What We’re Reading – Treeification

‘Forest Bathing’ Is Great for Your Health. Here’s How to Do It

In a world where skyscrapers and concrete buildings take up most of the spaces that we live in, could forest bathing be the therapy session that we really need? The author of the non-fiction novel “Forest Bathing: How Trees Can…
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What We’re Reading: A biologist believes that trees speak a language we can learn

Written by Ephrat Livni. Originally published on Quartz. — I’m in a redwood forest in Santa Cruz, California, taking dictation for the trees outside my cabin. They speak constantly, even if quietly, communicating above- and underground using sound, scents, signals,…
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What We’re Reading: Why We Love Trees by SLA

We recently came across this fantastic little online booklet produced by the wonderful people over at SLA, a Copenhagen and Oslo based design company that works specifically in the fields of landscape architecture, urban design and city planning. With eye-catching…
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Repost: The Wonders of the Moringa Tree

Today we’re reading the Greenpop blog and finding out more about the incredible Moringa Tree. Find the original article at Greenpop right here. Written by Matthew Koehorst. — “Moringa Oliefera is a tree native to the Southern foothills of the…
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Saving India’s Lifeline – Why Rivers Need Trees: By Sadhguru

Written by Sadhguru, originally posted here. — “If you ask me what rivers mean to me – they are the very origin of our Indian civilization. At the riverbanks of the Indus, Sutlej, and the ancient Saraswati River is where…
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Fighting coastal erosion with the TetraPOT

By Emile Uys, originally published here at DesignIndaba.com. With ocean levels on the rise, how do we protect our seaside towns? Beach-side towns across the globe are facing the mounting natural threat of coastal erosion. Rising sea levels paired with…
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Uniting the built and natural environments

By Jared Green, originally published here at Prolandscaper.co.za “We can’t achieve sustainability without considering the landscape. Performance happens there,” argued Barbara Deutsch, FASLA, president of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) at GreenBuild in Los Angeles. By performance, Deutsch means just…
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Don’t underestimate the life-saving power of urban trees: By Matt Hickman

Written by Matt Hickman and originally posted on Mother Nature Network. — We already know that urban trees can help deter crime and prompt us to smile a bit more. We know that they mitigate stormwater runoff, sequester carbon and…
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