Entanglement

'As Indigenous people have always known and as Western science is increasingly discovering, the world is alive, sentient, and interconnected, with every part contributing to the whole. Everything is not only connected; everything is also communicating, sending and receiving messages that allow life to persist and evolve. The forest is not simply a collection of trees, but a community of beings, each dependent on the other, a whole greater than the sum of its parts.' - Ecologist Suzanne Simard.

Trees experience a sense of connection using underground fungal networks in a process known as mycorrhizal symbiosis. Through this network, trees can exchange nutrients, water, and even information about potential threats through this 'social nervous system'. This communication and symbiotic support system strengthens forest health and resilience.

So tread lightly as you go forth on Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi Country. The Traditional Custodians of which have recognised the importance of reciprocity in the more-than-human world and tended to these interconnections since time immemorial.