The author is a professional engineer and project manager with a strong passion for the environment, especially trees and would consider himself to be "tree hugger". His passion for the environment...показать большеThe author is a professional engineer and project manager with a strong passion for the environment, especially trees and would consider himself to be "tree hugger". His passion for the environment started in his youth when his grandfather, an itinerant farmer, took him on long walks in the hills and woods, telling him the names of the trees and plants around him and this passion matured well into his professional life when he segued from mechanical engineering into environmental management, when he realized the many negative environmental impacts that the built environment, industry and manufacturing is having on the natural environment around us. This renewed passion saw him completing a Master of Science (MSc) degree in environmental management and created the desired to write and to look deeper into how humans have mismanaged the planet that gave us life.показать меньше