Decision-making

Discuss your opinion on Wohlleben’s suggestion that trees can make decisions (Chapter 4 and 24). Do you think it is demonstrated by his examples? Do you have other support for its truth or falsity?

Future forestry

Give three advantages of cultivating trees. Give three examples of how undisturbed forests have greater resilience than recently planted ones. Discuss an improved method for forest cultivation for the future.

Bias

Wohlleben advocates for environmental conservation and does communicate his personal vision to some extent in the book (especially in the last chapters). Do you think he succeeds in giving unbiased information? Do you think he should? Do you think that that is possible for him?

Frame of personal experience

Did you feel that the way in which Wohlleben framed the information in his personal experience (telling anecdotes, sharing his thoughts, giving contextual information about his personal life) was effective for...