Meet Big Lonely Doug, a 70-meter-tall tree left standing in the middle of a giant Canadian clear-cut. Why? Because one logger randomly decided Doug deserved to live. And now Doug's just… there. Lonely. Iconic. A little awkward. Kind of like us.

In this episode, we spiral into a surprisingly emotional rabbit hole about famous lonely trees; from Doug's solo forest vigil to India's own Great Banyan Tree (which has 3000 branches and no trunk because… why not). We also talk about the Tree of Ténéré, the world's most isolated tree that got taken out by a truck, and somehow land on Adani and a rant about deforestation in India.

Important links:

1. About Big Lonely Doug: https://arboristnow.com/news/big-lonely-doug-canada-s-second-largest-douglas-fir/

2. ⁠Wikipedia for trees dimensions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug

3. Wikipedia on Red Creek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Creek_Fir

4. 3 min film on Big Lonely Doug: https://youtu.be/b3DMS5eTmoc?si=TRgtqslHiu-IKPWI

5. ⁠The Tree of Ténéré: https://thetreeographer.com/2018/03/08/the-worlds-loneliest-tree-the-tree-of-tenere/

6. Adani's new coal plant in Bihar: A Re.1 land deal, amid real environmental concerns: https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/business/adanis-coal-plant-in-bihar-token-land-deal-real-environmental-concerns

Don't Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who'd rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.

Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don't know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week.

Don't Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!