Posted: February 2, 2024
Trees may be our oldest companions. Humans and trees have been included in the same stories and myths since just about the beginning of time. No wonder it feels good to be around trees. They’re like old friends. We find them just about everywhere – in our yards, in forests, in parks, around businesses and
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Tags: carbon dioxide, companions, fungal threads, messages, mycelia, mycelial networks, old friends, oxygen, public library, school
Posted: January 6, 2022
All of us have an important connection to forests. Knowing that connection helps us to understand how essential forests are to sustaining human life. An excellent documentary, “Call of the Forest – the Forgotten Wisdom of Trees,” helps us to understand that connection. The film follows scientist and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger as she explores the
Posted: December 21, 2021
I have been learning about an amazing woman named Diana Beresford-Kroeger. She was born in England in 1944. Her father was British, and her mother was Irish. She eventually wrote a book about her life. Published in 2019 by Random House Canada, the book is called To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey from
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Tags: botany, breathe, Celtic, County Cork, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, fulvic acid, humic acid, Ireland, leaves, Lisheens Valley, marine buffet, orphan, oxygen, phytoplankton, trees
Posted: August 11, 2020
If you’re looking for a free, educational outing for your elementary school age kids, think about taking them to a place where you can both walk and enjoy trees at the same time. If your city has walkways along a river with plenty of trees, that would be a perfect place to go. Otherwise, find
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Tags: carbon dioxide, clean air, educational outing, elementary school age, fun, nest, oxygen, photosynthesis, trees, trunk
