This book is the third of three book discussions that Sustainable Charlotte and the Charlotte Library are hosting. All will be on Zoom and the link will be here when we come closer to the beginning date of each book. Books will be available for loan or purchase through the Charlotte Library.

To live and thrive while rooted in a single place, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. Recently, scientists have learned about their ability to communicate, to recognize their kin, to strengthen memories that inform their life cycle and even to trick animals into behaving to their benefit. The Light Eaters is a deep immersion into the drama of green life and the complexity of this wild world that challenges our very understanding of agency, consciousness, and intelligence.

The Light Eaters is a masterpiece of science writing. Burning with open-minded curiosity, this exploration of the emerging revolution in plant science will challenge what you think you know and ignite a new way of seeing the plant world. Part detective story, part field trip, and part philosophy, this brilliant book stretches the mind toward a profound new understanding of the sophistication of under appreciated plants.—Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass.