Tree Our Time on Earth The majority of the world

The majority of the world now lives in some form of urban environment

Filled with famous artworks

whether of buildings or of space

it's a ray of comfort they'll reach for time and again

Tree Our Time on Earth The majority of the worldTrees are not just living things, but feeling beings, like us. Better keep a watchful eye over them Ezo spruce, hinoki, cherry blossoms. Persimmon, maple, cypress. The trees of Japan cast a spell on those who visit its landscape. But as a child, writer Aya Koda realized they were more than objects of beauty. Gifted a sapling by her father, she learned that we depend on trees as much as they do on us and spent a lifetime trying to understand them.