What Do You See When You Look At a Tree?

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It's estimated that real trees use 10 times fewer materials and five times less energy than artificial trees. A further reason, however, that precludes any sort of composition all together is that anything that is composed of parts needs a composer—a cause that puts the parts together. But the uncaused cause can’t be caused. Therefore, the uncaused cause can’t have any parts, which means it’s absolutely simple.

Christmas tree plantations benefit the environment. The Infinity Christmas Trees plantations alone absorb 900 tonnes of CO2. Emma Carlisle is a highly acclaimed illustrator and artist, living in Falmouth, UK. She graduated in 2011 from University of Plymouth with a First Class Hons in Illustration, and in 2014 from the Cambridge School of Art with an MA in Children's Book Illustration. She is also a lecturer in Children's Illustration at the University of Plymouth. What left me wanting more: As a small thing, the poem can be a bit awkward in places. While it generally has an every other line rhyme, the choices feel a bit stilted in places with words that don't quite rhyme, which can cause some small stumbles when reading aloud. Most garden centres will offer a variety of tree types, and though it's useful to keep in mind the different species, try not to get too hung up on selecting the 'best' one. What's important is whether your love the tree and can visualise it in your home - and that you have the space to accommodate it of course.

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What I loved: This was a lovely book that invites children to think about the world around them. Trees are unique and interesting in all sorts of ways, and the book invites them to think about the different types, features, and the ways that they are living too. Trees live for so long, and the book points out the experiences they may have had and will have all around us. Posed as a series of questions, it is a thoughtful story for young readers that invites them to consider the parts of nature they may have not before. Anticipating what you might be thinking, I can’t help but bust out a variation of an old Tina Turner song: “What’s God got to do with it, got to do with it. . . .” God has everything to do with it.

If the tree’s act of being is not identical to its nature, then what it is wouldn’t necessarily involve existence. What it is (essence) would be different than that it is (existence). Growing real Christmas trees provides jobs in rural areas, where employment can be hard to come by. The word of the LORD came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? “I see a branch of the almond tree,” I replied.

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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

This wonderful picture book explores themes of empathy, mindfulness and personal growth through the eyes of a child. Beautifully written and illustrated by the award-winning artist Emma Carlisle, What Do You See When You Look At a Tree? urges readers to reconnect with nature by asking questions that encourage critical thinking and reflection on their own development, as well as helping to establish a deeper appreciation for the environment and their place within it. The tree’s act of being is either going to be identical to its nature or not. If the tree’s act of being is identical to its nature, then it would belong to its nature to exist. Just like what a triangle is necessarily involves three straight sides—because a triangle has three straight sides by nature—so too if the tree’s act of being was identical to its nature, what the tree is would necessarily involve existence. What it is (essence) would be the same as that it is (existence). When I see the tree, I notice it exists. There is something to the tree that distinguishes it from nothing. What is that something? St. Thomas Aquinas calls it esse, namely, the act of being—that by which a thing exists ( On Being and Essence, ch. 4).There are four main types of real Christmas trees that are commonly brought into the home during the festive season. They are: