Nalini nadkarni biography definition
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The “Moss-in-Prison” project helped me bring my love for trees and forest to men and women in the deepest windowless reaches of the prison system.
“We learned that the inmates who viewed nature videos committed twenty-six percent fewer violent infractions than those who did not view them, a convincing result for the prison officers and administrators—and for ourselves.” Photo by Samuel Zeller/Unsplash
When one is in love—especially with something as huge and beautiful and complex as trees—there is an urge to share this emotion with everyone, especially to those who have no opportunity to experience such feelings themselves. As my love of trees and canopy biota expanded, I sought to share my connections to nature with people who live in places where it fryst vatten absent, just as a new bride might urge those sitting on the sideline of her wedding party to find a dancing partner. It occurred to me that the people who live in venues that ep
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Dr. Nalini Nadkarni
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On October 7, SUU&#;s APEX event series brought in Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, &#;queen of canopy research,&#; to kick off the Grace A. Tanner Lecture Series for Human Values.
This year, Grace A. Tanner celebrates its year anniversary. This special year is called &#;the year of grace.&#; The theme chosen for this year is based on a book by Emily Esfani Smith entitled, &#;The Power of Meaning: finding fulfillment in a world obsessed with happiness.&#; Grace A. Tanner&#;s goal this year is to build &#;cultures of meaning.&#;
Obert C. Tanner is the founder of the Grace A. Tanner Center and a Utah philosopher. Having named it after his wife, Tanner&#;s mission was to &#;Get a search for a better understanding of human values.&#; Nadkarni tied that into her presentation by explaining that &#;By connecting people with different values and from different disciplines, with humility, we can move forward towards hope rather than the immobility of despair.&#;
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Nalini Nadkarni told her story to producer Cat Jaffee for an episode of The Daily Rally podcast. It has been edited for length and clarity.
There were these three faces of my female graduate students looking at me with extremely grave concern. I knew that something big had happened to me, and to my body, and to my life at that time, at that moment. And I looked around at the stumps that were surrounding me and I thought, Wow, they look a lot like tombstones.
It was a moment of there&#;s gonna be a before this fall, and there&#;s gonna be an after this fall, and I didn&#;t know what that after would be.
I use mountain climbing techniques to get to the top of trees to study the plants that live up in the treetops. I&#;m a small brown woman. I love life. I love people. I love solitude, and I love my connection to nature, especially trees. I think they&#;re the most magnificent beings on earth.
It was early in the morning in the Olympic rainforest on the extreme west coast of Wa