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03/02/2026

Join us for the 11th annual Cracks in the Concrete conference. For 2026, our theme, “Culture, Identity & AI: Reclaiming Our Digital Futures, explores how artificial intelligence, digital systems, and technology intersect with culture, identity, and community well-being

02/27/2026

02/19/2026

A large global study analysing over 31,000 tree species has found that forests around the world are changing rapidly, becoming less stable and less diverse.

Although many forests appear to be growing faster, they are increasingly dominated by fast-growing tree species. These trees grow quickly after disturbance but tend to be short-lived, weaker, and more vulnerable to drought, disease, storms, and climate stress.

At the same time, slow-growing, long-lived trees - which form the structural foundation of forest ecosystems - are declining. These species typically store more carbon, stabilize soils and water systems, and support complex networks of animals, fungi, and other plants.

As these slower species disappear, forests become more uniform, a process known as forest homogenization. This reduces biodiversity and makes ecosystems less resilient to environmental change.
Human activities are the main driver of this shift, including:

* deforestation�
* intensive forestry�
* habitat disturbance�
* global movement of non-native tree species�

Fast-growing and introduced trees often spread easily in disturbed environments, but they rarely replace the ecological roles of native species.

The greatest risks are expected in tropical forests, where many unique slow-growing species exist only in small regions and may face extinction.

Overall, the research suggests that future forests may look greener and grow faster, but function more like fragile plantations than resilient natural ecosystems, reducing their ability to store carbon and protect biodiversity.

02/19/2026

From K-12 and through post-secondary, it should be a pillar within our understanding of history, especially today. How our ancestors struggled to maintain their ancient connection to the land. Knowing this story places some of the adversities we face today into context. In fact we are rooted within this same great challenge – to protect the Commons.

Read this whole story:

https://open.substack.com/pub/forestalmanac/p/the-charter-of-the-forest-and-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=6zpupe

02/17/2026

I’m honoured to finally share something that has been forming beneath my work for many years. My first novel, The Stones and the Mist, is about to step into the world.

It began with a quiet question:
What happens to truth when the people who lived it were never allowed to write it down?

For generations, women’s experiences — and land‑held knowledge outside patriarchy and Church — were overwritten or erased.

But even when records go silent… the land keeps speaking.
The stones remember.
The water carries what was refused.
The mist protects what endured.

Set in the Faroe Islands in 825 CE, this story listens for what survived beneath conquest, conversion, and curated history — the older relational laws held in land, tide, kinship, and the more‑than‑human world.

My work in equity and care has taught me that knowledge moves in many forms:
data, lineage, story, land, silence.

This book is another way of listening.

Today I’m sharing the first audio glimpse — told quietly, with wind and breath, the old way.

🎧 THE STONES AND THE MIST — A Teaser: Told the Old Way

Press play. Listen for what’s beneath the words.

The stones are not asking to be believed… only heard.
More soon. 🌫️✨

I’m honoured to share something that has been taking shape beneath my work for many years. My first novel, The Stones and the Mist, is about to step into the...