Check out these resources from the webinar!
- Buy Suzanne’s book Finding the Mother Tree.
- Call on the B.C. government to protect intact old-growth forests now.
- Learn to draw Mother Trees with artist Julius Csotonyi and Suzanne Simard!
- Learn more about Mother Trees with this educational packet for youth that provides both scientific and Indigenous perspectives.
- Learn more about Rande’s work and the Tree of Life campaign.
- Read the study that Robin mentioned, Conflicting portrayals of remaining old-growth: the British Columbia case
- If you would like to get more involved, consider signing up for our volunteer list for updates on ways you can be more active in your community.
- Please consider making a donation today to help protect the last remaining old-growth forests in B.C.
About the author
TED Speaker and UBC Professor Suzanne Simard has earned a reputation for pioneering research on tree connectivity and communication. Her research brilliantly illuminates that forests are social, cooperative creatures with communal lives not that different from our own.
Dr. Simmard is a Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia, where she currently leads The Mother Tree Project and co-directs the Belowground Ecosystem Group. Her work has been published widely, with over 170 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Ecology, and Global Biology, and she has co-authored the book Climate Change and Variability. Her research has been communicated broadly through three TED Talks, TED Experiences, as well as articles and interviews in The New Yorker, National Geographic, The Globe and Mail, NPR, CNN, CBC, and many more. She lives with her two adventurous daughters and their wild and crazy extended family in the mountains around Nelson, British Columbia. You can purchase her recently released book, Finding the Mother Tree, here.
