Nalini nadkarni biography books
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A lifelong interest and concern for trees led Nalini to an academic career to study and understand trees, and innovate activities and programs that raise awareness of the importance of trees and nature to others.
National Geographic Live!
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Back by popular demand, National Geographic LIVE shares the stories behind the world-renowned photos and articles of National Geographic.
Throughout human history, trees have provided our most important sources of sustenance, protection, and wonder. Nalini Nadkarni, a tree canopy ecologist, has spent four decades dangling among the branches to study how forests inform our daily lives. Climb in the clouds to experience the magnificent wildlife and incredible science in the vast, hidden worlds suspended above our heads.
Intellectual Humility - Featuring Dr. Nalini Nadkarni
A series of 3 short documentaries featuring "Queen of the Forest Canopy" and "Tree Top Barbie" Dr. Nalini Nadkarni. Directed by Andrew P. Quinn
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Nalini Nadkarni
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Nalini Nadkarni is the author of Rainforests, with J. Johnson, Monteverde: The Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest, with N.T. Wheelwright, and Forest Canopies, with M.L. Lowman. She teaches in the Environmental Studies schema at The Evergreen State College and is President of the International Canopy Network. Her work has been featured in magazines such as Natural History, Glamour, and National Geographic and she has appeared in numerous television documentaries. In 2002, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship to better extend her work to the public.
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Between Earth and Sky, July 2008Hardcover
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Between Earth and Sky Our Intimate Connections to Trees
About this book
World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives. In "Between Earth and Sky, "a rik tapestry of personal stories, data, art, and photography, she becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads.
Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that illuminates the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of goods and services they provide, and the powerful lessons they hold for us. Nadkarni describes trees' intricate root systems, their highly evolved and still not completely understood canopies, their role in commerce and medicine, their existence in city centers and in extreme habitats of mountaintops and deserts, and their important place in