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Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/08/finding-the-mother-tree-by-suzanne-simard-review-a-journey-of-passion-and-introspection   "Here's Suzanne Simard's 2016 TED talk about forest communication and cooperation. For me, this 17-minute talk provided an engaging framework for the sometimes detailed and repetitive information in her book about carbon...

Mature trees add more tissue each year - more than planting new tress. articles on keep the trees we have and plant and care for the trees: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/planting-trees-protect-forests-climate-change https://www.sciencenews.org/article/trees-crops-agroforestry-climate-biodiversity https://www.sciencenews.org/article/planting-trees-climate-change-carbon-capture-deforestation https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tasking-trees-with-averting-climate-crisis-big-ask

They share nutrients with neighboring trees, They emit phermones and wrnings about insect attacks and herbivore attacks. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084

Trees for the Future gives trees to lower income people in Africa to plant .  They also give wheel barrows and shovels.  They give other seeds and seedlings.  The local people get food and income from the crops; the trees...

Trees give off anti-microbial compounds. People exercise and socialize out in wild places. "It reduces the risk of type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, premature death, and preterm birth, and increases sleep duration." https://www.treehugger.com/health/huge-study-confirms-significant-health-benefits-nature.html

Here is a poem by Kristen Marshall. She is an active volunteer in the Boulder Rights of Nature group. Link Every Thursday she used to visit a sick friend, and make him pancakes. She often walks to get places. She...

"Spring Color Tree Walks" Vince Aquino, Facilities Operations Arborist Alan Nelson, retired Outdoor Services Director Tuesday, May 22 & Wednesday, May 23, 5:00 PM | CU Museum of Natural History | South entrance of the Museum | FREE The CU...

I relish this guided tour, where arborists show us the trees on the CU campus. They tell us about the different trees, their history, and health. Event Description: Enjoy the splendor of Boulder in the fall! Join Facilities Operations Arborist...

Alex Hutchinson in the New Yorker recounts "How Trees Calm Us Down". People recover faster when they can see trees. They do better on tests after a walk by trees. Seeing them thru a window or even a picture of...