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Join us for a rare and profound conversation with visionary botanist, biochemist, and bestselling author Diana Beresford-Kroeger, whose work reveals Forests as living, breathing networks essential to our survival.In this intimate webinar, Diana shares insights from Our Green Heart, the culmination of her life's research on the deep connection between forests, human health, and planetary survival. As one of the last people in Ireland to receive a full Druidic education, she bridges ancient ecological wisdom with cutting-edge science to show how forests serve as Earth's lungs, medicine, and protectors against climate breakdown.Discover the hidden intelligence of trees, the critical role forests play in stabilizing climate, and how Diana's groundbreaking Bioplan offers a roadmap for replanting the global forest—and our future. She calls on each of us to take action through planting, protection, and reciprocity with the natural world.This is more than a conversation—it's a call to action. Leave inspired and empowered with steps to help safeguard the forests that sustain life on Earth.Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a globally recognized author, medical biochemist, botanist, and climate visionary. Raised in Ireland after the early loss of her parents, she was educated by elders in the Brehon tradition who passed on ancestral knowledge of plants and nature.Told as a child she would one day carry that wisdom into a troubled future, Diana has done just that. Since the 1960s, she has been sounding the alarm on climate change and advocating for the protection of global forests. Her scientific path led to degrees in botany and biochemistry, and to discoveries such as genetic smearing and cathodoluminescence in biological systems—now used in cancer detection.Yet her heart remained with the forest. In the 1970s, she created her own arboretum, gathered rare trees from around the world, and uncovered the chemical language and medicinal intelligence of forests. Her Bioplan empowers people everywhere to replant and protect native species. The plan has been adopted by cities like Ottawa and inspired international action.Diana's 2016 documentary Call of the Forest introduced wider audiences to this vision, alongside a tree-planting app matching native species to location. Her collaboration with activist Sophia Rabliauskas helped secure UNESCO World Heritage status for Pimachiowin Aki, a boreal forest of immense ecological and cultural value.Diana's legacy project is to clone and map the entire global forest—creating a living library of seeds to safeguard biodiversity for future generations.Learn more: https://dianaberesford-kroeger.comSupport the show

This is my second interview with Diana,  DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER‘s roots extend back to ancient Celtic Royalty and their knowledge has been passed down to her. Profesied to enter the world of science, Diana’s expertise also lies in her multi-tiered career in  medical biochemistry, botany  and writing. Her latest book is Our Green Heart DIANA HOME

Today's phone-in: Author, biologist, botanist and bio-chemist Diana Beresford-Kroeger on the sweetness of a simple life. But first, we hear about a record-setting solar tower in Halifax, and more uncertainty around the tariffs.

DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER has been working to preserve the environment since the early 1960s when she identified climate change as one of the most important challenges we would face in the modern age. Because of her Celtic roots her heart is always with the forest. Diana's documentary, “Call of the Forest” was released in 2016 andContinue reading "november 2024"

DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world recognized author, medical biochemist, botanist and climate change visionary. Her roots extend back to the ancient Celtic Royalty and their knowledge has been passed down to her. Diana’s book, To Speak For the Trees is the main topic of discussion DIANA HOME

Best-selling author and award-winning scientist Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger joined me to talk about her latest book Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests, the benefits of forest bathing, and why we should all be planting more trees (and what kinds we should plant).

As an orphaned child in Ireland, Diana Beresford-Kroeger was educated in Druid philosophy that taught her to respect trees. Now, at age 80, she's weaving those learnings with her decades of scientific study into a new book “Our Green Heart”. Then, we hear from a climate champion nominated by a listener who took up Diana's challenge to connect kids to nature.

Frank Horvat is an acclaimed Canadian composer and pianist whose music has been featured on over 20 albums. In this episode you'll hear how he has forged meaningful collaborations with a wide range of musicians internationally, and found and given solace to audiences through his focus on themes of mental health, the climate crisis, and social justice. We start this episode with his Arctic Circle Residency. Frank Horvat is so prolific and involved in so many diverse projects, with music in many styles, that we could only focus on a few of his works in this podcast episode, including with the SHHH!!! Ensemble, the Odin Quartet, flutist Christopher Lee and soprano Meredith Hall.  We talked about his Music for Self-Isolation, and  his wonderful initiative, the  Piano Therapy Virtual Tour, that pairs his music with his personal mental health challenges and coping strategies. I also asked him about The Green Keys Tour, in which he performed his work Earth Hour in dark halls across North America, travelling in a sustainable way. We also got into some of his current projects,  Trees.Listen with Sharlene Wallace inspired by the work of Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger , and  More Rivers,  commissioned by Christina Petrowska Quilico and inspired by the work of Ann Southam.  I need the help of my listeners! https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Frank Horvat website: https://frankhorvat.com/ Follow this podcast on social media: https://linktr.ee/leahroseman You can also watch this podcast on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ViolinLessonOnline Timestamps (00:00) Intro (02:22) Arctic Circle Residency (15:00) SHHH!! Ensemble  Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene, creative process and excerpts (24:51) Frank Horvat composing in different styles, finding new inspirations (28:48) Music for Self-Isolation, music performed by Christopher Lee (40:50) please support this podcast! Thanks (41:26) Piano Therapy Virtual Tour, talking about mental health (54:54) Odin quartet excerpt from the Four Seasons in High Park (55:07) Frank's start as a composer  (58:00) The Green Keys Tour (01:01:13) excerpt Orbital Tour of CIties at Night from album Fractures with Meredith Hall (01:04:140) new project Trees.Listen with Sharlene Wallace, Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger  (01:11:19) More Rivers, Christina Petrowska Quilico, Ann Southam --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

  Caroline co-riffs with clips of 2 wondrous guests, Diana Beresford Kroeger, and Rachel Harris, and Peter Kropotkin whose books serve as pledge magnetizers in our on-going anarcho*entheo*animism festival… Mutual Aid, Peter Kropotkin + Swimming in the Sacred: Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground, Rachel Harris + To Speak for the Trees, Diana Beresford-Kroeger = anarcho*entheo*animism   The post The Visionary Activist Show – anarcho*entheo*animism festival continues appeared first on KPFA.

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Sien Lievens is herboriste, imker, wildplukster, en ze is helemaal een wild wief. De ideale gast voor deze podcast dus. We hadden een leuk en wild gesprek.Over de oorsprong van haar fascinatie voor de bloemen en de bijtjes.Over haar verwilderde tuin en wat de buren daarvan vinden.Over hoe haar zoon Warre de hoofdrol kreeg in een documentaire op Ketnet. Over hoe apicentrisch of natuurlijk imkeren in zijn werk gaat en waarom we maar beter zuinig zijn met honing.Over waarom het interessanter is om een biodiverse wilde tuin te hebben ipv een mooi groen gazon met een insectenhotel. Over verrassingen en fails bij het wildplukken en vaste wildpluk gewoontes. En nog veel meer...De documentaire "Warre en de drie wilgen", die werd op genomen in de mooie wilde tuin van Sien, kan je nog bekijken op VRT MAX of in de Ketnet app (Ket & Doc seizoen 4, aflevering 4)  Sien organiseert als helft van het duo De Wilde Kruidenjuffen workshops voor scholen om kinderen (en leerkrachten) terug dichter bij de natuur te brengen en anders te leren kijken naar wat groeit in de omgeving. Ook voor volwassenen kan dit georganiseerd worden als teambuilding.  Je vindt alle info op hun Facebook pagina.Meer info over de imkerij vind je op de Facebook pagina van De Kruidige BIJdrage.Het boek dat ik op het einde van het gesprek vermeld is "To Speak for the Trees" van Diana Beresford - Kroeger. En een voorbeeld van een fenologische kalender voor de moestuin vind je op de website van Velt.

Radio Magic for the Forests, Caroline welcomes the return of Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Who says Radio holds the ear, and fires the imagination… So we light our collaborative kinship fires, to quell the fires… Speaker for the Trees, Botanist, medical biochemist and author Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger possesses a unique combination of western scientific training and an understanding of the knowledge and methods of a wide variety of traditional and alternative sources. Her books include The Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis: A Lifeline of the Planet, Arboretum America: A Philosophy of the Forest, and A Garden for Life. A feature documentary about her work, the Canadian Screen Awards-nominated Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees, appeared in 2017. Her latest book is To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey From Ancient Celtic Wisdom To a Healing Vision of the Forest. DianaBeresford-Kroeger.com     Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Radio Magic for the Forests appeared first on KPFA.

Ellen Dee Davidson is an advocate for the health of forests. Besides her memoir, she's the author of a number of children's books, also worked as an elementary, piano, and creative writing teacher and raised two daughters. She lives with her husband in the redwoods of northern California where she regularly sits with trees in a form of “forest bathing”. She is the author of Stolen Voices: In a City Ruled by Silence Can One Girl's Voice Make a Difference? (Turtleback Books Library Binding 2005), Princess Justina Albertina (Charlesbridge 2007), Zoe the Misfit (Boulden Publishing 2008), Wind (Luminare Press 2022) and Wild Path to the Sacred Heart (A Forest Bathing Memoir) (Star Tree Press 2019)Interview Date: 3/27/2023 Tags: Ellen Dee Davidson, power spot, nature, trees, hubris, logical brain, sentience of nature, consciousness, David Milarch, ancestor tree, Diana Beresford Kroeger, living lineage, Findhorn community, Dorothy Maclean, plant entities, Ecology/Nature/Environment, Personal Transformation

In the pre-modern area whenever someone would get sick, people went to the priest and the illness was almost always considered as a kind of possession. Witches, having known the way of herbs and healing, psychic emotional healing was considered the work of the devil. Because of this, they were burned and punished. In the arc of human history, humans have been on earth for thousands of years and these burnings only took place a couple of hundred years ago and to this day, modern-day witches still carry the shame of being one. They are still living in the shadow of that time and the pain that came with it. However, Seraphine aims to clean and reclaim that. Witches carry valuable knowledge, and they are here to be of service to the Earth and humanity. They are wise people who know how to live, dance, breath, and create with the forces of nature as well as healers who know the way, how to listen, and read the signs of nature.  Seraphina Capranos is a clinical herbalist, homeopath, initiated priestess with a practice spanning over two decades, as well as being deeply engaging as a teacher and speaker. She has a clinical practice on Salt Spring Island. Unique blend of gifts straddled the vast world of plant medicine, homeopathy, and ritual and ceremonial practice. She is a sought-after international teacher and the founder of The Center for Sacred Arts.   What we discuss: 01:03 – Introducing Seraphina 07:24 – Seraphina's Journey to New Mexico and Toltec Shamanism 12:53 – Seraphina and Shaina's Path of the Feminine 20:27 – Practical Ways to Learn to Listen 25:19 – Shaina's Journey to Listening, Dreaming, and Healing 37:51 – How People Can Support Themselves 40:58 – The History of Witches and Witchwork 44:14 – Seraphina's Work with the Plants 53:50 – Diana Beresford-Kroeger and Her Work 56:32 – Seraphina's Pondering and Process 59:30 – The Time of the Feminine for Seraphina 1:01:57 – Seraphina in Behalf of the Divine Mother   To amplify your health with GoddessWell products, go to Goddesswell.co to and use the code SISTERHOOD at checkout to buy one and get one free!   To learn more about Global Sisterhood go to www.globalsisterhood.org To join a virtual circle with us, go to http://www.globalsisterhood.org/virtual-circles To follow us on Instagram, @theglobalsisterhood @Laurenelizabethwalsh @shainaconners  

DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world recognized author, medical biochemist, botanist and climate change visionary. Her roots extend back to the ancient Celtic Royalty and their knowledge has been passed down to her. Diana’s book, To Speak For the Trees is the main topic of discussion https://dianaberesford-kroeger.com/

You can watch the video today's episode on our YouTube channel. WATCH HERE This presentation was generously provided by the 15th annual International Herb Symposium. This event is fully virtual and you're still able to join.  There are HUNDREDS of workshops available from this online event, and you can access all of them until December 10, 2022.  Be sure to use coupon code IHS-HERBRALLY at checkout to get 10% off your registration.  LEARN MORE AND REGISTER There are so many incredible teachers and classes!  This event is a fundraiser for the United Plant Savers. Which means registering for the event helps support native medicinal plants and fungi for generations to come!   BONUS: If you enroll, you'll also get first dibs to buy tickets to the in-person 16th Annual IHS (which is  anticipated to sell out). The event will take place in June of 2023. Registration also includes a FREE ticket to the IHS Film Fest, which is happening now through Sept. 25.  Thanks again to the International Herb Symposium and Kat Maier for providing this presentation to the HerbRally community!  LEARN MORE AND REGISTER This presentation was the keynote address for the 15th annual International Herb Symposium. LEARN MORE ABOUT DIANA Thanks for listening!  Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these SEVEN herbal freebies!  86 page ebook by Plant Healer 5 Herbal Events Around the World | Video with Bevin Clare 36 Page Book Excerpt from "Nourishing Foods" by Plant Healer Calendula ebook by Rosalee de la Forêt Hour long adaptogens class with Heather Irvine Exclusive 15% off discount for Mountain Rose Herbs 10% off discount for the HerbRally store CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES HERE Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com

You can watch the video of today's episode on our YouTube channel. WATCH HERE This presentation was generously provided by the 15th annual International Herb Symposium. This event is fully virtual and you're still able to join.  There are HUNDREDS of workshops available from this online event, and you can access all of them until December 10, 2022.  Be sure to use coupon code IHS-HERBRALLY at checkout to get 10% off your registration.  LEARN MORE AND REGISTER There are so many incredible teachers and classes!  This event is a fundraiser for the United Plant Savers. Which means registering for the event helps support native medicinal plants and fungi for generations to come!   BONUS: If you enroll, you'll also get first dibs to buy tickets to the in-person 16th Annual IHS (which is  anticipated to sell out). The event will take place in June of 2023. Registration also includes a FREE ticket to the IHS Film Fest, which is happening now through Sept. 25.  Thanks again to the International Herb Symposium and Kat Maier for providing this presentation to the HerbRally community!  LEARN MORE AND REGISTER This presentation was the keynote address for the 15th annual International Herb Symposium. LEARN MORE ABOUT DIANA Thanks for listening!  Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these SEVEN herbal freebies!  86 page ebook by Plant Healer 5 Herbal Events Around the World | Video with Bevin Clare 36 Page Book Excerpt from "Nourishing Foods" by Plant Healer Calendula ebook by Rosalee de la Forêt Hour long adaptogens class with Heather Irvine Exclusive 15% off discount for Mountain Rose Herbs 10% off discount for the HerbRally store CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES HERE Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com

You can watch the video of today's episode on our YouTube channel. WATCH HERE This presentation was generously provided by the 15th annual International Herb Symposium. This event is fully virtual and you're still able to join.  There are HUNDREDS of workshops available from this online event, and you can access all of them until December 10, 2022.  Be sure to use coupon code IHS-HERBRALLY at checkout to get 10% off your registration.  LEARN MORE AND REGISTER There are so many incredible teachers and classes!  This event is a fundraiser for the United Plant Savers. Which means registering for the event helps support native medicinal plants and fungi for generations to come!   BONUS: If you enroll, you'll also get first dibs to buy tickets to the in-person 16th Annual IHS (which is  anticipated to sell out). The event will take place in June of 2023. Registration also includes a FREE ticket to the IHS Film Fest, which is happening now through Sept. 25.  Thanks again to the International Herb Symposium and Kat Maier for providing this presentation to the HerbRally community!  LEARN MORE AND REGISTER This presentation was the keynote address for the 15th annual International Herb Symposium. LEARN MORE ABOUT DIANA Thanks for listening!  Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these SEVEN herbal freebies!  86 page ebook by Plant Healer 5 Herbal Events Around the World | Video with Bevin Clare 36 Page Book Excerpt from "Nourishing Foods" by Plant Healer Calendula ebook by Rosalee de la Forêt Hour long adaptogens class with Heather Irvine Exclusive 15% off discount for Mountain Rose Herbs 10% off discount for the HerbRally store CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES HERE Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com

teZa and Carter Lord, cohosts and life partners of 3 decades, are freshly back from two weeks of van camping in Southeast Arizona. They're really excited about the conservation message so beautifully given by scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger in her most recent book: To Speak for the TREES. Join their enthusiasm as they discuss how every conversation needs to focus on Spirit. Then, everything changes. Anyone who forgets this will face challenges and difficulties and never find true contentment. see tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more about the hosts. Be well.

This week on the show Cait brings in a documentary based around the work of botanist and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger, "The Call of the Forest." Trees, man. Also this ep! ALF returns for some reason, the Star Wars hotel is disrespectfully expensive, Ranking of Kings proves we can't have nice things, and updates on what we've been checking out, including Disenchantment, the board game Horrified, and a pair of docs on the joys and shames of what we know on this show as The Sickness. Get at us between episodes at twitter.com/geekdownpod If you'd like to support the show financially, you can buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. We appreciate every donation we receive, but if you have the money to spare, please consider giving to organizations working to support the people of Ukraine during these unprecedented times. A good list for Canadians can be found at https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-how-to-help-ukraine-canada/ Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Diana Beresford-Kroeger - To Speak for the Trees... with TRE´s Selina MacKenzie

Here is a written version and references: https://www.meghantelpner.com/blog/episode-25-sweetness-of-a-simple-life-and-inspiring-climate-change-solutions-with-diana-beresford-kroeger/ Meghan's Life Changing New Program: https://www.meghantelpner.com/theprogram/ I am extremely excited to share this very special episode of On My Mind with you. I have been a super fan of Diana Beresford-Kroeger since I read her book The Sweetness of A Simple Life in 2015. It basically changed my life. I've long advocated for resiliency and self-sufficiency, but reading her book made it feel both achievable and aspiration. Diana is a botanist and medical biochemist who is a wealth of knowledge and wisdom – I can't wait for you to hear all that she has to say! We get into a lot in this conversation – including the details of trees, deforestation, the state of our food supply, and what we can each to be part of the solution to the critical situation we are all in. It was such a beautiful experience speaking to her – I'm ready to move to the forest and be her neighbour!

Today we celebrate a German botanist, an American botanist, an explorer, and an English poet and novelist. We hear an excerpt about the change in seasons. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that challenges us to see trees in a new way - with profound understanding, respect, and intelligence. And then we'll wrap things up with the birthday of a beloved American poet and his humorous poem about gardening.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News History of Sydney's Spring Walk| The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney | Miguel Garcia   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there's no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you'd search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events September 20, 1552  Lorenz Scholz von Rosenau, German botanist, polyglot, and physician. He translated Greek and Arabic medical references along with other European texts and created a master medical reference. The book helped educate people about the plaque and earned Lorenz a coat of arms and title. In an age when people were afraid of nightshade plants, Lorenz grew potatoes. His large seven-acre garden was divided into four main quadrants connected by paths. In the middle of the garden, a large dining hall and art gallery entertained guests.   September 20, 1872  Birth of Mary Sophie Young, American botanist, and explorer. Born in Glendale, Ohio, she had seven older brothers who she credited for her toughness. After getting her Ph.D., she was put in charge of the Austin herbarium for Texas. She concealed her gender by signing correspondence "M.S. Young." During her career, she fell in love with botanizing in West Texas, and her work helped create a flora of Texas. On a 1914 trip, she wrote in her journal: It's about five o'clock now. The ‘lonely' time is beginning. The air is very transparent and very still, and everything glistens. There is something of that uncanny feeling of the consciousness of inanimate things.   September 20, 1902  Birth of Florence Margaret Smith (pen name Stevie Smith), English poet and novelist. She was awarded the Cholmondeley Award for Poets and won the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry. A play Stevie by Hugh Whitemore, based on her life, was adapted into a film starring Glenda Jackson. She wrote, Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it is a tree as well as a flower; we must try not to forget this.   Unearthed Words July let me go with the sea She stood there handing me over to the future I seemed farther than ever before July she watched me die under the arms of August September lived in harmony She took me by the hand And gave me one more chance October and a century of life.” ― Patricia Rezai, Submerged in a Garden of Lust   Grow That Garden Library To Speak for the Trees by Diana Beresford-Kroeger This book came out in 2019, and the subtitle is My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest. A Canadian botanist, biochemist, and visionary, Diana won the 2019 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for this book, which shares her family's Celtic ancestry along with a deeper perspective on trees and their communities - what we call forests. Diana shares why trees matter, the role they play in solving our climate change crisis, and a path toward a greater appreciation for these quiet giants of our planet. This book is 304 pages of a tree celebration and cautionary plea to recognize and safeguard their value to us all. You can get a copy of To Speak for the Trees by Diana Beresford-Kroeger and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $16.   Today's Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart September 20, 1881  Birth of Edgar Albert Guest, British-American writer, columnist, and poet. Thanks to his happy, hopeful poetry, he was beloved and became known as the “People's Poet” during the first half of the 20th century. Here's an excerpt from his poem called To Plant a Garden:   If your purse no longer bulges and you've lost your golden treasure, If at times you think you're lonely and have hungry grown for pleasure, Don't sit by your hearth and grumble, don't let mind and spirit harden. If it's thrills of joy you wish for get to work and plant a garden! If it's drama that you sigh for, plant a garden and you'll get it You will know the thrill of battle fighting foes that will beset it If you long for entertainment and for pageantry most glowing, Plant a garden and this summer spend your time with green things growing. If it's comradeship you sight for, learn the fellowship of daisies. You will come to know your neighbor by the blossoms that he raises; If you'd get away from boredom and find new delights to look for, Learn the joy of budding pansies which you've kept a special nook for. If you ever think of dying and you fear to wake tomorrow Plant a garden! It will cure you of your melancholy sorrow Once you've learned to know peonies, petunias, and roses, You will find every morning some new happiness discloses. Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Pacifico talks with naturalist and blockchain communications expert Mariah Maynard about ecological restoration, the power of blockchain, conscious parenting, and what's next for the cannabis industry.---Law, The Universe, And Everything is a production of The Soldati Group (https://soldatigroup.com). All opinions expressed by the host and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinions of The Soldati Group. This podcast is for information and entertainment purposes only. These discussions do not constitute legal or investment advice.------Law, The Universe, And Everything is sponsored by Prosperitas, an animated video agency that can help you bring your company's ideas, values, products, and messages to life with the power of engaging videos. Whether you strive to win more customers, engage or educate your audience, Prosperitas will craft each video specifically targeted to fit your brand and vision. Visit https://ProsperitasAgency.com today to learn more and discover how Prosperitas can create the best videos your company has ever had to help increase conversion rates and drive more sales.---------Today's episode is brought to you by the Transcendental Meditation technique. If you have meditated before but always felt like there was something missing, then it's time for you to learn how to practice TM. Visit https://TM.org to find a teacher near you.------Books Mentioned:To Speak for the Trees by Diana Beresford-Kroeger: https://amzn.to/3pfc4P1How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie: https://amzn.to/2Rf3F1ABraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: https://amzn.to/34IoGoo---00:00 Show Intro01:03 https://TM.org01:17 Guest Intro – Mariah Maynard01:50 The Arizona Master Naturalist's Association03:23 Ecological Restoration04:55 Exciting things in Arizona and national cannabis07:33 The evolution of the Arizona and national cannabis industries12:14 Blockchain for the cannabis industry14:38 Long term benefits of blockchain writ large17:24 Achieving work-life balance20:06 Mariah's favorite failure22:22 Mariah's heroes23:57 Mariah's best investment25:18 Meditation26:16 Mariah's book recommendations29:30 Mariah's billboard32:26 The three states of existence33:03 Three questions for better relationships37:47 Conscious Parenting44:32 The kindest thing anyone has done for Mariah46:01 Outro

Diana Beresford-Kroeger learned “a duty of care” for the natural world from her Celtic aunties and uncles, as she writes in To Speak for the Trees. Today we listen to three more Indigenous voices on how their communities build care for land and people into the fabric of life. These three are Dr. Mary Graham on how Aboriginal relationships begin in the land; Claire Hiwahiwa Steele on caring for land and people in traditional Hawaiian society; and Oren Lyons on the Great Law of Peace of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, of North America. Among each people, caring for land and people is how to be a human being—how to live peaceably with others and how to survive in a sometimes challenging natural world. We also look, for contrast, at how caring for land and people, while handed down in Celtic tradition, got lost in European history and did not form the foundation of law in the young United States. So how to bring love and care back into public life? Lots of questions and lots of ideas on where to go from here!

