I like trees; there, I said it.
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."
― Nelson Henderson
Did you know that:
-Trees can learn and communicate
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/#:~:text=Trees%20share%20water%20and%20nutrients,Scientists%20call%20these%20mycorrhizal%20networks.
-Forests help with rainfall in other places.
https://www.americanforests.org/article/no-trees-means-no-rain/#:~:text=Their%20%E2%80%9Ctree%20sweat%E2%80%9D%20provides%20water,air%20that%20didn't.%E2%80%9D
More and better forests results in more fish.
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=407
We have been living much longer with the wood wide web than the other one you are familiar with.
https://www.science.org/content/article/wood-wide-web-underground-network-microbes-connects-trees-mapped-first-time
Trees have been on our planet for 380 million years
https://treescharlotte.org/tree-education/a-brief-history-of-trees/#:~:text=380%20million%20years%20ago%3A%20First,with%20%E2%80%9Ctrue%E2%80%9D%20woody%20stems.
Our planet has more than 60,000 tree species, and experts think more than 3 trillion individual trees are growing right now.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/12/523616033/there-are-60-000-species-of-tree-worldwide-scientists-say
The black spruce can stay on the branch for as long as 30 years
https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource-centre/featured-species/plants/black-spruce.html#:~:text=The%20black%20spruce's%20short%2C%20stiff,for%20up%20to%2030%20years.
It is believed that a tree named Methuselah could be Earth’s oldest living thing.
https://www.conservation.org/blog/methuselah-still-the-worlds-oldest-tree
“I declare this world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Here are some of my favourite trees:
Angel Oak Tree
Dragon Blood Tree
Sagano Bamboo Forest
Cherry Blossom Trees
Japanese Maple Bonsai
Maple Trees
Avenue of the baobabs
“There is no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you will find a better connection.”
— Ralph Smart
But how can we help trees?
-Plant trees!
-Encouraging your local government officials to protect trees in your area.
-Paperless billing.
-Use libraries or buy second hand books or use e-books.
-Use less paper
-Support tree-planting organizations like the Arbor Day Foundation
-Walk or bike more.
-Adopt a tree!
Sure, but do trees even help us?
-They produce oxygen so I'd say that's pretty helpful.
-Forests help filter our water.
-Trees give habitats for birds, animals and insects.
-Being around trees reduces our anxiety.
-Many trees have healing properties.
-Homes with trees are worth more.
-Trees provide fruits and nuts.
-Trees give us paper, wood, rubber and other products.
Two books that helped spark my love of trees are:
"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come."
― Karen Joy Fowler
