Finding the Mother Tree – A Conversation with Suzanne Simard

In this archive conversation, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard
speaks about her life’s work exploring tree intelligence and
relationships, and her most recent research on Mother Trees—the
oldest trees in the forest—and their astounding ability to
recognize and nourish their own kin. Stepping outside of scientific
precepts towards a vernacular that acknowledges
connection—“mother,” “children,” “grandfather”—she delves further
into the intricate web of relationships that Western systems of
knowledge are only beginning to understand, and wonders what
lessons these trees can teach us about healing our separation from
the Earth.  Read the transcript. Photo by Diana Markosian.
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