Woodturning is a very particular passion, and its practitioners gather to share their hobby at the annual symposium of the American Association of Woodturners. This year’s event brought together 1200 artists, craftspeople and collectors, with guest speaker and forest ecologist Dr. Nalini Nadkarni giving the keynote address. Nalini gave a fascinating talk, drawing out the connection between her hobby at the lathe and her work in the canopy of the Costa Rican rainforest.

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@RAINreforest is all about making connections between different cultures and ways of thinking, all in the service of ecosystem and cultural regeneration. Nalini was inspired by one of the projects on the network: our work bringing classical musicians to reforestation by planting the endangered species used to make violin bows.

Do you want to learn a little bit more about this? Read our latest blog post:

rainreforest.org/blog/turning-toward-tropical-trees-becoming-rainforest-ambassadors

Or maybe just go ahead and join our network: https://www.rainreforest.org/join-us