The Tree Who Stood and Watched

Authors

• Alexis Campos, St. Mary's UniversityFollow

Publication Date

Spring 2026

Digital Publisher

Digital Commons at St. Mary's University

Department

English Literature and Languages

Keywords

Digital Museum Exhibit, Fairy tales, Climate change, Curator talk, Illustrations, Audio, Video, Essay, Infographic, Pecan Tree (Carya illinoinensis)

LCSH Subject

Fairy Tales; Climate Change

Description

This digital museum exhibit features the climate change fairy tale The Tree Who Stood and Watched, presented as a written narrative and recorded reading accompanied by a slideshow of photographs from the contributor’s grandmother’s garden and pecan tree. It also includes two infographics highlighting the Pecan tree (Carya illinoinensis), exploring both its scientific and environmental characteristics and its personal and familial significance in the face of climate change, along with a curator’s talk that provides an overview of the exhibit. The exhibit also contains an artifact entry with a digitally drawn image symbolizing tree rings as markers of environmental change and the passage of time. ,It includes a collection of original photographs that inspired the fairy tale and connect the narrative to lived experience. It ends with a persuasive essay The Stories the Trees Are Trying to Tell: How Fairy Tales Can Encourage Climate Awareness, which argues that fairy tales and storytelling can foster empathy for trees and increase public dialogue about climate change and environmental responsibility.

Collection

Speak For the Trees!

Format

Multiple

Size

Varying

Medium

Multiple

Document Type

Collection

Disciplines

Fiction | Folklore | Sustainability

Recommended Citation

Campos, Alexis, "The Tree Who Stood and Watched" (2026). Speak for the Trees!. 10.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/fairytales2/10

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.