Żywotność pomnika w czasie: las jako upamiętnienie

The article examines the material and symbolic developments of environmental memorials, understood as intentional commemorations that involve organic matter as both the building and the symbolically signifying substance, years after their creation. Upon outlining a theoretical framework, the article presents a case study of the established Israeli practice of planting forests as memorials. In light of the growing contemporary interest in green commemorations as an alternative to traditional monuments, more than 100 years of Israeli forest memorials provide examples of possible "afterlife" scenarios for such commemorative spaces. Drawing on archival and field research, the article examines Israeli forests through the lens of their vital materiality and counter‑memorial potential, the tensions between organic agency and human commemorative intentions, and the social practices that forests generate as ambiguous memorial landscapes. The article points to the role of socio‑cultural context in the realisation of environmental memorials, moving beyond connotations derived from ecological reflection and highlighting local meanings of travelling memory practices.