FRED HAGENEDER’S GATEWAY TO THE MEANING OF TREES IN CULTURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

flooded lowlands in Cumbria. © JoJoH/shutterstock.com
conservation

Flooded by ignorance

Subsidized mass clearance of trees and shrubs plus the spreading of maize monocultures, the worst crop for soil erosion, guarantee severe floods downstream.

light and shade projections on an old yew tree, Newlands Corner, Surrey, England. © Fred Hageneder
cultural history

‘Operation Yewtree’

When a massive paedophile ring was uncovered in British media business, the police (MET) did not find a more inappropriate name than ‘Operation Yewtree’.

Custodian, thoughtful. © The African Biodiversity Network
conservation

Custodians of sacred sites in Africa unite

Traditional custodians of sacred sites met to create a guideline to respect and ensure the future of the children of humans and all species on Earth.

large buttressed tree in primary rainforest in Ecuador. © Dr. Morley Read/shutterstock.com
conservation

World’s biggest trees disappear

Worldwide long-term studies show that proportionally, the biggest and oldest trees of the world vanish more rapidly than the younger tree populations.

sacred grove at Heggala Aiyappa, Western Ghats, India. © Claudia Rutte
conservation

Mapping sacred sites for their protection

To scientists from the universities of Oxford and of Basel started a database project to record Sacred Natural Sites for research and future conservation.

Francis of Assisi, oil painting by Lodovico Cigoli, 1597/9. © Creative Commons License
conservation

UK Catholics: The Call to Creation

The historic ‘Call of Creation’ by St Francis of Assisi inspires Catholics today to acknowledge humanity’s role as stewards of nature, not its masters.

Buddhist monks in northwest Cambodia ordaining a tree. © Equator Initiative
climate care

Buddhist monks ordain trees

The monks of the Samraong Pagoda received the 2010 Equator Prize for saving evergreen forest in northwest Cambodia by ordaining venerable trees as monks.

cloud forest at the Santa María Volcano, or Gagxanul, a sacred natural site in Guatemala. © Bas Verschuuren
conservation

Protecting sacred natural sites worldwide

A global programme to protect sacred sites and their biodiversity as well as cultural practices from industrialization, urbanization, and tourism has begun.

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cultural history

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flooded lowlands in Cumbria. © JoJoH/shutterstock.com
conservation

Flooded by ignorance

Subsidized mass clearance of trees and shrubs plus the spreading of maize monocultures, the worst crop for soil erosion, guarantee severe floods downstream.

light and shade projections on an old yew tree, Newlands Corner, Surrey, England. © Fred Hageneder
cultural history

‘Operation Yewtree’

When a massive paedophile ring was uncovered in British media business, the police (MET) did not find a more inappropriate name than ‘Operation Yewtree’.

Custodian, thoughtful. © The African Biodiversity Network
conservation

Custodians of sacred sites in Africa unite

Traditional custodians of sacred sites met to create a guideline to respect and ensure the future of the children of humans and all species on Earth.

large buttressed tree in primary rainforest in Ecuador. © Dr. Morley Read/shutterstock.com
conservation

World’s biggest trees disappear

Worldwide long-term studies show that proportionally, the biggest and oldest trees of the world vanish more rapidly than the younger tree populations.

sacred grove at Heggala Aiyappa, Western Ghats, India. © Claudia Rutte
conservation

Mapping sacred sites for their protection

To scientists from the universities of Oxford and of Basel started a database project to record Sacred Natural Sites for research and future conservation.

Francis of Assisi, oil painting by Lodovico Cigoli, 1597/9. © Creative Commons License
conservation

UK Catholics: The Call to Creation

The historic ‘Call of Creation’ by St Francis of Assisi inspires Catholics today to acknowledge humanity’s role as stewards of nature, not its masters.

Buddhist monks in northwest Cambodia ordaining a tree. © Equator Initiative
climate care

Buddhist monks ordain trees

The monks of the Samraong Pagoda received the 2010 Equator Prize for saving evergreen forest in northwest Cambodia by ordaining venerable trees as monks.

cloud forest at the Santa María Volcano, or Gagxanul, a sacred natural site in Guatemala. © Bas Verschuuren
conservation

Protecting sacred natural sites worldwide

A global programme to protect sacred sites and their biodiversity as well as cultural practices from industrialization, urbanization, and tourism has begun.

Do You Want To Boost Your Business?

drop us a line and keep in touch