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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 1 week ago

  Hey everybody, it looks like there has been a spammer responding to people’s messages on our site. Sorry about that!!! Your information has not been compromised in any way, but it is really annoying. We try to minimize the spam action on our site but it is very difficult to stop fully. Please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions about it!
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 2 weeks, 3 days ago

  Happy New Year dear people! In this short but beautiful excerpt Elif Shafak uses trees to point our attention to the silent stories surrounding us.
  “Listen to what we have to tell,
  because hidden inside our story
  is the past and the future of…[Read more]

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 5 days ago

  Nice to have you in our forest, Charlotte, we would love to see a picture of the trees around you 🤗🎄!

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 5 days ago

  Welcome to the forest hXcSonata, what do the wintery trees look like in your part of the world 🤗🎄?

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 5 days ago

  Welcome to our forest Gwynfor, looking forward to what you share 🤗🎄

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 5 days ago

  Welcome to our forest, Jill 🤗🎄 What do the trees look like in your part of the world?

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 1 month ago

  Have you been in the nature today? During our live broadcasts we always talk about the different benefits that trees and forests have on humans, both mentally and physically. Here is an article that links to studies on those benefits, and explains what it is that draws us to the nature…[Read more]

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 1 month ago

  Lovely to have you in our forest Celeste 🤗 What do the trees look like in your part of the world 🌲🌳🌴

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 1 month ago

  Welcome to the forest M. Ait Ali! Looking forward to what you share 🌲🤗

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink commented on Christopher Cochrane‘s photo 1 month, 1 week ago

  These are such gorgeous trees, and the light is beautiful too!

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago

  Hello Christopher and Sarah 🙂 Welcome to our forest, so nice to have you here! Perhaps you would like to share a picture from a tree from your part of the world? 🌲🌳🌴

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 1 month, 4 weeks ago

  Oh dear, what happened to it?

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 1 month, 4 weeks ago

  Welcome to our forest, Jarde, looking forward to your tree hugging pictures 🤗🌲

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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 2 months ago

  There are so many benefits to being close to trees that it is pretty incredible. This Forbes article highlights a few of them and gives links to scientific research – tree hugging is not just for hippies, you see! Did you know, for instance, that the phytoncides emitted by trees decrease the levels of cortisol (or the stress hormone) in your…[Read more]

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 2 months, 4 weeks ago

  This is cool! On this map you find some historic tree graffiti, including the so called ‘witch marks’ carved into England’s trees. The markings tell about how people used the area hundreds of years ago – to mark trees for logging, protection etc.

  Tree graffiti

  
  Picture © New Forest NPA

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 3 months ago

  We have had a gorgeous autumn here in HaliPuu -forest, with flaming red forest floor (see the blueberry plants in the picture) and golden trees. Alas, all good things must come to an end, and now the deciduous trees are bare, waiting to be covered with a layer of snow. More to the south, however, there is still beautiful fall foliage to be seen.…[Read more]

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 4 months ago

  Yikes! Do NOT hug this tree! Some types of Australian Dendrocnides grow to be 100ft tall and look furry and inviting – but cause a sting that can last for days 😬
  So always know what you are hugging… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/science/australia-stinging-trees-toxins.html
  Image: Peter Righteous/Alamy

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 4 months ago

  Another great entry from #TreeHugging2020! Competing with number 2 we had Edmund from Malaysia, who did a clever tripple-hug. Edmund and his wife Sio Sen have been residing in Finland for almost 6 years of which 2 in Levi. They both work in the Hospitality industry in Levi, as the Wine Director and Customer Relation Manager respectively. It was…[Read more]

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted an update 4 months, 1 week ago

  I have never heard of this tree growing technique, what a shame that it is not possible with our pine trees (on the other hand, we have never tried, so who knows… 🤔)
  https://www.boredpanda.com/sustainable-japanese-forestry-daisugi/
  (picture credits wrathofgnon)

  
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  Riitta Raekallio-Wunderink posted a new activity comment 4 months, 2 weeks ago

  Welcome to the forest Ben, looking forward to your tree hugging pictures!

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