Most people don’t think about trees and dismiss the giant, ancient towers as mere encirclers of empty space. The open sunlit habitats of half the world have been further neglected in the current tide of media promoting forests and tree planting as a quick fix for climate change. The writer has taken a dive into urban society’s need for—and relationship with—trees that sought to return the natural world to the concrete jungle. A fascinating and beautifully told story that explains what trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature.