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Diana Beresford-Kroeger - Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of the Trees
Visionary scientist and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger presents Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees. A film that explores the irreplaceable roles that trees play in protecting and sustaining our planet. Followed by a live talk with Q&A.
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"Call of the Forest is magnificent! This is a very important film." ~ David Suzuki
"A film of rare significance. It draws the viewer into the green world that sustains life on this planet at a crucial ecological point." ~ Annie Proulx
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Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world recognized author, medical biochemist and botanist who is an expert on the medicinal, environmental, nutritional, and herbicidal properties of trees. She has a unique combination of western scientific knowledge and 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, Beresford-Kroeger has done exactly that.
Diana Beresford-Kroeger is an elected fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, and has been named by the society as one of 25 Women Explorers of Canada. She has also been inducted as a Wings Worldquest fellow, and has been named one of Utne Readers World Visionaries.
Screening hosted by UNITY OF VANCOUVER and BANYEN BOOKS & SOUND.
On June 6-9, Diana will also be hosting an IMMERSIVE RETREAT called Forest Bathing & Sea Scrubbing at HOLLYHOCK on beautiful Cortes Island, BC: hollyhock.ca/beresford-kroeger/
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LocationUnity of Vancouver (View)
5840 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC V6M 2V9
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