Než stromům dojde dech - CDmp3 (Čte Aleš Procházka)

The audiobook "Before the Trees Run Out of Breath" is a love letter to trees and simultaneously a call to finally start protecting nature and caring for its endless diversity, even though we have not yet fully understood its interconnectedness. It is also a path to understanding that we do this in our own interest. Trees can easily do without people, but people cannot do without trees. Even if we brought the planet to the brink of destruction due to climate change, trees would be able to return under any circumstances. Even after periods of drought, devastating fires, extensive windfalls, and devastation caused by human activity, they will grow back. The fate of forests and the fate of humanity are inextricably linked. And do not take this in a figurative sense, but literally. What may sound pessimistic or frightening to you can actually be a reason for great hope. Trees form such effective social communities that they can mostly cope well with climate changes, at least the current ones. And not only that: trees are also our best option for removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, much more effectively than any technology could ever manage. Additionally, trees significantly cool the local climate and even greatly increase the amount of rainfall. This...