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.

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 the Amazon, a lament for the burning of wild lives of the forests in Washington and Australia.

Other Kingdoms Under 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 Joleana Walcott gives a searing report on the re-forming of Earth and the urgent work of decolonisation.

Place & Time Under 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

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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