Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Hay Festival

BLACK MOUNTAINS COLLEGE LECTURE 2020

Join us online: Sunday 31 May 2020, 4pm – 4.45pm BST
Virtual venue: Llwyfan Cymru Digidol – Wales Digital Stage

The renowned Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary has underpinned a quiet revolution in the way that we see trees. Her research includes 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. In this talk she tells the story of how she came to uncover these startling insights of tree function and behaviour and explains why healthy intact forests are essential to the survival of humans on planet earth.

Chaired by Owen Sheers and introduced by Ben Rawlence.

More details: www.hayfestival.com/p-16829-diana-beresford-kroeger.aspx