Chat with a tree in Australia?
Leave it to the Aussies to do this. Melbourne (Mel-bun) Australia has mapped the location, species, and age of thousands of trees. And now you can report problems with the trees via their individual email addresses. Of course, while many used the emails for that, many others started conversations with the trees.
See more here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/when-you-give-a-tree-an-email-address/398210/