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When I look into my heart, I see trees… There are trees in our hearts… When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep, the most important parts of ourselves.
Nalini Nadkarni, an ecologist, who studies the rainforest canopy (especially in Monteverde, Costa Rica, where I was studying for 4 months!). The above quote and image come from her awesome TED Talk about conserving the canopy - a canopy I know and love from first-hand experience. It’s definitely worth your time.