Tree Talk This is Tree Talk, a new monthly column by Miranda Schmidt which explores human connections with trees through science, history, folklore, and a queer feminist lens.

Living with Climate Change in the Forests of Our Burning World

How do I raise a child to love a world that may be dying, to live with compassion in the midst of what could very well be despair?

Apr 18, 2019
Finding Sanctuary in Cemeteries, the Forests of the Dead

Even before death takes a loved one, marking us with deep knowledge, we partake of death every day.

Mar 06, 2019
How Trees Complicate Our Understanding of Gender

A few years ago, the UK’s oldest tree, a Yew that had spent thousands of years in the appearance of maleness, began to grow female berries.

Feb 06, 2019