Forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni discusses her work studying the unique ecosystems in tropical and temperate rainforest canopies. She has developed novel ways to share scientific knowledge to a wide range of public audiences and has created programs to bring science and nature to the incarcerated. Nadkarni gave a talk “Tapestry Thinking: Weaving the Threads of Humans and Nature” on January 30th, 2019 as the Oregon Humanities Center’s Robert D. Clark Lecturer.