Author Talk: Robert Moor

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To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you need to begin thinking like one…

One day, years ago, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home in British Columbia. This simple act unwittingly launched him on a decade-long adventure around the world, ranging from Papua to Tanzania. Along the way, he learned the art of “tree-thinking,” which, he discovered, has the power to break open some of humanity’s oldest questions: What is the secret to truly growing old? How do we set down roots in an increasingly chaotic world? Most importantly, how should we—as individuals, as communities, as stewards of the earth—live?

Moor’s mind-expanding talk, “How To Think Like A Tree” will reveal the myriad ways trees teach us to “grow wise.” The genius of trees, he argues, is that they deftly combine four entwined processes: branching, pruning, gnarling, and rooting. He shows how this pattern appears well beyond the realm of botany; it occurs also in human brains, in family trees, and in the evoluti