TRACKING GIANTS

TRACKING GIANTS

Amanda Lewis was an overachieving, burned-out book editor most familiar with trees as dead blocks of paper. A dedicated "indoorswoman," she could barely tell a birch from a beech. But that didn't stop her from pledging to visit all of the biggest trees in British Columbia, a Canadian province known for its rugged terrain and gigantic trees.

The "Champion" trees on Lewis's ambitious list ranged from mighty Western red cedars to towering arbutus. They lived on remote islands and at the center of dense forests. The only problem? Well, there were many. . .
Climate change and a pandemic aside, Lewis's lack of wilderness experience, the upsetting reality of old-growth logging, the ever-changing nature of trees, and the pressures of her one-year timeframe complicated her quest. Burned out again―and realizing that her "checklist" approach to life might be the problem―she reframed her search for trees to something humbler and more meaningful: getting to know forests in an interconnected way.

In this episode, we discuss her fantastic book Tracking Giants: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the Forest

Poem: 'The Peace Of Wild Things' https://onbeing.org/poetry/the-peace-of-wild-things/

Music: 'Meetings' by Emma Davis and Aiden Roberts


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