KRH bought in October 2021 for $13 while looking for books on environmental wisdom. Reading for the ELPC Environmental Book Club on December 2, 2021. The author is cited five times by Peter Wohlleben in The Hidden Life of Trees (also on this Kindle).
Academic journey:
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/suzanne-simard-overcame-adversity-to-unlock-the-secret-world-of-trees/
NYT book review:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/books/review/finding-the-mother-tree-suzanne-simard.html
A mix of science, adventure, memoir, and Bildungsroman
Paranormal p. 161
Difficult to keep track of time. Research papers date from 1997 to 2018, over 20 years. See notes in Zoom 9 notebook for 12/2/21 discussion
She likes pointing out that all the others - all men - including other students, hadn’t a clue about the importance of soil with fungi in it.
EVOLUTION: 5,
Mushrooms
Fungi - mycorrhizal symbiosis, 61
Root grafts
Bar fight: Kelly demonstrates his true colors of chauvinism verging on misogyny. Metaphor for the trees, and for her research v. “established” science.
Metaphor of nurturing the young ones when the stress shatters the forest, p.
Hard Work to stay connected, 141
Competition v. Cooperation, We emphasize factions instead of coalitions.
The sheer physical effort needed to run the experiments is exhausting. 143
Ingenious and meticulous experiments, 147, 151,
An idea whose time had come: Sir David Read in the 80’s, Kristina Arnebrant, Dan Durall,
Mistakes 152, 157,
Films on YouTube: Mother Trees Connect the Forest
Mother Trees and the Social Forest
Hollywood, 11/7/21:
Simard said she expects to sign a deal within a few weeks to become an executive producer in a movie about her life and research after production companies backed by actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams won the film rights to her book,“Finding The Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/8356602/suzanne-simard-mother-tree-movie-2/
