Germany’s Black Forest faces a future of transformation. So do the people who have lived there for centuries.
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Sense of Scents
“The annual olfactory rush of cedar pollen is a sign of home.”
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Becoming Earth
“But here the line is blurred. In the afterlife of cedars, nothing is ever dead.”
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The Tree of Life Is Falling Down
“How one death-defying spruce became the mascot, tourist trap, and spiritual center of the Washington coast.”
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How To Build A Thousand-Year-Old Tree
“A set of experimental techniques and technologies that might seem harmful to trees is actually helping ancient forests survive.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories by Michael Lewis, Patricia Wen, Ted Chiang, Katie Thornton, and Sarah Smarsh.
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One Man’s Quest to Transform the West Texas Desert
“An urban dweller ventures to far West Texas with a dream to transform a barren desert into a lush forest.”
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On Mother Trees: What Old-Growth Trees Taught Me About Parenting
“I was helpful, but unlike the giving tree, I was not entirely happy.”
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Secrets of the Christmas Trade
“Turf wars. Protection money. Scientology. And my boss, a man who’s half-convinced he really is Santa.”