Join Cary Library for a virtual screening of the documentary, "Call of The Forest – The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees".  The film follows Diana Beresford-Kroeger as she explores the most beautiful forests in the Northern Hemisphere and shares the amazing stories behind the history and legacy of these ancient forests. She'll investigate the biological and spiritual connections to the forests and explain the roles they play in protecting and feeding our planet. Her journey around the globe explores the science, folklore, and restoration challenges of this essential eco-system.

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world recognized author, medical biochemist and botanist.  She has a unique combination of western scientific knowledge 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, Beresford-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”.  Diana Beresford-Kroeger was inducted as a Wings Worldquest fellow in 2010, she was elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 2011. More recently, in 2016, the Society named her one of 25 women explorers of Canada. In addition, in 2011 she was named one of Utne Reader’s World Visionaries.

Nancy Sofen of the Lexington Tree Committee will moderate the film discussion. Registration is required for this virtual event.

This program is made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation.

This program is in partnership with the Lexington Climate Action Network (LexCAN).