About trees, agility and me
summary
Claims that forests operate as a cooperative system supported by an underground mycorrhizal network (the "wood wide web") that trades carbon for minerals, with some old mother trees highly connected and provisioning seedlings; cites Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree. Points to a randomized controlled trial where post-surgical patients with a window view of trees recover faster and use less medication, and a University of Illinois natural experiment linking neighborhood trees to lower crime and better social outcomes; walking improves cognition and even bone density.
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chapters (24)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:28About Linda Rising
- 2:33Exercise and longevity
- 6:28Discovering trees and fungi
- 8:57Agile teams and hidden connections
- 10:41Suzanne Simard’s research
- 12:05Trees and carbon dioxide
- 13:27Trade between trees and fungi
- 15:14Trees warning each other
- 16:37Trees helping humans
- 19:04Benefits of green spaces
- 21:36Attention restoration theory
- 24:27Trees make us better humans
- 26:12Walking with trees
- 29:01Systems and individual fitness
- 31:31Technology and health
- 33:19Healthy systems and individuals
- 34:23Mother trees
- 36:29Walking benefits and osteoporosis
- 38:57Being a mother tree
- 39:38Green burial and legacy
- 40:00Call to action and trees
- 43:35Culture and environment
- 44:39Closing and appreciation
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