In 1997, ecologist Suzanne Simard demonstrated how trees interact and communicate using below-ground fungal networks. She discovered that the biggest and oldest trees have more connections and networks; like humans, the older we grow, the larger our social capital.
In recent experiments, Simard and her team discovered that older trees can recognize whether the seedlings growing around them are their offspring, and they can detect their kin and selectively support them. Again, like us humans, trees instinctively favor their relatives first; however, when it comes to extreme situations, crises, and survival, all trees are one big giant organism where every member counts and where everyone helps each other to survive.
As climate changes, analyses Simard, many native species will be replaced by lower elevation species; so “native species are sending carbon and warning signals to the neighboring seedlings to give them a head start as they assume the more dominant role in the ecosystem.”
An entire community of people must provide for and interact positively with children for those kids to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment to become productive members of society; just like the proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Trees show us their remarkable adaptability, flexibility, and resilience; they are also teaching us how to talk to each other and how to treat each other, reminding us that we are all in this together; each one of us is necessary and relevant to make our communities stronger, resilient, and able to roll with the punches that evolution, industrialization, economy and other social pests (knowwhatimsayin?) throw our way.
All Tantrum Media products are carefully selected and designed to be gentle, reliable, and positive. The quality of the fabrics, inks, vendors, and materials used for the apparel and accessories in our store has been hand-picked to be sustainable and gentle with the village, sorry, the environment around them.
We have created a whole Nature Collection because you probably guessed by now, we are a company of Tree huggers, so we embrace all things trees, rocks, nature…water, air…etc. We know there are forests of people like us in the woods, I mean, the hoods out there.