Interesting article from @quantamagazine.org by Asher Elbein about how plants grow towards light "Plants are not innately passive - seedlings actively orient themselves toward light, as shown in this time-lapse video, sped up 2,700 times." quantamagazine.org/plants-find-...

The Nature Institute is offering an online course "Thinking Like a Plant" Feb-Apr 2027 as part of the Cultivating an Experiential Understanding of Self and World series. This course works through Craig Holdrege's "Thinking Like a Plant." $140-$420. www.natureinstitute.org/events

The Plant Initiative's Oct 2026 monthly e-newsletter contains many events, resources, and opportunities related to the human-plant connection. Access this issue directly at mailchi.mp/plantinitiat... or subscribe (free) to receive future issues at plantinitiative.org

"Cocreating with a living intelligent Earth" is a 12-week live online learning community starting Nov 18, 2026 from Kincentric Leadership. "a journey into kincentric ways of sensing, relating and organising" £200-£900 sliding scale, scholarships available. www.kincentricleadership.org/online-course

YouTube video of a recent conversation between author, journalist and professor Michael Pollan and Andrew Huberman - What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness. tinyurl.com/bdhve4ua

In Orion Magazine's @orionmagazine.bsky.social Autumn 2026 issue, there are several articles related to plants or the human-connection, some of which you can access online for free, such as on carnivorous plants and bitter melon. orionmagazine.org/issue/autumn...

PDF for preorder for Langscape magazine, Vol. 15, from Terralingua "a beautifully designed, 160-page, ad-free magazine that's perfect for people who read, teach, or collect stories about biocultural diversity" terralingua.org/tlshop/langs...

Urban Tree Festival, Sat, Oct 24, 2026. In-person in Greenwich, UK. Free. "a day that welcomes everybody to explore the many ways trees connect us to place, memory, well-being, creativity and community." urbantreefestival.org

Action alert from @enviroaction.bsky.social Tell Walmart: Stop selling bee-killing pesticides "Native bee populations are in steep decline." environmental-action.org/take-action/...

Origin: A Synchronized Planetary Gathering. October 17, 2026. Events worldwide. "Join the world's largest synchronized gathering of ceremony, music and regenerative action." "helping to seed the dream of a socio-ecological planetary renaissance, from doom to bloom" ourorigin.earth

Video recording in the In Convivium series of a conversation between Pete Yeo and celebrated biologist and author, David George Haskell talking about Haskell's new book, How Flowers Made Our World - The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries. tinyurl.com/h4bvsv37

The 2026 Living Planet Report has been released by WWF "Like every other species on Earth, people depend on nature. Yet we are destroying the living systems that sustain us." livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/

Nature Lover’s Dreams Come True - with Dr. Jim Conroy & Basia Alexander. Free livestream from @ubiquityuniversity.bsky.social, Dec 11, 2026, 11am ET. "Imagine doing collaborative healing practices FOR nature beings not just physically but in an eleven dimension model" www.youtube.com/@ubiquityuni...

Indigenous Seed Networks: A Conversation on Seed Stewardship and Restoration, Oct 22, 2026, 8am CT. From @serestoration.bsky.social. Free. "...explore the growing role of Indigenous seed networks..." us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Article in @therevelator.org by Jim Sullivan - Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? Some species we label as invasive still serve a purpose by providing food or shelter to native species therevelator.org/nonnative-pl...

Piece in Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social by Ashia S. Ajani - Tending the Vines: Black abundance and reclaiming plant kin "Invasive plants, depending on whose hands they are in, can be catalysts for decolonial world-building." orionmagazine.org/article/tend...

Article from @theguardian.com by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests "Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Article by Cash Murphy from BBC- Lewes adopts charter recognising rights of trees. "A town in East Sussex [England] has adopted a charter recognising the rights of all trees...including the right to life, to flourish, to be restored and to complete natural life cycles." www.bbc.com/news/article...

More Than Material: Living Plants as Artistic Collaborators with Dr. Minna Valjakka. In-person lunch lecture in Amsterdam, Oct 27, 2026, 12:45–13:30. From Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam. Free. ehc-amsterdam.nl/lunch-lectur...

Gardens as Spaces of Healing, Oct 21, 2026. 11am-1pm ET. Free. "an online event exploring the power of gardens, ecology, and the natural world to restore mental well-being, foster belonging, and nurture personal and collective healing." From Oak Spring Garden Foundation www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...