Forest City Learns about the Priority of Trees

London needs to protect its title as the Forest City by planting trees and preserving its native tree source said Diana Beresford-Kroeger this past weekend to a full house at the Wolfe Performance Hall.
Beresford-Kroeger, renegade scientist and celebrated author, spoke about medicinal uses of trees in London.
“The Tree is the guardian of every heartbeat that man will ever make,” she said as she explained that trees could be used for a variety of medicinal uses but most importantly oxygen generation and water purification.
Beresford-Kroeger told London that they should plant trees, the right kind of native trees. “You can’t just leave it up to the authorities” she said. “There has to be a lot of citizen engagement.”
The Thames Talbot Land Trust hosted Diana and this inspirational lecture. The land trust has acquired both money and land since its incorporation six years ago.
“There is no doubt that the environmental challenges we face are serious, but what good does it do us to despair?” says Don Gordon, the executive director of the land trust. “Diana's message is that ordinary people can do extraordinary things and that by working together now we can create a natural legacy.”
The primary focus of TTLT, one of Ontario’s 34 Land Trusts, is acquiring, restoring and conserving land in the Thames Talbot region, which includes London and the surrounding Counties of Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford and Perth.