Progress is being made in the “Saving the Forests of Ethiopia – one church at a time” project. Below are photos of the Zahara church forest wall under construction: Thank you to TREE Foundation donors who sponsored this wall, to save the forests of Ethiopia! To learn more about how you can help please visit […]
From Carleton News: Margaret “Meg” Lowman, PhD, an author, adventurer, educator, and ecologist with 30 years of experience exploring the unseen world of biodiversity that exists in rainforest canopies, will deliver Carleton College’s weekly convocation address on Friday, April 22 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Entitled “Life in the Treetops: Conservation of […]
From The Hindu: Margaret Lowman inhabits a space where few tread — tree canopies. Hema Vijay talks to the environmental activist who says India’s forests hold great potential for eco-tourism. Strapped in a cord with a harness, she swings herself to land upon branches about 200 feet above the ground — in the heart of […]
Dr. Lowman was the guest on “Community – The TV Show” hosted by Annette Scherman on March, 4th 2011. Appearing with Dr. Lowman was Environmental Science student at New College, Angelique Giraud. Meg Lowman and Angelique talk to Annette about environmental science, conservation, recent trips to India for canopy conservation & outreach and Ethiopia to […]
Below is an article written by Dr. Lowman in the News Observer. Read the full article at newsobserver.com ” Well behaved women rarely makehistory.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Recently at N.C. State University, the Women in Science and Engineering program welcomed prospective freshmen to campus. I was privileged to moderate their afternoon program, where several […]
This article provides a good summary about Ethiopia’s ‘Church Forests’. Below is an excerpt from the article quoting Dr. Lowman. Church forests are critical to safeguarding Ethiopia’s fragile biodiversity, yet they are probably one of the least-known and under-funded environmental issues of our time. Deforestation is a major problem in Ethiopia, as it is in […]
Dr. Meg Lowman will now have an occasional nature column in the Charlotte Observer. Read her first article below or at charlotteobserver.com “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Spring inspires growth, energy and love. Temperate plants, with their vernal patterns of flowering, fruiting and leafing, serve as a reliable calendar for nature’s […]
From The FT magazine: Dining with the Colombian ambassador at his London residence is a challenging culinary adventure – and not for those of a delicate constitution. Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera is a renaissance man, with a background in business and journalism. He is partial to sharing his passion for Atta laevigata, an exotic leaf-cutter ant, […]
Below is from the ESA 50th Anniversary Cameo Series week’s cameo – “Out on a Limb – Research in Australia’s Forest Canopies” by Meg Lowman, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State University: My career was not conventional; I climbed trees, and allegedly became the first “arbornaut” studying Australian rain forests. I feel […]
Tefere Gebre, born in Debre Tabor, thanks Dr. Lowman for her blog posts about Ethiopia. It gives him much hope for Ethiopia’s future well-being. Tefere Gebre writes: I was born in Debre Tabor. I now live in San Diego, CA. I left DT when I was 14 years old. Reading your blog post was one […]
