Justin Brice, a sculpture and photography artist with a focus on the natural world, is turning heads. Last week, Brice, a Senior Fellow and Artist-in-Residence at Woodwell Climate Research Center who has climbed into the canopies of Taiwan and photographed in the church forests of Ethiopia with Dr. Lowman, installed his
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Hannah Cotten is a 5th grade teacher at Hill Elementary School in Austin, TX. A few years ago, she became engaged in TREE’s tardigrade research and conservation work. Inspired by what she learned, Ms. Cotten returned to the classroom ready to start inspiring the youngest generation of
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Dr. Meg Lowman’s book, The Arbornaut, has gone international! Recently, the German publication HÖRZU Wissen interviewed Dr. Lowman about her life and research. During the interview, Dr. Lowman discussed not only her personal history and beginnings in tree research, but also uses her endless passion to spread
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Image courtesy of savetheredwoods.org. TREE Executive Director Meg Lowman’s most recent op-ed, “We must act now to save trees for future generations,” appeared in the print edition of the Sarasota Herald Tribune newspaper on August 1, 2022. In her essay, Dr. Lowman highlights the threats that large
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On July 12th, TREE Executive Director Meg Lowman was featured as a symposium speaker at the National Geographic Explorers Festival. The Explorers Festival is an effort by Nat Geo to bring together some of the most influential and futuristic scientists in the world to promote education, conservation,
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Meg Lowman Brings Global Expertise to Environmental Nonprofit Based in India TREE Foundation Executive Director Meg Lowman has been elected to the board of trustees for ATREE-USA, the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, an international nonprofit based in Bangalore, India. ATREE is
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TREE is happy to share the following guest blog from two New College of Florida researchers. Caring for life’s little things: Why we need to understand and protect microbes in our soils By Ky Miller and Dr. Erika Díaz-Almeyda Chock full of billions of ancient and microscopic living
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TREE Foundation is excited to host two college interns this summer. Kim Rogers and TJ Watkins are working remotely to support TREE in its mission promoting tree research, education and exploration and to spearhead new projects. Kim and TJ are sponsored by generous Williams College grants that
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While the positive effects of time outdoors couldn’t be clearer for those of us lucky enough to have experienced them, a recent article on the Children & Nature Network highlights a study that sought to codify this observation. The study compared psychiatric data on people born and
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