Speak for the Trees
Protecting Nature, One Word At A Time
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day"
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ChatGPT, chill on em
written by Liv Adao and Josie Hammond Greetings, tree huggers! Long time no see! We’ve been cooking up a good one for you this week. Since it’s Labor Day, we want to discuss one of the most pressing issues facing the labor force today: you know ‘em, you love ‘em: Mr. ChatGPT, and all his
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An Ode to Slowing Down
Written by Josie Hammond and Liv Adao Good afternoon!! Merry Mary Oliver Monday Treehuggers! We hope y’all had a fantastic weekend and we are sending good vibes for this upcoming week. Today we are keeping it short with just a poem and some food for thought. Mary Oliver take it away… We’d like to think
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When Did the Environment Become Political?
written by Josie Hammond and Liv Adao Good evening, fellow treehuggers, and welcome back! Long time no see…literally! We hope you all had an excellent summer. The last month for us has been very chaotic, but we are back and better than ever! We wish you the best going into this school year, work week,
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Crawfish Boil? Nah, Crawfish Toil
written by Josie Hammond and Liv Adao Oh hello, tree huggers, funny seeing you here. Today we are talking about an issue very close to home, literally! The Nashville Crayfish, pictured here, lives exclusively in Mill Creek in Davidson and Williamson county. Even if you don’t reside here with this yellow little guy, his story
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Stop Worrying
Written by Josie Hammond and Liv Adao Good evening, fellow Tree Huggers. Tonight, we are keepin it short and sweet! We know y’all missed us last Monday- we have been doing a lot of stuff, and honestly, we’ve been worried. We have worried about not getting enough sleep, flying on an airplane alone, getting eaten
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The Fight Against Consumerism
Written by Liv Adao and Josie Hammond Welcome back, tree huggers! Today we’re going to be talking about a prominent issue in our current world: consumerism! For our purposes today, we are defining consumerism as the continuous acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing quantities. It’s all too common nowadays to be bombarded with marketing
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It Really is That Damn Phone
Written by Liv Adao and Josie Hammond Hello tree huggers! Welcome back to Speak for The Trees, thank you for taking the time to read the thoughts in our head! Today, we are talking about how and why it really is that damn phone! Let’s get into it… According to our calculations at We Speak
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Our Muse: Mary Oliver
Written by Josie Hammond & Liv Adao For the first blog post to christen our website and kick off our journey of educating and inspiring, we want to take a moment to address our own biggest educator and inspiration: Mary Oliver. Our favorite Ohioan poet was born in the summer of 1935, where she spent
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