English
treechange
From tree + change, modelled after seachange.
The story
According to the Australian author and demographer Bernard Salt, the word was coined by “a subeditor” in 2003 and thereafter adopted by him.
Today it means
noun A movement of people from cities to the countryside.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “treechange”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / treechange