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

ancient yew Borrowdale April 2004 © Fred Hageneder
cultural history

Yew and misconceptions in religious history

The cultural history of the yew tree reveals surprising insights into the origins of the Nordic World Tree, Yggdrasil, usually hidden by orthodox doctrine.

ancient yew tree at Defynnog, Powys. © Peter Norton
botany

The ancient yews of Wales

Deadly longbow vs Christian symbol of Resurrection – the yew tree played a big part in defending Wales – it’s about time it got some protection back.

yew trees in the Duezce reserve, northern Turkey. © Fred Hageneder
articles

The genetic evolution of European yew

A major genetic study of the European yew reveals the origins and migration pattern of this unique tree, and its evolutionary response to regional climate.

Monsoon rainforest in Malaysia/Thailand. © Edward Parker
articles

The impact of forests on climate

The world’s forests are active players in maintaining the equilibrium of world climate, not just passive victims succumbing to global heating.

ancient yew tree in the Yenice reserve, northern Turkey. © Fred Hageneder
botany

The natural history of yew in Europe

A major study of the genetic evolution of European yew reveals the origins and migration pattern of this unique tree, and its response to regional climate.

clearfelling site in Romania. © Environmental Investigation Agency
conservation

Romania’s old-growth forests for furniture

Europe’s last extensive old-growth forests are vanishing fast, due to ‘semi-legal’ logging. For cheap wooden products in shops all over Europe (and the UK).

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’.

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.

Anne Frank's tree fallen. © Elzinga/AP
conservation

Anne Frank’s chestnut tree will bloom again

The tree that once gave Anne Frank solace as she was hiding from the Nazis fell in a storm in August 2010, but cuttings have been taken and will be planted.

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ancient yew Borrowdale April 2004 © Fred Hageneder
cultural history

Yew and misconceptions in religious history

The cultural history of the yew tree reveals surprising insights into the origins of the Nordic World Tree, Yggdrasil, usually hidden by orthodox doctrine.

ancient yew tree at Defynnog, Powys. © Peter Norton
botany

The ancient yews of Wales

Deadly longbow vs Christian symbol of Resurrection – the yew tree played a big part in defending Wales – it’s about time it got some protection back.

yew trees in the Duezce reserve, northern Turkey. © Fred Hageneder
articles

The genetic evolution of European yew

A major genetic study of the European yew reveals the origins and migration pattern of this unique tree, and its evolutionary response to regional climate.

Monsoon rainforest in Malaysia/Thailand. © Edward Parker
articles

The impact of forests on climate

The world’s forests are active players in maintaining the equilibrium of world climate, not just passive victims succumbing to global heating.

ancient yew tree in the Yenice reserve, northern Turkey. © Fred Hageneder
botany

The natural history of yew in Europe

A major study of the genetic evolution of European yew reveals the origins and migration pattern of this unique tree, and its response to regional climate.

clearfelling site in Romania. © Environmental Investigation Agency
conservation

Romania’s old-growth forests for furniture

Europe’s last extensive old-growth forests are vanishing fast, due to ‘semi-legal’ logging. For cheap wooden products in shops all over Europe (and the UK).

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’.

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.

Anne Frank's tree fallen. © Elzinga/AP
conservation

Anne Frank’s chestnut tree will bloom again

The tree that once gave Anne Frank solace as she was hiding from the Nazis fell in a storm in August 2010, but cuttings have been taken and will be planted.

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