Jonathan Drori
Author of Around the World in 80 Trees | Eden Project trustee, botanical storyteller
Jonathan Drori is a broadcaster, author, and educator whose book 'Around the World in 80 Trees' became an international bestseller translated into 24 languages.
Jonathan Drori is a broadcaster, author, and educator whose book 'Around the World in 80 Trees' became an international bestseller translated into 24 languages. A trustee of the Eden Project and Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, he brings botanical science to life through storytelling.
His TED talks on trees and flowers have been viewed millions of times, revealing the extraordinary strategies plants use to survive. Formerly head of commissioning for BBC Online, he combines media expertise with deep knowledge of the natural world.
With 4 talks at major events, he speaks on botany, the hidden life of plants, and communicating science through storytelling.
- Around the World in 80 Trees: stories from every continent
- The secret life of flowers and how they manipulate us
- Why what we teach about plants is mostly wrong
- Botanical science made fascinating
- The stories trees tell about human civilization
The beautiful tricks of flowers
Every pollen grain has a story
Why we're storing billions of seeds
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