J.R.R. Tolkien’s Trees

On episode 125 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, writer at “Speaking for the Trees, No Matter Where They’re From,” guides us through the wild enchanted forests of J.R.R. Tolkien’s (Lord of the Rings) Middle-Earth.

Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Kollibri about:

-Kollibri’s five-part essay series on Substack, “Tolkien & Trees”;

-The factual and fictional forest ecology of The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion;

-The ongoing relevance of Tolkien’s work for taking action against environmental destruction;

-Ents!!!

- Kollibri’s take on a root cause of the ecological crisis.