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Under the Canopy

Bristlecone pine by Eric Utne (from Dark Mountain: Issue 9)

‘Our ancestors came from the canopy, and – given our species’ reliance on trees to make our world habitable – in many ways we never left it. Or it never left us.’

This ongoing section is an invitation for writers and artists to explore the effects that trees have on us, from an ancient chestnut in Sicily to a dome of ash in Wales, from tree protests in India to the first palm to be felled on an Indonesian island. Welcome to the woods.

The Fungus Among Us

Annekawilliams24
22nd February, 2023
This week scientist and writer Anneka Williams delves into the underground world of the largest organism, a pathogenic fungus stretching for miles in the soil of an Oregon forest.
Other KingdomsUnder the Canopy

Spaces Between Branches

Nastassja Noell
20th July, 2022
For our Under the Canopy series: Lichenologist Nastassja Noell takes her paint box into the forest and perceives our relationship with trees and life from a radically different perspective
Under the Canopy

The Forest and the Map

Neale Inglenook
22nd September, 2021
Book ReviewsUnder the Canopy

The Forest Spirits

Shrishtee Bajpai
28th July, 2021
Of Earth and EmpireUnder the Canopy

Life Among the Branches

Warren Draper
6th January, 2021
Under the Canopy

Hearts of Oak

Robert Alcock
11th November, 2020
Dark KitchenUnder the Canopy

Fine Particles of Brilliant Forests, Burning

Becca Rose Hall and Rosalie Chapple
14th September, 2020
As catastrophic fires continue to rage through West coast in the US and the wetlands of Brazil, a lament for the burning of wild lives of the forests in Washington and Australia.
Other KingdomsUnder the Canopy

Enter: Thunder, Fire, Smoke and Relearning New Languages

Sara Jolena Wolcott M.Div
2nd September, 2020
As lightning strikes California and the ancient forests burn, Sara Jolena Walcott gives a searing report on the re-forming of Earth and the urgent work of decolonisation.
Place & TimeUnder the Canopy

How Green is My Forest

Suprabha Seshan
21st May, 2020
Today from our Under the Canopy section, conservationist and writer Suprabha Seshan takes us into the 'zillion-beinged' forest of the Western Ghats. With paintings by Meena Subramaniam
Under the Canopy

Heartwood

Sophia Patane
2nd April, 2020
Second post for this month's Under the Canopy section. Sophia Patane looks at the shifting fortunes of the eastern white pine by the St Croix river, Minnesota
Under the Canopy

When Trees First Grew on Earth

Mark Martin
25th March, 2020
Reflecting on the entwining destinies of trees and human beings, Mark Martin delves into deep time and poetry for our Under the Canopy section
Under the Canopy

Where the Trees Used to Be

Matt Miles
3rd July, 2019
Matt Miles' essay on the loss of the American chestnut, the latest in our Under the Canopy section
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