Our summer symposium 2026 will take place in Latvia. Therefore, during our NSU circle winter symposium on Eco-mythology (17-18 January 2026), Kārlis Lakševics, a lecturer at the University of Latvia, shared ideas what an Eco-mythology […]
Tag: oak
Summer (Fever) Tree -the illusion of homecoming in the Netherlands during a heatwave
Strips of textile have been knotted to the oak tree near the St Walrick ruins in Overasselt (near Nijmegen). Not so long ago, the chapel was the final destination of pilgrimages. Undertaken by the people […]
Flowing with Eglė: Encountering the Oak Prince in a Danish Castle Estate
During the spring equinox weekend, I had the pleasure of staying at Sandholt Slot, a centuries-old castle on the Isle of Fyn. The day before, I was in Copenhagen where the plants creeping on the […]
Writing(with)Oak trees – an outdoor experiment in Denmark and Discovering the initial thread for a new journey into financial ecofeminism.
Over the past few years, most of our writing sessions were conducted online within plant circles, with participants generally isolated in their rooms. Despite this, we were aware that some participants chose to walk outside […]
When the beech loses her throne – about redesigning our cultural landscapes
The climate is changing. Faster than we had hoped. In August, many majestic beeches – the queens of the Germanic forests – dropped their leaves because they were under drought stress. The king of the […]
Fear and Floating in a Flemish Forest
To be a guide is more than a job. It is a calling. And with callings for other ways, these seeds of wisdom I am collecting offers a path for continuously learning and growing into […]
When a Nordic forest bath becomes a fairytale
Last weekend I accompanied my Russian friend on her first forest bath. I had found another guide with ANFT that guides in Ekebergparken in Oslo. Two weeks earlier, I had asked the guide before what […]
Written in the Trees: Celtic Tree Astrology (1/2)
Did you know that the ancient Celts based their astrology on the flowering period of trees? They translated the characteristics of the prevailing trees into characters. The tree calendar is divided into 39 periods. There […]