Twigs & Stems // January 2018

Here are a few links from around the web that caught our attention in recent weeks. Have you seen something that stuck with you that you'd like to share? Post it in the comments! Love what you see here? Follow us on Facebook, as we often post these goodies as we find them. 

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Photo by @geelove22 posted by NaturalVermont

"When You Give a Tree an Email Address"
The Atlantic

"There’s another story to tell about climate change. And it starts with water"
The Guardian
(By Judith Schwartz, who will be speaking in Chester as a part of our adult speaker series in March!)

"That Recently Brutally Cold Weather? It's Getting Rarer."
New York Times

"The Best Nature Books of 2017"
The Guardian

We're loving this Vermont-centric Instagram account
Instagram

"How a Melting Artic Changes Everything"
Bloomberg

"A Greener, More Healthful Place to Work"
New York Times

"Define Nature: We've Forgotten What Nature Means"
Quartzy

"As modern life retreats from nature, science documents its healing powers"
MinnPost

VIDEO: How to Identify Winter Trees at 60mph
Bowdoin Nature Moments

American beech is actually easier to identify in winter than in summer, even at 60 mph, because it holds onto its dead leaves all winter. The reason? Their ancestors evolved in the tropics where plants photosynthesize year-round. Beeches just happened to keep a tight grip on their leaves when they moved north.