Welcome to Litsy!

An incredible memoir of a pioneering scientist, specialist in her field. Meg examines her love for the natural world with expertise and passion for her subject. Researching on a global scale from the States, Scotland, Australia and India, creating arbor walkways to take people up into the canopies, researching in the tree rather than from ground level and so much more.
What an amazing life to read about. This is one of my favourite tree books.

My planned reading for #NovelNovember readathon

🎧 Finish the tagged, which shouldn't take too long as it is amazing!
📚 Catch up with #buddyreads for #LiteraryCrew #Pemberlittens and #NaturaLitsy
📚 Once I've finished The Arbornaut, I'll pick up my 2 chosen books for #BookedinTime
📚 Squeeze another Kazuo Ishiguro in for #AuthorAMonth 🤞

Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 😊

Lowman is a fascinating person and a western leader in conservation.

She pushed our gaze beyond eye level to consider and explore what lies above and lives in tree canopies - which she calls the 8th continent.

Lowman is an adept storyteller interweaving chapters about trees and non human kin (ie insects, birds) as well as (frustrating, infuriating, and inspiring) stories of her personal and professional challenges as a woman in science.

📚Just started this and already hooked. I am a fan of naturalist writing, including greats like Terry Tempest Williams (if you haven‘t read When Women Were Birds…). The author is quick to point out that places like Costa Rica are not the most biodiverse on earth. Rather they are the most studied and funded by the US. She challenges us to look beyond what we think we know. 💫🌲♥️

Meg Lowman has forged a path in life studying tree canopies all over the world — from Australia to Africa to the redwood forests in the US. Her passion for her work is palpable in this audiobook and I found it inspiring. VERY similar to “Finding the Mother Tree” and I shouldn‘t have read them back to back because I‘m sure the details will muddle around in my mind. My own budding Arbornauts pictured 🥰🌳
#naturalLitsy

This will be my last for #nonfictionnovember.
Meg Lowman was the first scientist to dedicate her studies to the canopy- the very tops of the trees. She studies leaves, branches, life cycles of trees, which has led to studies on the creatures who live in and eat leaves. Mostly insects, but also birds and mammals.

Fun fact I learned: in many spider species the female is up to 100 times the size of the male 😱😬.

Another job I think I‘d love!

What an amazing story!
The author is a pioneer in studying forest canopies & the Arbornaut gives us a very personal look at her journey, her struggles & triumphs both in her personal life & mostly in her professional life. Plus, I learned so many new things about plants & all the fauna that make a living on or in them.