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🌳 Mother Trees and Coucoo Cabanes

Mar 30, 2022

ed. 168 March 30th 2022

Good Evening,

✨Did you know that sitting under a willow tree will give you a good dose of salicylic acid and 22 types of airborne molecules that have a resting, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect on the body? Below some inspirational cabins to start your next forest bathing/healing trip.

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This Week in Climate News:

🌳 Mother Trees & Social Forests

Suzanne Simard is a Professor of Forest Ecology who’s focused her research on plant communication and intelligence. Her studies have uncovered the complex social structure of trees and their fungal communication networks, leading her to identify “Mother Trees.” These play an important role in the forest’s flow of information and resources helping trees forge vital relationships to keep the forest resilient, adaptable and to recover from intense deforestation.

Watch her ted talk.

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🥩 German Federal Health Minister Calls for 80% Cut in Meat Consumption

In a recent interview the German Federal Health Minister Dr. Karl Lauterbach called for initiatives to dramatically cut meat consumption in Germany—such as taxing meat and subsidizing alt-meat products.

Lauterbach also references the health implications associated with cheap meat, pointing out the high rates of cardiovascular disease and bowel cancer amongst the poorest in the nation.