Fifth grade teacher, Kelly O’Brien, and her students enjoyed a virtual session with CanopyMeg. Ms. O’Brien wrote the following: “Thank you for taking the time to talk with our students on the Google Meet. It was a wonderful way for the kids to wrap up our study of The Most Beautiful Roof in the World […]
CanopyMeg wrote the following about entomologist, Terry Erwin, who recently passed away. “I met (and worshiped!) Terry when I funded him to speak as a keynote at the first international canopy conference which I hosted/chaired in 1994 – so I knew him personally for 25 years, at a distance for 35 years, and was always […]
Abby Howe, a student from Hawaii, drew this comic strip based on what she learned from a recent Nat Geo live stream with CanopyMeg! Thanks Abby! See the original tweet
From the Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Dr. Margaret Lowman, known worldwide as “Canopy Meg” for her tireless efforts to save global forests and the visionary behind the creation of the canopy walkway in Myakka River State Park, has been selected by the National University of Singapore as the institution’s first-ever female Visiting Distinguished Professor in STEM studies. […]
Dr. Margaret “CanopyMeg” Lowman’s delivered the keynote talk for the International TreeHouse Builders’ Conference, October 2019
Students in Angela Pope’s class from Erma Siegel Elementary in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
A New Book Featuring Florida Icons, including CanopyMeg, has been released: “Made in Florida: Artists, Celebrities, Activists, Educators, and Other Icons in the Sunshine State” by Art Levy. Excerpt from an interview with the author, Art Levy, in Florida Trend Magazine: Speaking to Meg Lowman in 2008 was an education, too. When I interviewed her, […]
Meg Lowman continues to advocate for conservation of primary forests with old trees that are enormous carbon storage units, as the best way to ameliorate climate change! From thehill.com: Meg Lowman, a forest canopy ecologist, worked alongside Archangel (then known as the Champion Tree Project) when she taught at the New College of Florida 20 […]
Program for Research and Conservation in the Neotropical Canopy
First grade readers at Guild Elementary School in Gallatin, Tennessee read about CanopyMeg’s rain forest research, and ask her questions!
