Nature Moments: The Spiritual Significance of Trees
Trees provide us shelter, fuel, food, protection from climate change, and beauty. But they also have deep spiritual importance, observes Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences Nathaniel T. Wheelwright, in this latest Nature Moments video. In a treetop conversation, forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni points out the connection between trees and religion.
If you want to make your own natural history observations, The Naturalist’s Notebook (Storey Publishing, 2017) by Wheelwright and Research Associate in Biology Bernd Heinrich, provides guidance and a systematic format, with 100 percent of royalties going to conservation and environmental education.
