Our Complicated Relationship with Trees

Called “Sylvan Mastodons”, sequoias astounded a young America… but saws were soon to follow

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-california-giant-sequoia-tell-story-americans-conflicted-relationship-nature-180968389/

Incredible trees around the globe

• https://community.atlasobscura.com/t/incredible-one-of-a-kind-trees/16227

• https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2017/1/25/giant-trees-discovered-in-africa

The massive Ceiba was also spiritual

• https://www.thoughtco.com/ceiba-pentandra-sacred-tree-maya-171615

If you’ve ever thought trees could be more alive than we think, you might want to explore more…

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/12/peter-wohlleben-man-who-believes-trees-talk-to-each-other

• Video: National Geographic: How Trees Talk to Each Other in the Forest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHZ0a_6TxY

• Podcast: How trees collaborate https://www.npr.org/2017/01/13/509350471/how-do-trees-collaborate

Counting Our Trees

• https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0904/Seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees-Why-latest-tree-census-matters

• https://www.livescience.com/52070-global-tree-census-human-impacts.html

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