Library
Here are some links to reading, video and audio material about the environment and trees.
ARTICLES
"America Needs More Starter Homes. So Why Are Perfectly Good Ones Torn Down?" - The New York Times
"Whatever Happened to the Starter Home?" - The New York Times
"This 500-Year-Old Tree in California Has a Story to Tell" - NYT
"Association between residential green cover and direct healthcare costs in Northern California: An individual level analysis of 5 million persons" - Environment International
"In Your Enthusiasm for Planting, Don’t Forget About the Trees" - NYT -
"Why old-growth forests are an ally in fighting climate change" - CBC Radio
"Suzanne Simard interview: How I uncovered the hidden language of trees" - Newscientist
"The Social Life of Forests" - New York Times
"How London Trees Are Saving the City Billions" - Bloomberg
"Conserving the Oregon White Oak Tree" - Damian Fagan
"How much oxygen does one tree produce?" - ThoughtCo
"Trees are key to fighting urban heat - but cities keep losing them" - NPR
"The Power of Trees" - Climate Central
Articles by a Lake Oswego Resident
"Paralysis, madness and confessions from an unrepentant 'nimby'" - 9/28/22
"Facts and the Future" - 10/27/21
"Of Sparrows, Zombie Fires and the Tipping Point" - 9/15/21
"Peacocks and the River of Life" - 7/25/19
"Lasers in the Jungle" - 10/17/19
"So Finally, the Carnage Begins" 6/17/2019
Reports/Studies
"Association between residential green cover and direct healthcare costs in Northern California: An individual level analysis of 5 million persons" - Environment International
2015, April 16, University of British Columbia and Canadian Forest Service
FILM & TV
"A Life on Our Planet" - Netflix
"Kiss the Ground" - website and trailer
This special premiered on Netflix on 9/22/20.
"An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power"
List of "the best" Animated Environmental Movies
List of "the best" Environmental Films
BOOKS
Douglas Fir: The Story of the West’s Most Remarkable Tree
2020, Stephen Arno (Author), Carl Fiedler (Author), Zoe Keller (Illustrator)
Money Trees : The Douglas Fir and American Forestry, 1900-1944
"Bottled and Sold - The Story Behind our Obsession with Bottled Water"
VIDEOS
"Climate activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot" - Nature Now
2020
"Judi Dench My Passion for Trees" - BBC and YouTube
2017
"Timber Wars" - OPB Podcast Episodes
Announcer - Dave Miller?
"Timber Wars" - Trailer Episode Guide and additional links at bottom
"How Trees Talk to Each Other"
2016, Suzanne Simard, Ph.D.
"Nature's Internet: How Trees Talk to Each Other in a Healthy Forest"
2017, Suzanne Simard, Ph.D.
OTHER
"The Secret Life of Trees" (audio course)
2018, By the Center of Excellence
Resources List - Lake Oswego Sustainability Network
Resource List - Oswego Lake Watershed Council