My Green Pod – The Tree Conference Returns

JOIN THE CALL FOR LARGE SCALE TREE-PLANTING AND FOR A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE TO BE EMBEDDED OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Following the great event in Glastonbury last year, The Tree Conference, now part of the International Tree Foundation, is preparing to stage its second annual event at the Merlin Theatre in Frome, Somerset, on Sunday 21 October (10.00 to 17.00).

This year’s event will provide templates to facilitate large scale, UK-wide tree planting, explore the status of old growth forests in law and bring together different groups of people working for trees globally – from foresters, conservationists and scientists to community project pioneers, council policy makers and tree empaths.

Suzi Martineau, organiser of The Tree Conference, said the goal of the conference is to ‘support a narrative change around what humans are capable of and show what we can and need to be doing to re-green our Earth.’

‘We’ll also be highlighting leading-edge science about trees and their eco-systems, and exploring how we can empower the next generation’s scientific and emotional understanding of nature and trees’, Suzi added.

HEADLINE SPEAKERS

Isabella Tree will talk about her new book, Wilding, and the rewilding of Knepp Estate in West Sussex, where she lives with her husband, the environmentalist Charlie Burrell.

Mary Reynolds Thompson, author of Reclaiming the Wild Soul, will explain how we receive creative inspiration from Nature, and how writing can be a powerful platform for promoting the health of our Earth.

Andy Egan, CEO of the International Tree Foundation, will share initiatives for citizen-led tree planting in the UK and introduce the foundation’s TreePower programme for schools.

Dr Martin Bidartondo, lead Life Sciences researcher at Imperial College, London and Kew Gardens, will explain the effect of pollution on fungal networks and forest health.

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