Writer Jessica J Lee, sets out to describe the myriad ways that forests operate in our lives and the life of the planet. She outlines the exciting developments that have taken place in our understanding of the ways forests work over recent decades, with science offering radical new ways of recognising these places as communities of mutually supportive trees rather than competitive spaces where individual trees fight one another for survival. She speaks with Peter Wohlleben who is one of the chief communicators of this ‘Wood Wide Web' idea, and also expert on fungi Merlin Sheldrake about the crucial importance of mycorrhizzal networks in forest life. Jessica also hears from biologist Diana Beresford Kroeger and Haida leader Miles Richardson about how this new science is built on the back of much older, traditional knowledge held within indigenous communities. Forest sounds appear courtesy of the 'Sounds of the Forest' project Original musical composition: Erland Cooper Spells written by Robert Macfarlane and these are read by Maxine Peake and the Bird sisters Photo credit: Geoff Bird

Science and sacred knowledge don't usually go hand-in-hand. But botanist and medical biochemist Diana Beresford-Kroeger is forging a path built on their collective wisdom, which she believes could help lead the way out of the growing climate crisis. She joins Steve Paikin to share her vision that's outlined in her latest book, "To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we explore the connections between genocide, systemic racism and ecosystem destruction, and imagine a future where we each take more responsibility to uphold the protection, regeneration and the dignity of Life in our world. We reference the stories of three documentary films: (1) Watchers of the Sky, the story of Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to making genocide a crime in the international courts, (2) I Am Not Your Negro, about James Baldwin eloquent telling of Dr. MLK, Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers’ contributions to civil rights, and (3) Call of the Forest, featuring the author of The Global Forest, Diana Beresford-Kroeger.

When I see immense houses in neighborhoods much wealthier than mine, I wonder how someone needs that much space. After watching a documentary featuring Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a conservationist, I felt the urgency in preserving our forests. We might feel powerless in battling government and business to slow climate change, but we can do our part in refraining from excess.

Episode # 007 DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author, whose work uniquely combines western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world. Her books include The Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America--which won the National Arbor Day Foundation Award for exemplary educational work on trees and forests--Time Will Tell, and A Garden for Life. Her new book is To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey From Ancient Celtic Wisdom To A Healing Vision of the Forest.Diana Beresford-Kroeger has a feature documentary Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom Of Trees with a free App that shows you the native trees in your region and its medicinal uses. The International Handbook of Forest Therapy published by Cambridge University Press, sponsored by the World Health Organization, is where Diana recently contributed her peer reviewed research on trees. Diana Beresford Kroeger's science on trees is now world recognized.The following is part of the podcast interview with Diana Beresford-Kroeger. Please visit my website Treesmendus.com for a more complete summary of our wonderful one hour conversation. My first question: Would you please tell us your story and why you wrote To Speak For The Trees? "I was orphaned as a child in Ireland. When orphaned, nobody going to speak for you. Normally orphans are sent to orphanages". Diana Beresford-Kroeger was the last in the ancient lineage of Irish and British aristocracy on both sides. The judge in charge of her case, when she was just 8 years old, said "I have no idea what to do with you, and I am afraid I will lose my job if I put a Beresford in an orphanage."Diana was put into the care of her Uncle Pat, a famous athlete in his time, a bibliophile (the house was teaming with books) and eccentric bachelor. As Diana says "he did not harm me, but just did not know how to care for a child. Looking back wonder how did survive such a thing?"Beresford-Kroeger said she got lucky. The ancient plan of the Celtic system was respected. In the summers she was sent into the Valley of Lisheens as the last child of that family to learn the ancient medicines and laws of the trees.

Diana Beresford-Kroeger - To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest

Diana Beresford-Kroeger - To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest

