The Heartbeat of Trees Quotes

“The artificial world of the city offers all kinds of stimuli for which we were not originally designed.”
― Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature

“The ancient tie that binds us to nature is not and never has been severed. We have just ignored it for a while.”
― Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature

“We are not just protecting nature somewhere out there or giving things up simply to prevent the extinction of apparently unimportant beetles or species of birds. On the contrary, with every step we take to help conserve the ecosystem that is the Earth, we are at the same time protecting ourselves and our quality of life, simply because we are a fully functioning part of the whole. Environmental conservation is and must be—literally and in the best sense of the word—about just one thing: self-care.”
― Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature

“If temperate zones in northerly latitudes, such as Central Europe, had been covered with native beech forests, then the extreme summers of the past few years certainly would not have been so intense, and it’s unlikely that we would have watched thermometers top 86 °F (30°C).”
― Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature

“Normally, sugar, which the small intestine recognizes, triggers a release of hormones. Our consciousness registers this as a signal we are full. When we eat artificial sweeteners, however, this signal malfunctions and becomes weak and intermittent, which means our body craves more food. For this reason alone, “lite” products manufactured with sugar substitutes are not particularly effective if you want to lose weight.”
― Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature