WUSF’s Steve Newborn talks to Dr. Lowman about why canopies are a vital part of the earth’s ecology – and how women can succeed in
Blue Point 5th graders recently hosted a Skype Session right in their classroom! On Thursday, April 2nd, the 5th graders at Blue Point were eager to
2 of America’s Most Beloved Explorers, 1 Enchanced Evening, Tales of a Lifetime From the blue heart of the planet to its highest forest canopies,
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. — John Muir You don’t have
Article below written by Bhaskar Krishnamurthy which features Dr. Lowman and her work in the canopies. Often considered the eighth continent of our planet, canopies
Be sure to catch Dr. Meg “CanopyMeg” Lowman on tonight’s episode of Going Deep with David Rees on the National Geographic Channel at 10pm EST!
Sometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree. To do this I have to climb branch by branch and
Beza, Who Saved the Forest of Ethiopia, One Church at a Time, A Conservation Story By Meg Lowman, Worku Mulat; Published by The Peppertree Press,
As a child, I loved the natural world. Maybe it had something to do with growing up in a small town in upstate New York where the distractions of big-city lights were absent. Maybe it was because nature had so many secrets and I was thrilled to be a detective, uncovering them one by one. My neighbor Betsy and I built a tree fort and created rooms walled by foliage. We collected wildflowers instead of Barbie dolls. We put band-aids on earthworms inadvertently chopped by our dads’ lawnmowers. We diligently rescued and cared for baby birds that had fallen from their nests. We called our fort “Hullabaloo,” alluding to the action-packed activities of our backyard world.
Life in the Treetops – Exploration of the World’s Canopies by Dr. “CanopyMeg” Lowman Chief of Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, USA www.canopymeg.com
