Tsukamoto Konagi: Born in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture in 1949, she now lives in Hamamatsu in the same prefecture. Japan first female certified tree doctor and a first-class landscape architectural management engineer. Rose to fame in 1996 after transplanting four...
I’m sure most people have heard of the term “tree-hugger,” often a nickname given to people who care about the environment and the planet. But did you know that hugging trees can actually improve your health? As a matter of fact, you don’t even have to hug a tree to...
The term “tree hugger” was coined in 1730, when hundreds of Bishnois died while trying to protect the trees in their village from being turned into the raw material for a palace. The first tree huggers were 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Bishnois branch of...