{"id":68432,"date":"2026-02-03T14:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=68432"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:20:58","slug":"suzanne-simard","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/suzanne-simard\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzanne Simard with Lynda Mapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has long been fascinated by the sharing of natural knowledge. From the interconnected root systems she studied in her book\u00a0Finding the Mother Tree<\/em>\u00a0to her ongoing work as an educator, Simard has learned to see the importance of cooperative efforts to share resources and knowledge. Joined in conversation by Seattle-based nature journalist Lynda Mapes, Simard expands these connections into a considerate exploration of the elaborate cycles of forest ecosystems, the challenges they currently face, and the intergenerational value they can provide through her new book\u00a0When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Raised in a family of loggers committed to sensible forest stewardship, Simard has watched as modern practices and timber companies have left forests vulnerable to damage and depletion. In her research, Simard explores the finely honed cycles of regeneration forests inherently use to maintain themselves. From mushrooms breaking down logs to dying elder trees passing their genetic knowledge to younger growth,\u00a0When the Forest Breathes<\/em>\u00a0presents these cycles as a key component in the protection and preservation of our forests. Working closely with Indigenous communities and the models of responsible forestry they\u2019ve upheld over time, Simard examines the damage caused by industrialization and wide-scale human intervention\u2013 particularly the impact on the overstory\u2019s mother trees that are responsible for sharing intergenerational wisdom and supporting new growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has long been fascinated by the sharing of natural knowledge. From the interconnected root systems she studied in her book\u00a0Finding the Mother Tree<\/em>\u00a0to her ongoing work as an educator, Simard has learned to see the importance of cooperative efforts to share resources and knowledge. Joined in conversation by Seattle-based nature journalist Lynda Mapes, Simard expands these connections into a considerate exploration of the elaborate cycles of forest ecosystems, the challenges they currently face, and the intergenerational value they can provide through her new book\u00a0When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Raised in a family of loggers committed to sensible forest stewardship, Simard has watched as modern practices and timber companies have left forests vulnerable to damage and depletion. In her research, Simard explores the finely honed cycles of regeneration forests inherently use to maintain themselves. From mushrooms breaking down logs to dying elder trees passing their genetic knowledge to younger growth,\u00a0When the Forest Breathes<\/em>\u00a0presents these cycles as a key component in the protection and preservation of our forests. Working closely with Indigenous communities and the models of responsible forestry they\u2019ve upheld over time, Simard examines the damage caused by industrialization and wide-scale human intervention\u2013 particularly the impact on the overstory\u2019s mother trees that are responsible for sharing intergenerational wisdom and supporting new growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":68433,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[56],"class_list":["post-68432","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-science","cat_science"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/68432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/68432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68432"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=68432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}