“Climate change is happening. What can we do about it? It will start with a shovel and an acorn, but we might just change the world.” Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author (and now filmmaker). She is known for her extraordinary ability to bring an understanding and appreciation of the scientific complexities of nature to the general public. "Diana Beresford-Kroeger is one of the rare individuals who can accomplish this outwardly simple but inwardly complex and difficult translation from the non-human to human realms," the renowned E.O. Wilson wrote in the forward to one of her books. “If you speak for the trees, you speak for all of nature,” says Beresford-Kroeger, one of the world's leading experts on trees who is known to have the mind of a scientist and the heart of an artist. She has studied the environmental, medicinal, nutritional, and even spiritual aspects of trees, has written about them in leading books, and on her property she maintains gardens that burst with flora and are open often to the public. Her work uniquely combines western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world.  From a very young age, she understood that she was the last voice to bring Celtic knowledge to the New World. Orphaned at age 11 in Ireland, she lived with a succession of Gaelic-speaking elders, most of them scholars and freehold farmers in the Lisheens valley in County Cork, who took her under their wing. Over the course of three summers, she was taught the ways of the Celtic triad of mind, body and soul. This included the philosophy of healing, the laws of the trees, Brehon wisdom and the Ogham alphabet, all of it rooted in a vision of nature that saw trees and forests as fundamental to human survival and spirituality. Already a precociously gifted scholar, Diana found that her grounding in the ancient ways led her to fresh scientific concepts. Out of that huge and holistic vision have come the observations that put her at the forefront of her field: the discovery of mother trees at the heart of a forest; the fact that trees are a living library, have a chemical language and communicate in a quantum world; the major idea that trees heal living creatures through the aerosols they release and that they carry a great wealth of natural antibiotics and other healing substances; and, perhaps most significantly, that planting trees can actively regulate the atmosphere and the oceans, and even stabilize our climate. 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.  She has published over 200 articles in magazines, journals and newspapers internationally. She is the author of several books including The Sweetness of a Simple Life (2015), The Global Forest: Forty Ways Trees Can Save Us (2010), Arboretum Borealis: A Lifeline of the Planet (2010), and A Garden for Life: The Natural Approach to Designing, Planting, and Maintaining a North Temperate Garden (2004). She has served as a scientific advisor to organizations including the Irish Woodland League, Ecology Ottawa, Hidden Harvest of Ottawa, Canadian Organic Growers, Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and the Acadian Forest Research Centre and others. She has lectured widely across North America and Europe. In her latest book, To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest, Beresford-Kroeger asserts that “if we can understand the intricate ways in which the health and welfare of every living creature is connected to the global forest, and strengthen those connections, we will still have time to mend the self-destructive ways that are leading to drastic fires, droughts and floods.” Now she aims to spread her knowledge through feature-length films being made of her work.  In her documentary, Call of the Forest: To Speak with the Trees, Beresford-Kroeger takes viewers on a journey to the most beautiful forests of the northern hemisphere. From the sacred sugi and cedar forests of Japan, the ancient Raheen Wood of Ireland, the walnut and redwood trees of America, to the great boreal forest of Canada, Beresford-Kroeger tells us the amazing stories behind the history and legacy of these ancient forests while also explaining the science of trees and the irreplaceable roles they play in protecting and feeding the planet. Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award­-winning author, says “Call of the Forest is a film of rare significance. It draws the viewer into the green world that sustains life on this planet at a crucial ecological point, and is an introduction to the work of Diana Beresford-Kroeger, one of the least known but most important people on the planet.” Beresford-Kroeger is also at the heart of an upcoming three-part series airing on PBS called The Truth about Trees. Currently she is advocating on behalf of an ambitious global "bioplan" encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature and join together to restore the global forest. Beresford-Kroeger understood the importance of trees as a botany student in Ireland and grew her own research garden and arboretum after emigrating from Ireland to Canada. This experience helped her realize that the scientific community lacks the ability to present science to the public; it was to address the urgent needs of nature in its destruction that she began her career in writing, lecturing and broadcasting.  She worked as a research scientist at the University of Ottawa and the Canadian Department of Agriculture Electron Microscopy Centre. She was appointed a WINGS WorldQuest fellow and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, where she was named one of 25 women explorers of Canada. “What is especially impressive is her unique blend of scientific rigour and poetic eloquence. Indeed, she combines both in a very rare gift: an extraordinary ability to understand the scientific complexities of nature, but also to bring this knowledge and appreciation to the general public,” said Matthias Neufang, dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs at Carleton College, where she received an honorary degree for her work. Beresford-Kroeger is an O’Donoghue, a very ancient family in Ireland who were the Kings of Munster, a southern county in Ireland. She is the last child of this family. This family was the teachers of the kings of Ireland, even before the birth of Christ. Her immediate family wiped out when she was eleven years old, and as an orphan, she was raised in Southern Ireland by a bachelor uncle who was a noted athlete, chemist, scholar and bibliophile. He nurtured her quest for knowledge and encouraged her to read and discuss everything from Irish poetry, world religions and philosophy to physics and quantum mechanics. She attended private schools in Ireland and England, and completed her earned her bachelor’s of science honors in botany and medicinal biochemistry at University College Cork (UCC), graduating first in her year in 1963. She then completed a master of science degree at UCC in 1965. Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a quiet revolution in how we understand our relationship to forests. She shows us how forests can not only heal us but save the planet. She tells us why trees matter, and why trees are a viable, achievable solution to climate change. Diana eloquently points to us that if we can understand the intricate ways in which the health and welfare of every living creature is connected to the global forest, and strengthen those connections, we will still have time to mend the self-destructive ways that are leading to drastic fires, droughts and floods. Join us in conversation with this ground-breaking and healing scientist and poet!

To Speak for the Trees: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/575305/to-speak-for-the-trees-by-diana-beresford-kroeger/9780735275072/Call of the Forest: http://calloftheforest.ca/WildX Event, Oct 5, 2019: https://www.wildxevent.com/Treesisters: https://treesisters.org/ 

This week on the podcast we present an Encore episode of a staff favorite from the For The Wild archives. 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?

