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Apple Tree on a Turquoise background with floweres and grass

The Tree in My Garden: Choose One Tree, Plant It - and Change the World

By Kate Bradbury
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Helen H.
Aug 10, 2023

“Trees are amazing. To think we ever chopped them down. To think we’re still chopping them down!” ~ Kate Bradbury

Climate change deniers, beware. Bradbury is writing from a very strong place of climate advocacy. In the first tiny chapter, she introduces the grim state of affairs, citing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which warns that time is running out to act to avoid catastrophe. It’s heavy stuff in just one paragraph.

One page later she’s acknowledging that we alone can’t turn the tide and advocates for joining forces with environmental organizations even as she encourages us