Gnarly, half-rotten, old trees are precious. We need to cherish them George Monbiot
Aug 13, 2021
3 minutes
We have a slow food movement and a slow travel movement. But we’re missing something, and its absence contributes to our escalating crisis. We need a slow ecology movement, and we need it fast.
The majority of the world’s species cannot withstand any significant disruption of their habitat by humans. Healthy ecosystems depend to a great extent on old and gnarly places, which might have taken centuries to develop and are rich in what ecologists call “spatial heterogeneity”: complex natural architecture.
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days