How Do You Mourn a 250-Year-Old Giant?
We need to stop thinking of trees as objects that belong to us and come to understand them as long-lived ecosystems temporarily under our protection. We have borrowed them from the past, and we owe them to the future... Margaret Renkl
Although trees and wildlife are often treated as environmental necessities, I think it would definitely be interesting to look at old trees from the angle of historic preservation. As mentioned in the article, a tree planted by the famous American figure Henry Clay must surely fall under the umbrella of historic preservation.
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DeleteI believe trees tell stories of time, places and people. Trees are used to represent life and growth in mythologies, legends and novels. Trees are considered representative of life, wisdom, power and prosperity. Philosophers regard trees as observers witnessing the evolution of humans and the planet around them.#6
ReplyDeleteI think this is an example of how humans seem to view the world in the "big picture"; it is that we believe everything to be ours and for our enjoyment at the present moment, which means that we are not looking at the things in the "big picture" at all.
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