Woman Who Speaks Tree

Living on Earth

Linda Tatelbaum has been homesteading in the woods of Maine with her husband since 1977. She reflects on her life, work, and beliefs in her new book “Woman Who Speaks Tree: Confessions of a Tree Hugger.” Steve Curwood chats with her about what she’s learned from the trees that surround her home and why she may have to cut some of them down.

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