News: Reviews & Interviews

Essay: Woods Work

Feb 20, 2020

William Bryant Logan's essay Woods Work in the latest issue of Emergence Magazine.

After visiting a two-thousand-year-old linden tree in England, William Bryant Logan explores the nearly forgotten practices of coppicing and pollarding, or cutting back a tree to stimulate growth, and discovers a symbiotic relationship between humans and trees.

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VICE VIDEO: Catching Up With Giants

Feb 01, 2020

Nature Needs Heroes is a series that invites everyone to take part in living a more sustainable lifestyle.

New York And Beyond -- Where nature and concrete collide and live harmoniously. We meet Urban Arborist Bill Logan and Environmental Communicator Summer Rayne Oakes as they share the importance and benefits that green spaces bring to residents of New York, and how everyone can get involved in protecting and creating green spaces.

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A Botanical End-of-Year Message From the Oliver Sacks Team Recommends Sprout Lands

Dec 21, 2019

"If you haven’t yet discovered the books of William Bryant Logan, you are in for a treat that will nourish your spirit."

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Constant Wonder Podcast -- Nov 22, 2019

Nov 22, 2019

William Bryant Logan joins host Marcus Smith on the Constant Wonder podcast for a Talking to Trees conversation. The Constant Wonder podcast invites you to discover, explore, and reengage with the wonders of the world around you.

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Constant Wonder Podcast -- Oct 10, 2019

Oct 10, 2019

William Bryant Logan joins host Marcus Smith on the Constant Wonder podcast for a conversation about Sprout Lands. The Constant Wonder podcast invites you to discover, explore, and reengage with the wonders of the world around you.

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The New York Times, Opinion: The Lessons of a Hideous Forest

Jul 20, 2019

The insistence of wild growth at Fresh Kills Landfill should make us rethink nature.

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A Way to Garden Podcast Interview: How We and the Trees Grew Together

May 20, 2019

Interview with Margaret Roach, host of A Way to Garden podcast and public-radio show.

"Bill Logan and I talked about how mankind learned to use trees and evolved alongside them with their help; about pruning tactics like pollarding and coppicing; and also how nearly immortal trees are."

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