutical pollution. II. A new look at Gaia Theory. III. Extensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans and other animals. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of the environment, the state of health care, and our cultural sanity. Zusammenfassung A critique of technological medicine; a new look at Gaia Theory; and extensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans and other animals.

Autorentext

Stephen Harrod Buhner was the award-winning author of 25 books on plant medicines, Earth ecosystem dynamics, emerging diseases, and the states of mind and being necessary for successful habitation of Earth including numerous articles, memoirs, short stories, and poetry on nature, human-plant, and human-Earth relationships. He taught throughout the US, Canada, and the EU for over 35 years. Stephen was an interdisciplinary, independent scholar, polymath, autodidact, Fellow of Schumacher College UK, and had been head researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies for the past thirty years (gaianstudies.org). His book, The Lost Language of Plants, received a Nautilus and BBC Environmental Book of the Year Award. In 2022, he received the first annual McKenna Academy Distinguished Natural Philosopher Award in recognition of his work. His book, Earth Grief: The Journey Into and Through Ecological Loss, also won a Nautilus award.

Klappentext

Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts:
I. A critique of technological medicine and an expose of pharmaceutical pollution.
II. A new look at Gaia Theory.
III. Extensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans and other animals.
This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of the environment, the state of health care, and our cultural sanity.

Zusammenfassung
A critique of technological medicine; a new look at Gaia Theory; and extensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans and other animals.