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“A recent Texas A&M University study highlighted by Phys.org reports that children who spend time learning outside may gain physically, academically, and emotionally. Researchers also note the benefits may extend to teachers. This research reflects what we see every day at TREE Foundation.
Richard Louv, @richlouv , whose best-selling book 'Last Child in the Woods', helped spark the modern “nature-deficit disorder” conversation. He was hosted by @canopymeg on a visit to TREE Foundation’s Florida canopy walkway – see attached photo – as part of his research on the importance of connecting children with nature.
As momentum grows around outdoor learning, experiences like these remind us why access to nature matters for students, educators, and communities alike.
Read more: /news/2026-02-outdoor-linked-gains-literacy-children.html "
#OutdoorLearning #NatureBasedEducation #TREEFoundation #EnvironmentalEducation
Such a global loss to hear of special friend, Jane Goodall’s, passing. She has deservedly gone to higher places, but leaves a huge void for the planet. She wrote these special words on the back of my new book, Tree Day, … Jane was such a wonderful advocate for nature as well as a role model for so many of us.
🌍✨ I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Cary Environmental Symposium this September!
📅 September 10, 2025, 7:00 PM
📍 Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC
My talk, The 8th Continent: Exploration of the Forest Canopy, will take you high into the treetops where hidden worlds of biodiversity thrive. I can’t wait to share why protecting these ecosystems is so vital for our planet’s future. 🌳🦋
🎟️ Get your tickets today - Link in bio!
I hope to see many of you there! 💚
#NorthCarolina #WomenInSTEM #EnvironmentalEducation #RainforestConservation #CanopyMeg
We’re thrilled to share that the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation awarded a $50K grant to support @treefoundationglobal work on the Myakka River canopy walkway! 🌲💚
Thank you for helping nonprofits like ours make an impact!
#TreeFoundation #MyakkaRiverStatePark #CommunityStrong
🌿 New from Meg Lowman! Tree Day is a beautifully illustrated, hour-by-hour journey through 24 incredible trees worldwide. 🍃
From the mysterious dragon’s blood tree to the towering coastal redwood, each page will deepen your love for our planet’s forests!
📖 Use code UCPNEW for 30% off at the University of Chicago Press.
🔗 Link in bio!
#newbookrelease #womeninstem #canopymeg #abornaut #newbookalert
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"We love seeing young minds take action for conservation! 🌿💚 The students at @gallowayschool recently transformed their campus into a rainforest wonderland for their annual event, The Happening. Inspired by The Leaf Detective and the incredible work of Meg Lowman, they embarked on a week of immersive learning and fundraising to support rainforest preservation.
To bring their efforts to life, students created posters, bookmarks, keychains, bracelets, and even delicious baked goods—all in preparation for the fundraiser. Their creativity and passion turned into action, helping raise funds to support the protection of our planet’s precious rainforests! 🍃✨"
#treeconservation #theleafdetective #gallowayschool #rainforestpreservation
CanopyMeg’s life took a dramatic turn when she married a dashing Grazier, the Australian term for a rancher, suddenly inheriting a sprawling 5,000-acre ranch in the rugged Australian Outback, complete with 15,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle. Life on the ranch was wild and unpredictable—fires, droughts, insect swarms, venomous snakes, and the occasional dingo attack on livestock kept her days anything but dull. But CanopyMeg thrived in this untamed land, finding joy in the rhythms of nature. She raised two beautiful boys who grew up with a world of wonder as their backyard. They counted beetles by day, watched koalas sleep in eucalyptus trees, and listened to kookaburras laugh as the sun rose each morning.
However, while the land embraced her love of science and nature, the local culture did not. In the eyes of the outback community, a woman’s place was at home, not climbing trees or studying leaves. CanopyMeg, once a celebrated leaf detective, now found herself relegated to household duties, her dreams of exploring the forest canopies slipping away. She felt like a flower denied sunlight and water—wilting in a role that confined her spirit.
But CanopyMeg dreamed of balancing both worlds—being a scientist and a mother. So, with a heart full of courage, she made a bold decision: she would leave the ranch she had come to love and return to America. The journey ahead wouldn’t be easy, raising two boys on her own, but she knew she could carve out a life where her passion for science could bloom once more.
Packing up the essentials—Legos, toys, dishes, her recipes, clothes, and, once again, climbing ropes—CanopyMeg and her boys said goodbye to the Outback and boarded a plane bound for the unknown. Her heart beat faster with each passing mile, not only for the adventures awaiting her in America but for the towering trees of the Amazon rainforest that called to her. There, among the giant kapok trees, sloths, macaws, and newly discovered species of insects, she would find herself once again in the sky’s leafy canopy, embracing both the world of science and motherhood.
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Over the next four years, CanopyMeg transformed from a curious graduate student into a fearless explorer of Australia’s vast treetops. Each month, she climbed hundreds of towering trees, measuring thousands of leaves to uncover the hidden stories told by the creatures of treetops. She tracked every life cycle—following the leaves from their birth to their death—and noted whether they were torn by storms or invaded by leaf miners. She wasn’t just an arbornaut, scaling the dizzying heights of the forest canopy; she became a leaf detective, solving mysteries with every climb.
Her tireless work earned her the title of CanopyMeg, PhD, and soon, her expertise became known across the continent. Australia’s only arbornaut was in high demand, especially when a devastating tree disease causing Eucalyptus dieback swept across the country. Millions of trees were dying, their once-thriving canopies thinning and browning, and farmers feared for the future of their land and livestock. Desperate for a solution, they turned to CanopyMeg.
In true detective fashion, CanopyMeg climbed into the heart of the crisis. High in the gum trees, she uncovered the culprit: insect outbreaks were ravaging the treetops, devouring the leaves until the trees were left bare. However, rather than simply identifying the problem, CanopyMeg collaborated with the farmers, creating tree-planting programs and adjusting land management techniques to control insect invasions. Her efforts breathed life back into the forests.
As fate would have it, during one of her many tree-climbing adventures, CanopyMeg met a young sheep farmer. Amid the towering gum trees and under the vast Australian sky, the two discovered that the beauty of the land wasn’t the only thing capable of capturing their hearts.
#canopymeg #canopymeg_chronicles #10
