Dec 26 NewsHour Weekend 2021: Best of climate, environment and nature By PBS NewsHour Weekend The NewsHour Weekend team selected some of our favorite stories of 2021 on nature, climate change and the environment. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 5:33 Artist Mel Kendrick on seeing the other side of things By Jared Bowen, GBH An "alternative perspective" is what artist Mel Kendrick has offered for 40 years. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston takes us to the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts to see why Kendrick's art has such staying… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 3:09 How this naturalist helps people fall more in love with the world John Bates is a naturalist who sees his professional purpose as enabling people to develop environmental literacy. Since 2003, Bates has been particularly interested in old-growth forests, made up of trees that are hundreds of years old at minimum. Bates… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 6:37 Ambitious Louisville study seeks to understand impact of trees on our health By John Yang Trees can add beauty and serenity to a neighborhood -- but can they also improve the health of its residents? In Kentucky, the University of Louisville — with help from the National Institutes of Health and The Nature Conservancy —… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 7:38 ‘The Overstory’ author Richard Powers answers your questions Richard Powers, author of our November pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “The Overstory,” and Jeff announces the December book selection. Continue watching
Nov 29 Loved ‘The Overstory’? Richard Powers recommends 26 other books on trees By Elizabeth Flock Our November pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Richard Powers’ “The Overstory.” Become a member of the Now Read This book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. Continue reading
Nov 25 What do trees mean to you? Here are 12 ways trees shaped readers’ lives By Elizabeth Flock “In my day-to-day life, I often take the trees around me for granted."… Continue reading
Nov 20 How ‘America’s perfect tree’ was nearly wiped out By Elizabeth Flock The American chestnut tree, once the dominant tree throughout much of the Eastern United States, bore richly nutritious and sweet-tasting nuts before it was almost entirely wiped out. Continue reading
Nov 18 Why Richard Powers schedules his writing around what nature is doing By Elizabeth Flock The author of "The Overstory" follows a saying by Thoreau: "Resign yourself to the influence of the earth."… Continue reading
Dec 24 Why are more and more Americans buying fake Christmas trees? By Courtney Vinopal For many, it all comes down to cost. Continue reading