Tag: trees

The Saw/Sand Redemption
World + People
Nature

The Saw/Sand Redemption

Woodworking is not only a profession – it is also a hobby for those interested in the creative possibilities of wood. It can also have a positive impact on its practitioners’ mental health and wellbeing.
Enis Yucekoralp
The Subterranean Brain of the Forest
World + People
Nature

The Subterranean Brain of the Forest

The forest is full of life, not only in the green leaves that burst out of tree crowns, but also underground, where a dense collection of roots and fungi form a communication network.
Maria Hawranek
The Great Pando
World + People
Nature

The Great Pando

After the removal of wolves from its ecosystem, a thousands-of-years-old aspen colony in Utah has started to slowly die.
Łukasz Kaniewski
Fantasy Forests
World + People
Nature

Fantasy Forests

As natural, primaeval forests across the world continue to shrink, might we look towards popular fantasy fiction to better understand how we must preserve the gifts of nature?
Michał Książek
In-visible
World + People
Nature

In-visible

Caution! The magazine does not accept any responsibility for readers who, upon reading this text, might feel a sudden urge to climb maple trees and search for green flowers.
Urszula Zajączkowska
The Spruces of the Krukawe Woods
World + People
Nature

The Spruces of the Krukawe Woods

In the primaeval Białowieża Forest, a small spruce is growing. But unlike the oak trees that surround it, this spruce is growing above the ground…
Michał Książek
Eyes of Green
World + People
Nature

Eyes of Green

Trees can live for hundreds – and in some cases, tens of thousands – of years, making them the most well-versed historians… if only we could communicate with them.
Adam Węgłowski
Lumberjacks
Art + Stories
Experiences

Lumberjacks

Up until the mid-19th century, only Native Americans living in the area knew about the existence of Californian sequoias. In 1852, hunter Augustus T. Dowd came across 92 huge specimens. Speculators immediately became interested in the Calaveras County sequoias. The first of them, dubbed the “Giant Tree”, was cut down on 27th June 1853.
Reborn in the Forest
World + People
Nature

Reborn in the Forest

After years of documenting death and suffering, the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado turned his lens towards life – the biodiversity of our planet’s flora and fauna, and its indigenous peoples who live in harmony with nature.
Agata Kasprolewicz
I Don’t Lose Needles Often
Humor + Variety
Variety

I Don’t Lose Needles Often

A representative of the bristlecone pine tree species in the US state of Nevada answers some quick questions about the secret to its longevity.
Łukasz Kaniewski