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“How do you develop a novel technology intended to better the world when the world itself is changing faster than you can keep up? By the time you’re ready to deploy your invention, the environment in which you tested it may no longer exist. At this stage in history, the most important variable in any effort to counteract global warming — whether s
... See moreThough taste may appear effortless, you can’t have taste by mistake. It requires intention, focus, and care. Taste is a commitment to a state of attention. It’s a process of peeling back layer after layer, turning over rock after rock.
Notes on “Taste” | Are.na Editorial
"A big heart is both a clunky and delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through." — Bird by Bird
Everything that flows from trees and forests—clean air, biodiversity, cooler temperatures, clean water, human health, carbon kept solid and out of atmospheric currency, rain, regional weather patterns, culture, history—is unraveling. If trees are to continue to sustain us and to help us address our apocalyptic mess, we need to pay them more attenti... See more
Marguerite Holloway • Take to the Trees | Broadcast
Old trees should not be stereotyped: they are not all massively tall, thick, moss draped. They can be small, their age revealed in bent posture and scars, in roots that run close to the surface, like the veins that rise on the backs of our hands as our skin thins with time.
Marguerite Holloway • Take to the Trees | Broadcast
Although the annual cycle of early wood, late wood, and dormancy is generally similar in temperate trees, every species has its own fingerprint: a maple and a spruce growing a few feet apart may tell the same story in different colors and textures.
Take to the Trees | Broadcast
I think that a better understanding of the umvelt of the whale—both in its expressive communications, but also its sensory reality—helps expand our understanding of what environmental suffering and damage is.
