How to Love a Forest with Ethan Tapper

How we Love a Forest is how we Love Everything with Ethan Tapper. Join us for this transformative and hopeful chat with forrester, author of How We Love a Forest, and digital storyteller Ethan Tapper! Ethan walks us through what it looks like to love and give your life over to whatever is calling to you from the depths of your heart. We visit about his 175 acres called Bear Island and the restorative and sometimes heartbreaking work it takes to love well. Ethan’s knowledge of trees, foxes, birds and wild things that roam Bear Island is delightful and invitational. Our hearts were changed by his deep commitment to the land and to the future.
Show Notes:

• Ethan Tapper
• How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World

• Willow and the Storm - Children’s Book
• Ethan’s Instagram
• What the Robin Knows by John Young
• Dr. Lyla June
• EO Wilson
• In Blackwater Woods by: Mary Oliver

Chapters
00:00 The Essence of Nature and Loss
01:25 Introducing Ethan Tapper: A Forester's Journey
04:48 Bear Island: A Symbol of Hope and Responsibility
09:46 Wildlife and Ecosystem Relationships
15:48 Human Nature and Ecological Responsibility
21:14 The Complexity of Ecosystems and Love for Nature
26:52 The Unexpected Joy of Public Speaking
27:17 Emerging Themes of Hope
28:11 Engaging the Younger Generation
29:29 The Power of Hope in Action
30:15 Mythologizing Forests and Emotional Connections
31:05 The Role of Emotion in Environmental Advocacy
33:49 Balancing Science and Spirituality
37:48 Delight in Nature's Wonders
38:24 The Complexity of Life and Death
48:06 Understanding Death in Ecosystems
52:55 The Beauty of Forests and Their Lessons