Call of the Forest
An Interview with Diana Beresford-Kroeger

December 1, 2018

Interview by
Joanna Harcourt-Smith

In this week’s episode Diana Beresford-Kroeger speaks with Joanna about: “Call of the Forest”; the forests of the world and climate change; one tree, oone person, the Bioplan; a common dream experienced all ove the world and prophesied by the Mohawk Nation; the rarest tree in Nroth America; forest bathing and the immune system; instruction for forest bathing; learning the ancient ways of the Celtic culture; tips for a kinder, healthier life; women standing together for the future of the planet; the trees hold the knowledge of the world; new amazing discoveries about the key role of the trees in the biosphere.

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world recognized author, medical biochemist and botanist. She has a unique combination of western scientific knwledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world. Orphaned in Ireland in her youth, Beresford-Kroeger 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 to one day bring this knowledge to a troubled future, Bresford-Kroeger 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”.

“I Can’t Sit Still”, original music by Evarusnik

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