How can you use all five senses to level up your walk in the woods?

You can eat dablosphere, you can eat spoons, and you can try to taste which tree it is with closed ice.

It's Thursday, August 22nd and you're listening to Science Friday.

I'm Cyfry producer D. Peter Schmidt.

It's been a rainian hot summer here in the northeast and it's been hard to spend as much time in nature as we don't like to. Maybe you've chosen an easier hike or

doubled up on your water bottles or stayed inside when you'd much rather be outdoors with friends

and family. Well if you've also been feeling this way I have a book recommendation. It's

called Forest Walking, discovering the trees and woodlands of North America, and it teaches

readers how to engage with their local forested areas.

Cyphrais Dianoplasker, our senior experiences manager,

talk to the authors of that book about how to decode nature's subtle signs

and why it's important to use all five senses when exploring your surroundings.

Here's Diana.

Peter Voilaben is a forester, conservation advocate, and best-selling author.

And Jane Billinghurst is an editor, author, and translator in addition to her life as a naturalist and master gardener.

They are the co-authors of that book, which is September's Cyfry Book Club Pick.

You can find out more about this season's read on our website,

science Friday.com slash book club. Thank you both for coming on science Friday.

It's great to be here. Yeah, thank you for the invitation. So there's lots of books about

forests and natural environments. So why did you two come together to write something

that's more like an instructional guide to teach readers how to engage more deeply in forests.

This is very much more of a book where you take people by the hand,

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