Diana Beresford-Kroeger speaks with Joanna about: “Call of the Forest”; the forests of the world and climate change; one tree, one person, the Bioplan; a common dream experienced all over the world and prophesied by the Mohawk Nation; the rarest tree in North America; forest bathing and the immune system; instructions for forest bathing; learning the ancient ways of the Celtic culture to protect the world; tips for a kinder, healthier life; women standing together for the future; the trees hold the knowledge of the world; new amazing discoveries about the key role of the trees in the biosphere. The post Call of the Forest appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

“When you take a trip through the forest with me, you never look at a tree in the same way again.” Botonist, medical biochemist, author, and forest visionary, Diana Beresford-Kroeger takes us on an enchanted journey where we learn about the treasures released by trees and the spirit medicine they offer for the modern world. Then, journey to where the forest meets the sea and learn about the ancient art of sea-scrubbing, using seaweeds to nourish the glandular system and balance hormones. This podcast is sure to inspire a deep love for the treasures of the West Coast. Join Diana at Hollyhock: https://hollyhock.ca/programinfo/beresford-kroeger/

We interview Diana Beresford-Kroeger, award winning scientist, host of the documentary 'Call of the Forest'. Diana talks to us about biomimicry, the connections between forests and health and cultural roots, and the philosophy of science as it relates to modern man made environmental issues.

Diana Beresford-Kroeger brings the story of ancient sacred trees to the heart of the Boreal Forest in the new documentary Call of the Forest

Diana Beresford-Kroeger brings the story of ancient sacred trees to the heart of the Boreal Forest in the new documentary Call of the Forest

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? 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. Learn more about Diana's amazing upcoming film "The Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees" at http://dianasjourney.com

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. Upcoming event: Call of the Forest: Climate, Water, and Spirit, in Point Reyes, CA. ptreyesbooks.com

In The Sweetness of a Simple Life, Diana Beresford-Kroeger mixes science with storytelling, wonderment, magic, myth and plenty of common sense. Orphaned at an early age, Beresford-Kroeger was tutored by elderly relatives in Ireland in the Druidic tradition, taught the … Continue reading →

Caroline hosts the wondrous cultivated and cultivating Diana Beresford-Kroeger who embodies the assignment before us all of wedding science and myth, that our story-telling be irresistibly beguiling. Born into a notable family of Druid scholars, orphaned at an early age, schooled in Druid lore, multiple degrees in science, dedicated to Global Forests…http://www.stuartbernstein.com/dianaberesford-kroeger.html “Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world recognized author and scientist with a unique background in both western science and the traditional ways of aboriginal peoples and 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. She went on to study classical botany and medical biochemistry and worked as a research scientist at Ottawa University and then at the Canadian Department of Agriculture Electron Microscopy Centre, where she discovered cathodoluminescence in biological materials. From 1973 to 1982, she conducted research at the University of Ottawa physiology department in conjunction with the Ottawa Heart Institute, specializing in hemodynamics. In the early 1980s, Beresford-Kroeger embarked on a significant change in her life's work. It began with an expansion of her private research garden and arboretum: Carrigliath. Having identified an absence in the scientific community of the ability to present science to the public and the urgent need to address the degradation of nature, she began her career in writing, broadcasting and lecturing. Flowing from her research and experience at Carrigliath, Beresford-Kroeger published over 200 articles in magazines, journals and newspapers in Canada, the United States and internationally. She also published five critically acclaimed books on nature and gardening. Her books include THE SWEETNESS OF A SIMPLE LIFE, THE GLOBAL FOREST, ARBORETUM BOREALIS: A LIFELINE OF THE PLANET, ARBORETUM AMERICA: A PHILOSOPHY OF THE FOREST, and A GARDEN FOR LIFE. She has served as a scientific advisor to a number of organizations, including the Irish Woodland League, Ecology Ottawa, Hidden Harvest of Ottawa, Canadian Organic Growers, Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and the Acadian Forest Research Centre and others. She has lectured widely across North America and Europe and has appeared on television and radio in Canada, the U.S., Europe and international short wave radio. For the last several decades, she has worked at Carrigliath, growing rare and endangered medicinal plants and trees. Beresford-Kroeger was inducted as a Wings Worldquest Fellow in 2010 and named one of Utne Reader's World Visionaries for 2011. In 2013, she was elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. In 2016, CALL OF THE FOREST: THE FORGOTTEN WISDOM OF TREES, a feature film, television program and mobile app will be released. Please visit www.dianasjourney.com for more information. http://www.stuartbernstein.com/dianaberesford-kroeger.html The post The Visionary Activist Show – Caroline hosts the wondrous cultivated and cultivating Diana Beresford-Kroeger appeared first on KPFA.

A botanist, medical biochemist, and self-defined “renegade scientist,” Diana Beresford-Kroeger brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality and alternative medicine to discuss how forests affect our health individually, collectively, ecologically and globally. Her books include The Global Forest and Arboretum Borealis: A … Continue reading →

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a botanist, medical and agricultural researcher, lecturer, and self-defined "renegade scientist" in the fields of classical botany, medical biochemistry, organic chemistry, and nuclear chemistry. She is the author of "Arboretum America: A Philosophy of the Forest" and several other books.