DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest ⌠ENCORE⌡/32 & 33
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This week on the podcast we present an Encore episode Part 1 & 2 of a staff favorite from the For The Wild archives.
DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER
Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a one-woman force of regeneration of the biosphere! A botanist, medical biochemist and self-defined "renegade scientist," she brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality and alternative medicine to reveal a path toward better stewardship of the natural world. Orphaned in Ireland in her youth, Diana was educated by elders who instructed her in the Brehon knowledge of plants and nature. Told she was the last child of ancient Ireland and told to one day bring this knowledge to a troubled future, Diana has done exactly that. Her Bioplan is an ambitious plan encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature, to join together to replant the global forest. Her books include: The Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America, and A Garden for Life. Diana Beresford-Kroeger was inducted as a Wings WorldQuest fellow in 2010 and named one of Utne reader’s World Visionaries for 2011. A delightful meander into the deep knowledge of the forest! How do trees communicate with one another and act for the common good? Why are oceans utterly dependent on healthy forests? How would a regenerative society meet its resource needs? What do children know that their parents have forgotten?
Music in Episode 32 is "Monymusk Lads" by Silly Wizard, "How Wild the Wind Blows" by Molly Drake, and "High Flying Bird" by Judy Henske.
Music in Episode 33 is "The Humback Whale" by Dr. Rodger Payne, "Let It Begin" by LeafCutter John, "Call Of The River" by Linda Perhacs, and "The Tinest Seed" by Angel Olson.
Learn More
Learn more about Diana's amazing upcoming film The Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees at http://dianasjourney.com
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