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Finding the Mother Tree

Suzanne Simard: How Do Trees Collaborate? Trees are “social creatures” that communicate with each other in cooperative ways that hold lessons for humans, too, ecologist Suzanne Simard says. Simard grew up in Canadian forests as a descendant of loggers before becoming a forestry ecologist. She’s now a professor of forest ecology at the University of … Continue reading Finding the Mother Tree

Storms

By Tomo Hillbo March 12, 2025 “Cover my earth, Mother, four times with many flowers.Let the heavens be covered with the banked-up clouds.Let the earth be covered with fog; cover the earth with rains.Great waters, rains, cover the earth. Lightning, cover the earth.Let thunder be heard over the earth; let thunder be heard;Let thunder be … Continue reading Storms